A police officer has kept his job after using a homophobic slur against a man while arresting him. (Envato Elements)
A police officer who called a bisexual man a “fag” while arresting him has kept his job after he said he has “gay friends”.
Daniel Wiffen, a police officer in Merseyside, was recorded calling a man a “skinny f king fag” on his own body camera during an arrest in May 2020.
In a complaint to the Professional Standards Department (PSD), the man – referred to as Mr A – said he was bisexual and he found the slur offensive.
However, an independent disciplinary panel ruled this week that Wiffen was “not homophobic” and that he only used the anti-gay slur due to frustration following a stressful arrest, according to the
Police officer with gay friends keeps job after bodycam records homophobic slur
PC Daniel Wiffen told a disciplinary hearing he had gay friends and was devastated about his use of the word
05:00, 11 MAY 2021
A Merseyside PC was handed a final written warning after being recorded using homophobic language (Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo)
A Merseyside Police officer was handed a final written warning for using a homophobic slur after arresting a drunken man in the street.
PC Daniel Wiffen was recorded on his own body-worn camera warning a colleague you just need to keep an eye on him cos the cuffs keep slipping off cos this skinny f f .