Monday 3 July 2023 15:28, UK

Seven police officers have been dismissed from Humberside Police following
a series of "wholly inappropriate" messages, many of which were exchanged
in a WhatsApp group.

Confirmation of the dismissals, which was delayed for legal reasons, came
on Sunday night, but were related to special case hearings that took place
in 2019.

One of the dismissed officers, Former Superintendent Ed Cook, admitted
taking covert videos of women without their consent for his own sexual
gratification over a seven-year period between 2011 and 2018.

In March this year, Sky News spoke to a serving female officer at
Humberside who said she was "ostracised" by colleagues after reporting a
senior officer who seduced her into a controlling relationship and claimed
misogyny was a "monster" at the force.

There were two investigations - one into three police officers with one
sending "offensive videos to another" and engaging in "highly inappropriate
conversations."

All three officers were found to have breached the standards "at gross
misconduct level".

A second investigation involved six police officers who were all part of a
WhatsApp group who exchanged "wholly inappropriate offensive, sexist,
racist, homophobic, misogynistic and/or anti-Semitic messages."

Three officers were dismissed without notice and a further officer would
have been dismissed had he not already resigned.

All four officers were placed on the barred list which prevents them from
working in policing.

<https://news.sky.com/story/humberside-police-officers-sacked-over-sexist-homophobic-and-racist-messages-12914048>

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