2 UK Police Officers Dismissed Over Racist Joke About Duchess of Sussex

2 UK Police Officers Dismissed Over Racist Joke About Duchess of Sussex
PC Sukhdev Jeer (right) and PC Paul Hefford arriving for a misconduct hearing at Empress State Building, London on July 1, 2022. PA
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Two Metropolitan Police officers who posted a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex and other offensive messages in a WhatsApp chat have been sacked.

A disciplinary tribunal ruled on Friday that the actions of PC Paul Hefford and PC Sukhdev Jeer, who were based at Bethnal Green police station in east London, amounted to gross misconduct.

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