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Police have been described as 'powerless' when trying to tackle the issue of toxic WhatsApp group chats where officers have been rumbled sending racist and misogynistic messages
Watchdog says six committed misconduct or gross misconduct in racist, ableist and other offensive messages on WhatsApp
The group chat, named "The Dispensables", was discovered as part of a separate investigation into one of the members of the group for supplying steroids.
Greater Manchester Police officers have been barred from policing for life for sharing racist and homophobic WhatsApp messages.
A third police officer was handed a final written warning.