The BBC has reported that a Greater Manchester police officer, Stuart Janaway from Irlam in Salford has been forced to resign his post after he was seen wearing a British National Party (BNP) badge at a football match in Old Trafford in September 2006 while off duty.
Terry Sweeney, Acting Assistant Chief Constable and head of the Professional Standards Branch, said: "Item six of the Chief Constable's Order of 2004...makes it clear that officers are banned from being members of the BNP, Combat 18 or the National Front. This requirement extends into the private lives of police officers and police staff."
Last Friday, a misconduct hearing was held after an investigation was launched by the force’s Professional Standards Branch, where Janaway was ‘required to resign’. He had served in the Greater Manchester Police for 14 years.
A BNP spokesman responded by saying "We think what police officers do in their own time is up to them. We trust them to be able to do their job when they’re working and operate in a fair and impartial way."
From a government body that shows no quirms about having Hizb-ut-tahrir working within the home office.