A police officer has been disciplined after he posted a “joke” on Facebook about sexual assaults by Rolf Harris.

The Metropolitan Police constable was handed a final written warning about his internet activity by bosses last year.

A Freedom of Information response from the force said the officer “posted a joke about sexual assaults on minors by Rolf Harris”.

Reported by the Evening Standard. You can read the full story here. 

I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.