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Police probe into Facebook photos Assault women in Facebook poses
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A group of women taken to a police station for questioning dressed up in police uniforms and posed for photos which were later posted on Facebook. Women who were being questioned over an alleged assault posed for pictures in police uniforms and posted the images on Facebook.
Staffordshire Police said they were "disappointed" by the incident on 5 December at Burton-on-Trent station. Three officers have been disciplined following the prank at Burton-on-Trent police station.
Three officers were "spoken to" and moved to new roles, the force said. The pictures showed the women in miniskirts wearing high-visibility jackets and police hats.
The pictures, now removed, showed the women in miniskirts wearing high-visibility jackets and police hats, with one taken next to a patrol car. They were taken when a woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and four others were taken to the station.
They were taken when a 22-year-old woman was arrested and four others, two alleged victims and two witnesses, were taken to the station. One photograph was taken with a woman posing next to a patrol car.
The 22-year-old was arrested following reports of assault at a bar in the town. Staffordshire Police said three officers were "spoken to" and moved to new roles after the incident on 5 December at Burton-on-Trent station.
Both the force and the officers involved very much regret the negative way that the photographs, and the circumstances they were taken in, could be perceived Staffordshire Police spokesman Staffordshire Police said the incident happened on 5 December
A police spokesman said officers had tried to stop the photographs being taken, but added attempts to control the situation were not "firmly enforced". A police spokesman said officers made attempts to talk to the women about their behaviour and to stop them taking photographs, but these were not heeded.
"We are obviously aware of, and concerned by, the photographs that have been published and the potential impact these could have on the women themselves, the officers involved and, most importantly, wider public confidence."We are obviously aware of, and concerned by, the photographs that have been published and the potential impact these could have on the women themselves, the officers involved and, most importantly, wider public confidence.
"We have carried out a swift and detailed internal investigation to establish the facts of what happened." "We have carried out a swift and detailed internal investigation to establish the facts of what happened.
The officers made attempts to talk to the women about their behaviour and to stop them taking photographs, but these were not heeded, he said.
"Both the force and the officers involved very much regret the negative way that the photographs, and the circumstances they were taken in, could be perceived.""Both the force and the officers involved very much regret the negative way that the photographs, and the circumstances they were taken in, could be perceived."
The photographs have been removed from the site.