The nine police officers forced to resign after being caught making racist comments on a BBC documentary will not face prosecution.
Criminal investigations began after the men from the Greater Manchester, Cheshire and North Wales forces made the comments to an undercover reporter making The Secret Policeman.
The Crown Prosecution Service has recommended that investigators do not proceed with prosecutions, spokesmen for the forces said.
Six officers from the Greater Manchester force, two from Cheshire and one from North Wales were forced to resign. One officer remains suspended from the North Wales force.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said: "The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have decided there is insufficient evidence for criminal proceedings to be instituted against any of the police officers who featured in the programme.
"None of those officers remain employed in the police service. Greater Manchester Police remains resolute in their determination to ensure there is no racism within the service."
A spokeswoman for North Wales Police confirmed that PC Keith Cheshire, who has not resigned but is currently suspended, would not face prosecution. She refused to comment on a second officer, PC Rob Pulling, who was caught wearing a home-made Ku Klux Klan hood and saying he would like to "bury" an Asian under a train.
The spokeswoman said that North Wales Police are awaiting written advice from the CPS regarding the question of criminal proceedings concerning The Secret Policemanprogramme.
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