Overview

• A video showing a male and female officer engaging in intimate acts beside their patrol car has gone viral on social media.
• The Cypriot police have suspended both officers and opened an investigation into possible breach of duty and indecent act charges.
• The person who filmed and shared the footage is now under a separate privacy violation inquiry.
• Social media responses ranged from calls for discipline to mocking praise of the officers’ conduct.
• Police spokesperson Kyriaki Lamprianidou urged an end to the public shaming of the officers, noting they have families and children.