Merseyside PCs sacked over abhorrent WhatsApp messages

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The Merseyside Police officers talked about female colleagues and sent racist messages about refugees.

Three police officers who exchanged "deeply offensive" messages about female colleagues in a WhatsApp chat have been dismissed without notice.

The misconduct hearing was told the officers shared 5,934 messages over a five-month period in 2022 in a group chat titled "Magaluf". They also shared 252 derogatory comments, which were sexualised in nature, about female colleagues and exchanged racist messages about refugees prior to a trip to Krakow.

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