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Met officer's WhatsApp chat was gross misconduct, panel finds

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Summary
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84% Informative

Insp Charles Ehikioya was head of the Met's Black Police Association (MBPA) He was in a WhatsApp chat with former officer Carlo Francisco where offensive messages were sent and received.

The officer had denied the allegations against him and said the claims were fabricated or falsely attributed to him because of his race or position as chair of the MBPA.

Panel found his conduct amounted to a breach of standards of professional behaviour.

VR Score

83

Informative language

81

Neutral language

78

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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