 Police trainers aim to spark debate by showing the documentary |
An undercover TV documentary exposing racism among trainee police officers is being used to help combat racism among new police recruits. Trainees at Cheshire Police are being shown the BBC documentary, The Secret Policeman, which led to the resignation of 10 officers.
It is part of an attempt to crack down on racism within the force.
Two officers from Cheshire Police were among those who resigned following the expos�.
Overcoming prejudice
An undercover reporter covertly taped recruits making racist comments at a training college in Warrington.
Describing the comments made as "abhorrent", Assistant Chief Constable David Griffin said that the issue of ethnicity must be tackled head on.
He said: "It is vital that we confront racism rather than simply tell recruits a list of words they must never use.
"We don't want to have an approach where we tell recruits that you can't say this or that because that will just drive (racism) underground."
He said it was important for police trainees to discuss issues of race in order to overcome prejudice.
Six officers from Greater Manchester, two from Cheshire and one from North Wales resigned.
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