"Officers told an internal Scotland Yard investigation that they routinely used their own phones, and sent images via WhatsApp, because police-issued devices were not good enough to take quality photographs."
"PC Billy Manning was found to have kept a picture of a dead man on his phone, which he later showed colleagues at a training session."
"Manning deleted the photos from his iPhone library but did not delete them from his WhatsApp. When Malik realised the photo was still on WhatsApp and warned Manning, he replied with three laughing face emojis."
"Manning was discussing 'difficult situations' with fellow officers and decided to show them the photo of the dead man, saying: 'I've been to a bad one, I will show you the picture.'"
Metropolitan Police officers routinely used personal devices to photograph evidence, including a deceased individual, due to dissatisfaction with police-issued devices. PC Billy Manning retained a photo of a dead man, which he later displayed to colleagues during training. Another officer, PC Zak Malik, sent images via WhatsApp to reduce file size for uploading. Manning's actions, deemed common practice by him, resulted in a written warning from the Met after colleagues reported his behavior, which made them uncomfortable.
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