No punishment for officers who broadcast foul-mouthed conversation from chopper

WINNIPEG – Winnipeg police say there will be no disciplinary action taken against two officers in a helicopter whose explicit conversation, including swearing and references to oral sex, was broadcast by loudspeaker to people below.

Some citizens were shocked by the language the officers used and others were bemused, taking to social media to make jokes about the incident using the hashtags #whoops and #speakerphone.

On Friday, police said they had concluded after an investigation that the incident was an accident and said changes had been made to the chopper’s wiring system to prevent it happening again.

The police force again apologized to anyone who may have been offended by the overheard conversation.

Three officers had been on a routine patrol when they inadvertently turned on the chopper’s public address system.

They didn’t know many in the city could hear their workplace chatter which witnesses said ranged from swearing to talking about money and sex.

(CTV Winnipeg)