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  3. Met PC sacked over 'racist' WhatsApp message

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    A Metropolitan Police officer who used "racist language" in a WhatsApp message has been sacked.

    PC Harry Chandler, based at North East Command Unit covering Newham and Waltham Forest, was found at a tribunal to have used the racist term in messages with a colleague in June 2020.

    The Met said the officer sent a WhatsApp message containing "offensive and racially derogatory words" when discussing renting a flat.

    The tribunal concluded PC Chandler's action amounted to a breach of standards and sacked him without notice.

    Det Ch Supt Richard Tucker, who leads the North East Command Unit, said: "Using language of this nature is utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

    "PC Chandler has rightly been held to account for his actions.”

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