Detective Inspector Timothy Ireson (Credit: Solent News and Photo Agency) A DETECTIVE in charge of the Basingstoke unit accused of making racist and sexist remarks as well as circulating fake Royal pornography has admitted with hindsight his leadership should have been more rigorous . Detective Inspector Timothy Ireson said he should have been aware of an escalation in behaviour among his officers as they made repeated stomach turning remarks. The serious organised crime team, previously described as ableist, sexist, racist, transphobic and homophobic , were caught using an array of abusive language in a covert recording. A junior officer told a misconduct hearing that in the isolated unit everyone became inappropriately cavalier due to a culture in which nothing was ever challenged.
A detective in charge of a unit accused of making racist and sexist remarks as well as circulating fake Royal pornography today admitted with hindsight his leadership should have been more rigorous .
Det Insp Timothy Ireson said he should have been aware of an escalation in behaviour among his officers as they made repeated stomach turning remarks.
The serious organised crime team, previously described as ableist, sexist, racist, transphobic and homophobic , were caught using an array of abusive language in a covert recording.
A junior officer told a misconduct hearing that in the isolated unit everyone became inappropriately cavalier due to a culture in which nothing was ever challenged.
Police officers in a specialist crime unit used extreme and deeply offensive language and created a toxic culture that became the norm because of weak leadership , a misconduct hearing heard today.
The serious organised crime team at Northern Police Investigation Centre in Basingstoke, Hampshire, described as ableist, sexist, racist, transphobic and homophobic , were caught making abusive comments in a covert recording.
Today, the officers claimed the investigation into their behaviour had lost all sense of perspective and argued their language could only be offensive if people had heard it and were upset by it.
However, Jason Beer QC argued: If a person is in an empty room and sings a deeply offensive song about black people and that is recorded then the officer does not act with tolerance even though he isn t [speaking to] anyone at all.