Explosive new probe is launched by police chiefs after Daily Mail Australia blew the whistle on vile cops doing unspeakable acts to corpses

This week former NSW policewoman Michelle Carlon lifted the lid on a ‘twisted game’ involving cops at crime scenes sharing highly inappropriate photos of dead women.

Now Daily Mail Australia can reveal that vile allegations of officers passing around demeaning photographs of deceased women’s genitals on Snapchat and ‘rating their racks’, is being investigated.

‘NSW Police will investigate any evidence that can be provided in relation to this matter,’ a spokesperson said.

‘NSW Police does not tolerate this alleged behaviour on any level and takes any matter of this nature exceptionally seriously.’

However, when the ex-senior constable’s claims were recently shared in a secret police Facebook group, the sickening allegations were met with mockery.

Serving officers accused the ten-year police veteran of ‘seeking fame’, having ‘too much filler’ and that the ‘only disturbing pictures are her selfies’.

‘This is exactly why I am exposing them,’ Ms Carlon told Daily Mail Australia. 

‘Because there is nowhere to go when cops investigate cops.

‘If they are saying this about me – a woman, imagine how they treat victims.’

The mother-of-one blew the whistle on the sick culture after she was bullied out of her job for complaining and warned relatives if she dies: ‘Don’t leave them alone with my corpse.’

‘The way we check bodies is, we do strip them and photograph their privates to check for any signs of sexual assault,’ Ms Carlon said.

‘This is where cops are most likely alone with a corpse. It scares me to think how my body would be photographed and sent around the NSW Police.

‘Even when not on Snapchat, photographs are still being shared.

‘I’ve heard, ‘Mate look at this chicks v**’ before showing a photo of a woman’s privates to each other and laughing, and they rate their racks.’

The original Daily Mail Australia article was shared in the private Facebook group Thin Blue Line Australia, which requires a police or other frontline worker ID number to join.

While some comments backed Carlon’s claims, most were more concerned about her looks.

‘I think the only disturbing pics may be her selfies to be honest,’ one commented.

Another added: ‘Only thing shocking her is the size of her ego, makeup and filter, cats a*** mouth.’

‘I’d say just wanting to launch some post policing publicity opportunities for herself. Never seen or heard of anything like this in over 40 years in the police force.

‘Childish little selfies like this says it all really.’

A third wrote: ‘She is just looking for her 10 minutes.’

A fourth added: ‘In my opinion of course she has given one too many head jobs.’

Their attitudes didn’t surprise Ms Carlon, who claimed she experienced bullying during much of her career.

‘Those comments are all from cops and this is how they treat people,’ she said.

‘I don’t think my pout should be the gauge of how we rate someone’s credibility.

‘It’s the same as asking what were you wearing to someone who has been assaulted, so because I took a selfie I can’t be believed?

‘That’s the exact attitude that enables this behaviour.

‘I have had some rough victims of crime and they might not have been able to say two words without profanities, but they spoke the truth.’

Ms Carlon claimed photos of the dead bodies of children, the elderly and vulnerable women are among the disturbing images taken at crime scenes and shared to colleagues.

She also claimed police bosses have ignored the allegations, as well as many others, for years.

After a rising number of complaints, NSW Police announced an independent review into a toxic culture in the force last October.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has engaged former Victorian equal opportunity human rights commissioner Kristen Hilton to conduct the review.

It will begin interviews in the coming months with former employees who have left the force in the past five years.

But Daily Mail Australia has spoken to multiple current and former NSW Police officers who also alleged that inappropriate behaviour and misconduct is rife, with little being done when it’s officially reported.

While many of the Facebook comments were aimed at discrediting Ms Carlon, some  eluded to having some insight to the claims.

‘Sad part is some of it is probably true,’ commented one person.

‘We had one incidence in the NT police of a cop doing something untoward with a dead female. He was frog marched out,’ added another.

‘I would say the whole police department is crashing,’ added a third.  

However, Ms Carlon’s claimed were echoed by former crime scene investigator Kylie Kemp.

The 44-year-old left the force in 2018 after 11 years of service and claims constant harassment and bullying gave her PTSD and left her with no choice but to quit.

‘I can’t even explain how bad and how horrible some cops were,’ she said.

‘It was always young male coppers who had no respect for the dead. It’s making me shake now thinking about it because it’s so disgusting.’

Ms Kemp is also aware of officers taking photos of genitals to pass around and is particularly haunted by an elderly lady who was targeted after being found in her bedroom with no underwear on.

Ms Kemp’s allegations were not criticised in the Facebook group.

Ms Kemp also said she didn’t understand why officers are allowed to have private phones while on duty.

‘They have radios – so why do they need their phones there at all?’ she said.

NSW officers were banned from using WhatsApp, social media or any messaging platforms other than SMS on work mobile phones under a controversial ruling by Commissioner Webb last October.

Social media and other personal apps were blocked on work phones using security software.

The recommendation was one of several made by the LECC – the police watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission – = following an investigation into the conduct of an alleged drunk senior officer following a car crash in May.

At the time, the move was slammed by some cops who said banning them from apps would impede their work.

‘It means we are going to have to get burner phones now and carry two phones,’ one officer said.

Ms Carlon claims that the spiteful comments just prove her point and says despite their accusations that she is seeking attention she has nothing to gain from exposing the toxic culture.

‘My colleagues were cruel bullies and I tried to report it – but no one believed me,’ she says.

‘I’m not perfect by any means, but my heart is in the right place and the psychologist cleared me to work but they let me go with no explanation.

‘I am releasing this shame I’ve been carrying and I’m putting it back where it belongs – on them.’