Almost 10,000 cops across the country were victimised and discriminated against by the police 'union' in a row over pension arrangements, a tribunal has found.
A challenge was led by PC Lee Broadbent, who in February stepped down from his role as chairman of the Greater Manchester branch of the Police Federation - which is supposed to represent rank-and-file cops - just a year into the job as the simmering row, which began in 2015, reached boiling point.
Junior officers were said to have been threatened by older cops, who accused them of 'damaging their pensions' - after they launched a challenge to changes which would see younger members of the workforce thousands of pounds worse off in retirement.
