Hundreds of British police officers have been disciplined or dismissed in recent years for sickening uses of social media, including an alleged “sexualised” conversation with a 13-year-old and sharing photographs of dead people, openDemocracy can reveal.
Other cops were found to have made homophobic and racist comments online, while a PC in Leicestershire was let off with a warning after allegedly sending a picture of a person performing a sex act with an animal.
Data released to openDemocracy under the Freedom of Information Act shows that the vast majority of officers involved in such cases since 2018 were allowed to keep their jobs, with just 33 of the 257 getting the sack.
