A GREATER Manchester Police chief has slammed the 'repugnant' and 'shameful' behaviour of officers disciplined after an investigation into a WhatsApp group where 'racist and homophobic' messages were shared.
Two officers have left the force in disgrace and another has been given a final warning following the probe into the group where 'drug use and supply' were also mentioned.
At least six male officers were members of the group titled 'The Dispensables' and subtitled 'the gods of north Manchester who risk their lives every day to f*** jobs off, a tribunal heard.
It was said to have been dominated by Pc Aaron Jones, who resigned in 2021 after being convicted of offering to supply steroids. A disciplinary hearing last year ruled he would have been sacked had he not resigned and he was added to the College of Policing's 'barred list.
Pc Rebekah Kelly was not part of the WhatsApp group but was then Jones' girlfriend and failed to report 'racist and derogatory' text messages he sent to her directly, GMP said.
The tribunal heard Pc Jones dismissed troublemakers at Eid celebrations in Manchester's Curry Mile, in August 2018, as 'smelly P*** c***s' in a separate chat with Pc Kelly, who is now his wife.
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