Police Racism: Four N Ireland Cops Suspended Police Racism Is 'A Disgrace' For Met

Four police officers in Northern Ireland have been suspended after the
discovery of racist and sectarian text messages.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland's professional standards
department has launched an internal probe after the allegedly
offensive messages were discovered during the course of a separate
internal inquiry.
The PSNI said in a statement: "The Police Service is proud of its
reputation for delivering a personal, professional and protective
policing service to the people of Northern Ireland and we expect our
staff to behave ethically and with the utmost integrity at all times
both on and off duty.
"Any officer who fails to abide by the high standards of behaviour
expected of all officers as laid out in our code of ethics can expect
to be rigorously investigated."
It comes after separate allegations prompted suspensions for eight
officers from the Metropolitan Police.
A total of 10 new complaints have been referred to the Independent
Police Complaints Commission and which have seen 10 London officers
investigated.
They came just days after the force vowed to get to the bottom of
"very damaging" footage of one officer apparently racially abusing a
man and another allegedly assaulting a teenage boy last summer.
Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey said "the Met does not tolerate
racism" and warned there would be further referrals.
And Nathan John, from charitable organisation the Youth Enlightenment
programme, told Sky News the claims should be investigated swiftly.
"It's a disgrace," he said.
"These incidents happen more than we may want to believe they do and I
think we're starting to see that now.
"I can imagine that there are many more that will come through, and
some (which) won't, out of fear of the media spotlight, or the police
not believing them, or whatever.
"It's a hard pill to swallow, but it's something that we have to
accept, that there are still issues within the Met.
"We really need to reinforce the message to officers that racism, or
any form of abuse, isn't on."
Deputy Commissioner Mackey announced he had commissioned a review of
complaints relating to alleged racism "to check the progress of
ongoing cases".
"Whilst any use of racist language is abhorrent, what is reassuring
for me is that in the 10 cases that have been referred to the IPCC,
six involve other officers who have stood up and raised concerns,
showing that we are an organisation that will not stand for any racist
behaviour," he said.