Detective Inspector Timothy ireson (Credit: Solent News and Photo Agency) THE commanding officer of a toxic specialist police unit accepts that his failings of management helped lead to the discriminatory atmosphere that developed amongst his officers, a tribunal has heard. Six police officers could face the sack after being found to have committed gross misconduct after they were recorded making abhorrent comments while working at Hampshire police s Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) office in Basingstoke. The officers were recorded by a bugging device making abhorrent racist, sexist, homophobic and other inappropriate comments. Retired Detective Inspector Tim Ireson, Detective Sergeant Oliver Lage, Detective Sergeant Gregory Willcox, former PC Craig Bannerman, trainee Detective Constable Andrew Ferguson and PC James Oldfield have all been found to have breached professional standards at a disciplinary hearing.