UK Police Officer Found Guilty of Mimicking Woman's Indian Accent

A police officer from northern England has been found guilty of gross misconduct by a disciplinary tribunal for mimicking the Indian accent of a woman who had called the West Yorkshire Police call centre to report a hate crime.

Patrick Harrison was found guilty following a misconduct hearing last month, and the panel concluded that he would have been dismissed had he not already resigned as a Police Constable (PC) from West Yorkshire Police.

The incident, which occurred in November last year, involved a phone call with a female complainant - named only as "SA" - who overheard the PC mimicking her and reported it to an anti-racism helpline.