Ex-Cambridgeshire Police officer created toxic WhatsApp culture

Jurors heard 12 other officers had been investigated over their conduct arising from the “toxic” culture Street had created.

Pc Josh Williams, 38, from Huntingdon, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office.

Of 11 others who were investigated, two resigned, one was dismissed for gross misconduct, one received a final warning and two received written warnings.

In 2020, Williams was tasked with examining the phone of a female suspect and told Street she was “quite fit”.

Street asked him if there were “any nudes”, and Williams replied that there was a video of the woman committing a sexual act.

Williams went on to send Street a photo from the woman’s phone depicting her in underwear.

The following year, Street asked if Williams still had the intimate private video because he wanted to show it to “the lads from footy”.

When interviewed about it, Street claimed he wanted to see the images to reassure himself the woman, who was released without charge, was not the victim of exploitative behaviour.

But Prosecutor Anne Whyte KC told jurors it was not Williams’s job to discuss or share the private images, and neither was it Street’s job to ask for nudes or the sex video.