Two policemen are facing disciplinary action after being caught on their in-car traffic camera making abusive comments about members of the public.
The insulting outbursts by PCs Robert Topliss and Adrian Wootton were recorded as they cruised through a village in Lincolnshire in an unmarked police car, while on the lookout for speeding motorists.
Without realising they were taping themselves, the traffic officers chatted about wanting to have sex with a girl they had just passed, accused their bosses of being "lazy" and discussed how they themselves should be promoted.
The embarrassing tape only came to light when motorist James Chinn, 28, appealed against losing his licence for driving without due care and attention.
He had been caught speeding on the same in-car camera as he overtook the officers in the village of Gosberton, interrupting their discussion.
When Mr Chinn's appeal against his sentence reached court, the barrister for the Crown Prosecution Service had her request rejected that the video be played without sound.
Laura Pitman told Recorder Paul Mann QC: "Your Honour, in respect of the video recording, I was proposing to play it with the sound turned down - the reason being that the language used by the officers is inappropriate.
The video was then played, including the foul-mouthed exchange between Topliss and Wootton.
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