Detective in charge of 'toxic' Basingstoke crime unit admits he should have 'stamped out' behaviour

Detective Inspector Timothy Ireson (Credit: Solent News and Photo Agency)
A DETECTIVE in charge of the Basingstoke unit accused of making racist and sexist remarks as well as circulating fake Royal pornography has admitted "with hindsight his leadership should have been more rigorous".
Detective Inspector Timothy Ireson said he should have been aware of an "escalation in behaviour" among his officers as they made repeated "stomach turning" remarks.
The serious organised crime team, previously described as "ableist, sexist, racist, transphobic and homophobic", were caught using an array of abusive language in a covert recording.
A junior officer told a misconduct hearing that in the "isolated" unit everyone became "inappropriately cavalier" due to a culture in which nothing was ever challenged.

Related Keywords

Basingstoke ,Hampshire ,United Kingdom ,Luke Ponte ,James Oldfield ,Craig Bannerman ,Adrian Keeling ,Timothy Ireson ,Andrew Ferguson ,Sergeant Gregory Willcox ,Northern Police Investigation Centre In Basingstoke ,Northern Police Investigation Centre ,Detective Inspector Timothy Ireson ,Detective Sergeant Oliver Lage ,Detective Sergeant Gregory Willcox ,Detective Constable Andrew Ferguson ,ஹாம்ப்ஷயர் ,ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் ,லூக் பாஂட் ,ஜேம்ஸ் ஓல்ட்ஃபீல்ட் ,கிரேக் பண்ணீர்மன் ,ஆண்ட்ரூ ஃபெர்குசன் ,சார்ஜென்ட் கிரெகொரி வீளழ்கோக்ஷ ,வடக்கு போலீஸ் விசாரணை மையம் ,துப்பறியும் சார்ஜென்ட் ஆலிவர் ளகே ,துப்பறியும் சார்ஜென்ட் கிரெகொரி வீளழ்கோக்ஷ ,துப்பறியும் கான்ஸ்டபிள் ஆண்ட்ரூ ஃபெர்குசன் ,