Clean hands operation in the British police.
Five police officers will be the subject of a procedure for "bad behavior", announced this Friday the body of monitoring of the British police force.
Following the Sarah Everard affair, kidnapped in a London street last March, raped and murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens, testimonies had emerged by the thousands on social networks, speaking of insecurity or mistrust in the response authorities.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) had opened two investigations.
The first involved allegations that a trainee officer used WhatsApp to share with colleagues what was described as very offensive and inappropriate content, depicting violence against women in the context of the Everard case.
The second showed that officers from several law enforcement bodies had used Signal messaging to share information related to the charges against Couzens, sentenced on September 30 to the heaviest sentence in the English judicial arsenal.
The content of these exchanges has not been revealed.
Undermine public trust
The Everard affair has fueled a debate about how police forces select their recruits and whether there is a misogynist culture within the workforce.
"The allegations involved in these two investigations, if proven, are likely to further undermine public confidence in the police," IOPC regional director Sal Naseem said in a statement.
Naseem also said the office is still reviewing how two indecent assault cases from Couzens were handled by his colleagues, the first in 2015, the second earlier this year.
