Cop who called colleagues ‘cotton pickers’ escapes with warning

A Met Police officer who described colleagues as ‘cotton pickers’ during a conversation with a senior officer was handed a final written warning. PC Mia Korell made the offensive comment while talking to Acting Chief Inspector Alistair Phillips while discussing racism within the Territorial Support Group (TSG). PC Korell referred to black officers who did not agree there was racism within the TSG as ‘cotton pickers’. The panel found that although PC Korell’s behaviour amounted to gross misconduct, it was…