Female cops face discipline over posting pics in uniform to sexy Instagram account
Instagram? Try Insta-hot water.
Some fetching female police officers may be in trouble with the boys upstairs for posting come-hither photos of themselves on social media, sources said Monday.
What’s got police brass seeing red isn’t that they are flaunting their assets, it’s that they are turning up the heat on sites like “blueline_beauties” while wearing NYPD uniforms — an apparent violation of Police Department regulations, the sources told the Daily News.
Social media do’s and don’ts are part of NYPD training, with the more diligent training officers and integrity control officers regularly telling cops to be careful about what they post on social media.
The NYPD’s social media rules are also clear — cops are generally prohibited from posting photos of themselves in uniform, unless at official ceremonies.
“Members of the service utilizing personal social media sites are to exercise good judgment and demonstrate the same degree of professionalism expected of them while performing their official duties,” the 2013 order reads.
Sexy or suggestive photos don’t bother the NYPD, but the photos of cops in uniform at non-official functions has the department up in arms.
But one naughty officer has a Santa pinned above her shield in one shot while in the accompanying photo she’s poured into a tiny dress and displaying a lot of tattooed thigh.
Another officer posted a head shot of herself on the job beside a cleavage-flaunting selfie.
Yet another officer, this one a brunette beauty who appears to be assigned to the 62nd Precinct in Brooklyn, posted selfie head shot of herself with lips pursed while still in uniform.
And then there’s the officer who took a selfie of herself ready to roll on the job — beside a photo of herself ready for a night out on a town in a hot little top and miniskirt.
The looming crackdown on city cops comes just days after the FDNY shrugged at reports that rookie firefighter Jonathan Jesensky was a gay porn star before he joined the Fire Department.
A number of female cops have been singled out in the NYPD investigation for posting pics to the ‘blueline_beauties’ Instagram account.
There’s next to no wiggle room in the NYPD’s marching orders on social media, a three-page internal order the Daily News obtained last year that lays out clearly why selfies while in uniform are a no-no.
“Members of the service should be aware that activities on personal social media sites may be used against them to undermine their credibility as members of the department,” it states.
Any officer caught violating the order faces disciplinary action, including termination, the memo states.
This group of officers, however, are more likely to lose 10 vacation days, sources said.
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