Police Officers' Shocking WhatsApp Misconduct

0:00On May 2nd, med police officers got busted sharing photos of dead bodies on WhatsApp from their personal phones. One officer even called it, common practice because their standard gear had crappy cameras. This came out in a misconduct hearing after they snapped pics of a badly decomposed elderly man found in a dahlston care home back on September 27th, 2021. They used WhatsApp to shrink the files before uploading to official systems, but one cop, PC Billy Manning kept the image and showed it to colleagues. During a taser training break the next year, he described the grim scene in detail, saying it was a bad one, while another officer, PC Zach Malik, had sent it over. Colleagues felt super uncomfortable and reported it right away, leading to Manning's arrest in February 2022. Turns out, his phone had other victim in evidence pics, plus he ran a WhatsApp group with sexist and offensive stuff. The probe revealed more officers admitted to the same routine, blaming subpar police tablets

1:01and no work phones. No criminal charges stuck, but Manning got a final written warning for two years, and PC Frankie Jordan, who also kept evidence photos, got three. Years Now the meds cracking down hard, banning personal phones for police work after senior leaders sorted out their mixed up guidelines. This meds highlights how sloppy habits can cross serious lines in the force.