Police officer shared information with journalist ‘to highlight racial discrimination’

A Met Police officer who shared images and briefings with a journalist to highlight discrimination of ethnic minorities in the force has walked free from court. PC Matthew Olive, 26, shared information from two different police databases with freelance journalist Rebecca Tidy as well as former police officer and whistleblower Faye Osmund-Smith. He carried out illegal searches of the police database COPA (Case Overview and Preparation Application) and FIMS (Forensic Imagery Management System). Olive also admitted to being behind Twitter…