'Offensive' WhatsApp police chat sees six members of staff suspended

dailystar.co.uk:

police staff have been suspended from duty over "offensive" material allegedly posted to each other in a WhatsApp group, it has been reported.

The two Essex officers and four police staff belonged to a private group on the encrypted service, The Sun reports.The six colleagues allegedly breached conduct rules.An internal disciplinary investigation has now been launched.The force declined to discuss the exact nature of the messages exchanged between the WhatsApp group members.But police experts have said it “has to be very serious” to suspend them.The six work on the same team at the force’s Chelmsford HQ, where hundreds of officers and staff work on specialist units, the control room and crime bureau.The officers had work phones and warrants.