GMP boss slams 'repugnant behaviour' in 'The Dispensables' WhatsApp group as officers sacked

A Greater Manchester Police (GMP) chief has slammed the 'repugnant' and 'shameful' behaviour of officers disciplined after an investigation into a WhatsApp group where 'racist and homophobic' messages were shared.

Two officers have left the force in disgrace and another has been given a final warning following the probe into the group where 'drug use and supply' were also mentioned.

At least six male police officers were members of the group titled 'The Dispensables' and subtitled 'the gods of north Manchester who risk their lives every day to f*** jobs off', a tribunal heard.

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It was said to have been dominated by PC Aaron Jones, who resigned in 2021 after being convicted of offering to supply steroids. A disciplinary hearing in December last year ruled he would have been sacked had he not resigned and he was added to the College of Policing's 'barred list.'

PC Rebekah Kelly was not part of the WhatsApp group but was then Jones' girlfriend and she failed to report 'racist and derogatory' text messages he sent to her directly, GMP said.

The tribunal heard PC Jones dismissed troublemakers at Eid celebrations in Manchester's Curry Mile, in August 2018, as 'smelly P*** c***s' in a separate chat with PC Kelly, who is now his wife.

PC Ashley Feest, a member of the group, is said to have referenced the illicit use of drugs on the group chat. He had also shared a 'racist' meme about slavery and he was also found to be positive for steroids when he was subject to a random drugs test by the force, the hearing was told.

PC Graham Atkinson set up the group to try and arrange five-a-side