Met detective sacked for racism has been reinstated and sent on leadership course
by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6JX25)
Police discipline panel dismissed Neil Buckmaster in 2021 over offensive and utterly unacceptable' behaviour
A Metropolitan police detective initially sacked for racism has been reinstated and sent on a leadership course, the Guardian has learned.
DS Neil Buckmaster was dismissed in 2021 after a discipline panel found him guilty of gross misconduct. The panel heard he had used racist terms, which he gave to avatars while playing an online football game.
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