The lawyer for the RCMP's conduct authority says a Mountie accused of making racist and sexist comments in group chats should be dismissed immediately or directed to resign within 14 days.

John MacLaughlan says Constable Ian Solven "has severed the employment relationship with the RCMP" with misconduct that "strikes at the core of the RCMP organizational values."

In November, RCMP adjudicator Louise Morel found Coquitlam constables Solven, Mersad Mesbah and Philip Dick, failed to treat people with respect and courtesy and committed discreditable conduct when they posted racist, sexist, and homophobic comments in a group chat with other officers and on police computer terminals.

Court documents show that the allegations against Solven, Dick and Mesbah came to light after one of their fel

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