A police chief has publicly shamed his own officers on Twitter for their bad parking - sparking accusations he has got his priorities wrong.
Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh, from Essex Police, took the snap of a van parked across two spaces and slammed those responsible.
Posting it on social media, he wrote: "I hold our force to a higher standard & parking like this falls below it!
"Apologies to anyone inconvenienced in #Boreham yesterday."
But Twitter user Makeshift Cop told him: "If this is what fills your day Boss I'm really worried about your priorities."
He replied: "It doesn't fill my day. Apologising to the public when we get it wrong is part of policing."
Another person tweeted: "Multiple stations closing, staff cut-backs in Essex and you're concentrating on parking? This is unbelievable."
But, Steve Taylor, chair of Essex Police Federation, defended the photo.
He told the BBC: "I'm not going to condemn him for sharing his values and expectations with his workforce.
"He's just asking us to be mindful of who we are and how we carry ourselves."
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We expect anyone driving a police vehicle to be beyond reproach and show extra special consideration and courtesy to pedestrians and other cars when parking.
"The member of police staff who parked inconsiderately in Boreham has been spoken to and reminded of the need to uphold a higher standard in future."
