A student police officer at England’s Thames Valley Police said he was shunned by others in the department after reporting a fellow officer for watching bodycam video of a woman having a seizure and making vulgar comments about her. The officer said he was later told he was unfit for police work and was fired from the department. The woman was arrested when officers believed she was the aggressor in an incident, although it was later discovered she was the victim. While she was being transported in the back of a police van, she had a seizure that left her breasts and groin exposed. The next day, four officers watched the video of her and made comments about her. A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police told media that such remarks were “unacceptable” and the department was grateful that the student officer had reported them. The spokesperson said the termination of the official student’s employment was an “entirely separate” matter.
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