Two rookie police officers are facing the sack after describing the Shoreham air disaster as a “human barbecue”.
They took a video selfie on a mobile phone while guarding the crash site in West Sussex, where 11 people died when a vintage jet crashed on the A27.
The pair sent the film to a colleague using social media network Snapchat, attaching the offensive words as a caption with a hashtag.
The shocked recipient reported them and they are now being investigated for gross misconduct.
Sussex Police said the incident had caused “unnecessary distress” to relatives before the first funerals.
Local councilor Barry Mear said: “I’m sure the police are disgusted two of their own have done this.”
Videos and pictures sent through Snapchat automatically delete.
Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney said she had thought of suspending the officers but decided to “keep their shoulder to the wheel.”
She added: “Nothing in that video showed any detail of the scene.”
Chauffeur Maurice Abrahams, 76, will be laid to rest in Rottingdean. The funeral of Jacob Schilt, 23, is in Hove.
The Hawker Hunter crashed doing a loop-the-loop at the Shoreham Airshow on August 22.
Pilot Andy Hill, 51, is in serious condition in hospital.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk
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