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Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney, pictured, apologised after six members of her Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke were found to use racist and sexist language A police force is spending £860,000 on discrimination training for its staff after an investigation revealing shocking racism and sexism in one of its departments. Up to 6,000 officers at Hampshire Constabulary will receive the ground-breaking training after a full 'cultural audit' of the force is carried out involving teams of university researchers. The programme is the first accredited 'equalities and inclusion training'...

Olivia Pinkney of Hampshire Police says her force's lack of diversity 'is not ok' The Chief constable of the force where five officers have been sacked for 'abhorrent' racist language says the police's lack of diversity 'is not ok'. Olivia Pinkney of Hampshire Police said she is very aware her senior leadership team team 'look the way they do' and admitted she is concerned by the overall whiteness of the force. The highest ranking officer from a minority background in the county is a chief inspector. She said: '[It] is a concern. If we look at the Chief Officer group of this constabulary, we ...

Updated photos of the Police Investigation Centre, Basingstoke..March 22nd 2017.Photography by Sarah Gaunt taken 22.03.17. MEMBERS of a police unit who have been branded as demonstrating “shameful” behaviour have been dismissed from the service after they were covertly recorded making ‘offensive and disrespectful’ remarks. Six officers at Hampshire Constabulary’s Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) based at the Northern Police Investigation Centre, in Basingstoke, were found guilty of gross misconduct after they were recorded using ‘racist, sexist and homophobic’ language. ...

Detective Inspector Timothy ireson (Credit: Solent News and Photo Agency) THE commanding officer of a "toxic" specialist police unit accepts that his "failings of management" helped lead to the discriminatory atmosphere that developed amongst his officers, a tribunal has heard. Six police officers could face the sack after being found to have committed gross misconduct after they were recorded making "abhorrent" comments while working at Hampshire police's Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) office in Basingstoke. The officers were recorded by a bugging device making "abhorrent" racist,...

Members of a specialist unit of Hampshire Constabulary were recorded using discriminatory language.