Keeping in touch with my school friends and the friends I grew up playing football with [became] difficult because I was doing shift work. Looking at specifics, Mr Wettone said the leaked Met information was "restricted to names, vetting level and warrant numbers" and so was "essentially professional information".

There's always been banter in policing and I think there needs to be banter because it's a highly stressful job,” he told MyLondon. They are concerned that it signals a shift in the way the decisions they take in the most challenging circumstances will be judged. Others were arrested for "conspiracy to cause a public nuisance", which comes under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act. That legislation makes it illegal to "create a risk of or cause serious harm to the public" or "obstruct the public". Because they're working to meet the needs of the family, not the press, not the public, not the TikTok detectives, they're trying to get some resolution for a family.”There is also a section on "interfering with access or provision abortion services" - in response to religious demonstrations outside clinics.

The most high-profile case being police officers Jamie Lewis, 33, and Deniz Jaffer, 47, taking "shameful” crime scene photos and described murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman as “dead birds”. There are also non-area-specific commands that can be called in to help or lead certain investigations.

Mr Wettone said most forces would have struggled to deal with the intensity of public interest that the case attracted. We are in ongoing discussions with those officers to support them and to fully understand the genuinely held concerns that they have. To sign up to any of our newsletters, simply follow this link and select the newsletter that's right for you. Splitting up the Met to allow it to focus more on frontline policing in London is only to be "considered" if sufficient changes are not made, Baroness Casey says. The tribunal ruled that the two officers breached six established police standards, including confidentiality, and honesty and integrity, as well as authority, respect and courtesy.

So I really do question the media strategy of Lancashire police, which has not helped at all in dealing with this juggernaut story.” The veteran former Metropolitan Police officer, who was in the force for 30 years, said: “That was a really difficult search.Police chiefs went to the home secretary and said we're seeing these things happening and we need new legislation to deal with them. While it is unfortunate that the six people affected by this were unable to join the hundreds of peaceful protestors, I support the officers' actions in this unique fast-moving operational context."

But more budget cuts in the future may make divisions more likely as a way of making further efficiences, Mr Wettone adds. This, for Graham, is a crucial difference, offensive memes or messages are shared without people having to think about the people who see it. There'll be channels and crevices and gaps in the riverbank as you go along where things can get lodged.” He feels it would lead to officers to avoid being in WhatsApp or Facebook groups with people outside the police, in case someone shared something offensive and they were held responsible.

He added: “Although it’s unusual for me to say this, as someone who has been critical of the police in the past, I really have sympathy with them on this one.” It does lighten things. If you didn't talk about some of the things you see and deal with you would go mad, seriously. A Home Office spokesperson said the home secretary and the policing minister – Suella Braverman and Chris Philp – were receiving regular updates on the handling of the case, “including why personal details about Nicola were briefed out at this stage of the investigation”. Graham Wettone, author of How to Be a Police Officer, who spent 30 years in the police, said officers were still learning how to manage social media and 24/7 news culture. A 30-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police says it is important officers are given the chance to have “banter” to help relieve the stress of the job.