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Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney, pictured, apologised after six members of her Serious and Organised Crime Unit in Basingstoke were found to use racist and sexist language A police force is spending £860,000 on discrimination training for its staff after an investigation revealing shocking racism and sexism in one of its departments. Up to 6,000 officers at Hampshire Constabulary will receive the ground-breaking training after a full cultural audit of the force is carried out involving teams of university researchers. The programme is the first accredited equalities and inclusion training in the UK for policing and comes after five officers were dismissed when covert recordings uncovered an array of racist, homophobic and sexist language in a specialist unit. ....