Youth police commissioner apologises for ‘inappropriate’ Twitter feed
ByThe Courier Reporter
Paris Brown heads for media interviews outside Maidstone Police Station, Kent, following reports of comments she made on Twitter.
Britain’s first youth police commissioner apologised for “inappropriate language and views” she posted on her Twitter account.
Paris Brown, 17, wrote violent, racist and anti-gay comments on her feed before she became the first youth PCC for Kent to represent young people’s views on policing.
The offensive tweets were posted by the teenager from the ages of 14 to 16, but have now been deleted.
There were calls for Miss Brown, from Sheerness, Kent, to resign from her £15,000-a-year post she was appointed to last week, but Kent Police and local Crime Commissioner Ann Barnes defended her.
In a statement, Miss Brown said: “I deeply apologise for any offence caused by my use of inappropriate language and for any inference of inappropriate views.
“I am not homophobic, racist or violent and am against the taking of drugs.”
Mrs Barnes said in a statement that she did not condone the nature of the tweets but asked for some perspective due to Miss Brown’s age.
“I suspect that many young people go through a phase during which they make silly, often offensive comments and show off on Facebook and Twitter.”
Youth police commissioner apologises for ‘inappropriate’ Twitter feed
