Overview

• Greater Manchester Police has confirmed that nine officers have a case to answer for gross misconduct following an internal investigation into alleged racial discrimination against a fellow officer.
• Eight officers have been suspended, while a ninth is restricted from working in the Bury district pending disciplinary hearings, with dates yet to be finalized.
• The allegations, which date back to December 2023, involve mocking the victim officer’s accent and other racist comments made off duty.
• A separate investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct is ongoing into unrelated allegations of racist canteen banter involving seven officers, five of whom remain suspended.
• GMP has implemented diversity training and community outreach efforts in response to these incidents, aiming to rebuild public trust and address systemic issues identified in prior watchdog reviews.