Norfolk police officer under investigation following Sarah Everard case
The IOPC says a Norfolk officer is one of five under investigation.
A Norfolk police officer is one of five being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct following a discovery made during the Sarah Everard case.
The IOPC says it's carrying out an investigation into the conduct of five officers, from three forces, who allegedly sent discriminatory messages as part of a Whatsapp group between March and October 2019.
The mobile phone messages were discovered during the police investigation into Sarah Everard's murder.
Three of the serving officers are with the Metropolitan Police Service, one from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and one from Norfolk Police.
The former officer was previously with the MPS.
The IOPC says they are being investigated for gross misconduct for allegedly sending messages of a discriminatory and/or inappropriate nature, and for allegedly failing to challenge messages sent by the others.
Two of the MPS officers and the former MPS officer have also been notified that they are being criminally investigated for improper use of the public electronic communications network under Section 127 of the Communications Act.
The IOPC says criminal or gross misconduct investigations do not necessarily mean that charges or disciplinary proceedings will follow.