Given the current PC ethos it was foolish to make comments of the nature described - particularly if in the presence of more junior or senior colleagues. However if the colleagues were of equal status, then I would not want to work in an establishment where they would report me for personal comments made in that context. No doubt his comments were factually correct but that is not the point nowadays I'm afraid!

That's Going too far!Demotion.He makes one mistake.He might have said aloud,just what the others were thinking.We all say and do things.If that's the case i would have lost my job 45 years ago.what ever happened to freedom of speech?

Well im sorry for the "Cop"
seems in this country you just can't say anything no matter who you are?
what happend to free speech, well were in england run by morons and politiclt correct state.
time we need a new goverment and let honest people do there jobs with out fear of being punished, no wonder people here don't want to work.
tax tax tax or prison because you doted the wrong paperwork.
this county has gone to the dog!
regards chriso

I've no sympathy for this copper.How can anyone who makes such remarks be trusted,to carry out their duties without bias? The police have worked hard to drag themselves into the modern age,and well done those officer's who had the bottle to speak out.The law is above everyone,and we rely on the police,to execute it fairly,and without prejudice.
Why is it though,that everytime someone stands up against racism,sexism etc that they get accused of being pc?Would some people prefer our public bodies to show outright prejudice?
People have been challenging discrimination for decades,centuries even,well before this stupid term pc,replaced the real word..."decency".If William Wilberforce,or Emily Pankhurst were about today,they'd get dismissed as pc. You can't say anything remotely fair these days,without someone lazily, and inaccurately using the term.

I feel sorry for the Copper because his so called work mate grassed him up!

With colleagues like these who needs enemies?

I am a police officer and unfortunately this policeman is not on his own. There is alot of racism, sexism and bullying in the police force.Some Police officers still take the law into their own hands and 'sort' the matter out themselves. It disgusts me and I am ashamed to call myself an officer who has made a pledge to the queen.

The truth hurts...but be very careful were you say it...no doubt the officers so called colleagues are very proud of themselves,sounds like a set-up to me.

This story is very worrying. Had this police officer broken any law? Who decides what is or what is not a "sexist" comment? The background to this is that Greater Manchester is one of the worst crime areas in England. By the way, when this police officer reaches the age of sixty he will not have an old-age pension because he is not a woman. Our non-sexist government pays women a pension at sixty but not men.

Could somebody please answer a question?
Why was it that a asian policeman had a accident and left the scene of a accident and repainted his car and tried to get his girlfreind to lie for him and drove without insurance .so that in my books is peverting the course of justice as well as a lot of other laws.And he was fined a few weeks pay and allowed to continue working in the police? Call me stupid but surely these crimes are more serious than this officers crimes and he lost his pension and his job???Its time to re-evaluate how we treat all our police officers.i really hope that this is printed.

Ive just remembered something children learn from a very early age?
"Sticks and stones break my bones but names will never hurt me" .

Doesn't everyone take the mick out of a local town.
People in Ashton joke about Mossley, Bury folk joke about Radcliffe people, the Brits tell Irish Jokes, Australians take the mick out of Tasmanian Islanders.
Is this just not one of those things that have been going on since time began - joking about the residents of the next village!

Ace, I'm very surprised you got that printed, but there again its a Bank holiday weekend and there is still time for it to be erased!

You do realise that you are now going to have BF & CoC saying this story is nothing to do with racism and you are a bad person for mentioning it?

Just to support what you're saying Hamish. The last time I went there was on my motorbike. I was attacked and beaten as they thought I was a Roundhead!

Seems a tad heavy handed of GMP - let's be honest at one time or another in jest we have all said something that could be construed as sexist, townist(?) etc - I come from a very rural southern village, you can imagine the ribbing I have had relocating up north - all said and taken in the name of "fun", something that seems to have been lacking with this policeman's colleagues, and like other comments who needs enemies with so called friends like those ....

The complaints came from fellow officers after remarks were made during a conversation with them.
This officer in my opinion would be better getting transferred from his station because his colleges certainly don’t like him I wouldn‘t trust any of them on a call.
Being Politically Correct can be taken to far.

Very nearly three years ago, four police officers from GMP suffered the indignation of being sacked from their non supervisory roles - those of humble Police Constables. To my knowledge, the sanction was instigated by the late Chief Constable, Mr Michael Todd. His philosophy was simply along the lines of ’you suffer what you tolerate’ and, as such, he made it perfectly clear, through many channels, that he would not tolerate racist behaviour of ANY description. This flawed thought process led to a force of 8000 (or so the massaged figures suggested) to become 7996. I believe that figure is considerably lower now, but I digress.
Can somebody tell me, without the usual rhetoric, just why an officer who 3 years later commits BOTH sexist and racist offences is not treated with the parity of his ex colleagues? Was their sanction of ’dismissal’ too severe or is this just another example of the ’rules for one type of police officer and rules for the other’ ? While I accept that every case has mitigation, the difference between the sanctions and the usual ’Soundbites’ rolled out from both the Force Command and Police Federation alike have very subtle nuances between now and 3 year ago. So much so that a senior officer states:
"He has been given a significant sanction and moved from the area he was previously policing. He now has the opportunity to address his actions and prove to the community and his colleagues that he is worthy to be an officer within Greater Manchester Police."
Why were the Police Constables not given this same chance? Surely not because there was no room for demotional manoeuvrability?
Greater Manchester Police is a misnomer. There is nothing great about its policies and how it reinforces them. I am not a police officer - I’m allowed to think for myself. To those officers who choose to work in an organisation like this are just as guilty. Next time it may be one of them.
And no, I wasn’t one of the four.
Are GMP now saying that an officer MAY not be dismissed for racist behaviour, because that is what it looks like, and if so will the four PC's have any chance of being reinstated if this is applied retrospectively? Will Mr Todd's original sanction be considered too harsh given that his decision making process was flawed or at the very least could now be considered suspect. I don't know? What I do know is that this whole thing stinks. Those aware of the circumstances of both situations should hang their heads in shame.

What? A PC is paid nearly £30K for scoffing coffee & doughnuts and ignoring 999 calls? And his boss is paid £40K for doing much the same? What's the world coming to!