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Police inquiry reveals Met officers made Holocaust joke in texts described as 'banter'

The officers also made rape threats and joked about domestic assault

February 1, 2022 12:11
The New Scotland Yard sign at Metropolitan Police headquarters
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 22: The New Scotland Yard logo is displayed on a revolving sign outside the Curtis Green Building, the new home of the Metropolitan Police on February 22, 2017 in London, England. Cressida Dick is to succeed Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe after being appointed the Metropolitan Police's first female commissioner. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
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The UK's largest police force has apologised after the Independent Office for Police Conduct discovered hundreds of racist and sexist messages sent by officers.

The IOPC's Hotton Report found hundreds of messages between officers based in Charing Cross police station in London with crude racist language and threats to both female officers as well as female partners of the officers.

One comment found by the investigation seemed to make light of the Holocaust, comparing the deaths of millions of Jews to flies.

The comment, posted in a chat between officers said: “Opened my balcony door and loads of flies flew into the front room. So I got the fly spray and turned my gaff into Auschwitz.”