Officer dismissed for making ‘offensive and derogatory’ remarks to colleagues

A serving police officer has been sacked for making ‘offensive and derogatory’ remarks to colleagues in two separate incidents. 

PC Radoslaw Mikulski was dismissed following an accelerated misconduct meeting at Greater Manchester Police headquarters on 19 February 2024. 

PC Mikulski used ‘racially aggravated language’ in private meetings in September and October 2022, firstly referring to an incident and then about a member of the public. 

After a debrief into the first incident, PC Mikulski was advised that this type of language was inappropriate. 

PC Mikulski, who worked in GMP’s Trafford district and had been on restricted duties since October 2022, admitted his behaviour amounted to gross misconduct and apologised but said his comments in the first case referred to an incident rather than a person. 

Chief Constable Stephen Watson, who presided over the hearing, agreed the behaviour amounted to gross misconduct and had breached the standards of Equality and Diversity, as well as Authority, Respect and Courtesy. 

In dismissing the officer, CC Watson accepted PC Mikulski’s use of the derogatory term had not been malicious. 

CC Watson said: “PC Mikulski accepts he breached the standards of professional behaviour and that it amounts to gross misconduct. 

“This type of language is highly offensive and falls below what the public rightly expects. 

“Racially aggravated language always constitutes an aggravating factor, and there is a risk of the trust of minority communities [in the police] being harmed.” 

CC Watson also ordered PC Mikulski’s name to be added to the College of Policing Barred List. 

PC Mikulski’s actions were reported to GMP’s Professional Standards Directorate, who then carried out an internal investigation leading to disciplinary proceedings. 

Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Allen, of GMP's Professional Standards Directorate, said: “The language used by the officer was unacceptable in any walk of life, clearly not compatible with being a police officer and this is why he finds himself dismissed from GMP.”