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| Kent youth PCC Paris Brown's tweets 'not checked' | Kent youth PCC Paris Brown's tweets 'not checked' |
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| Recruitment procedures may be reviewed after Britain's first youth police and crime commissioner had to apologise for her comments on Twitter. | Recruitment procedures may be reviewed after Britain's first youth police and crime commissioner had to apologise for her comments on Twitter. |
| Paris Brown, 17, said she was "wildly exaggerating" in "stupid, immoral" tweets posted when she was 14, 15 and 16, before her appointment. | Paris Brown, 17, said she was "wildly exaggerating" in "stupid, immoral" tweets posted when she was 14, 15 and 16, before her appointment. |
| Kent police and crime commissioner (PCC) Ann Barnes said recruiters did not check her tweets or Facebook page. | Kent police and crime commissioner (PCC) Ann Barnes said recruiters did not check her tweets or Facebook page. |
| "Perhaps that is a lesson for the future," she said. | "Perhaps that is a lesson for the future," she said. |
| "We went through a perfectly normal recruitment process. We had her vetted by the force and nobody normally looks through anybody's Twitter feed. | "We went through a perfectly normal recruitment process. We had her vetted by the force and nobody normally looks through anybody's Twitter feed. |
| "Social networking sites are a no-go area for most of us adults. | "Social networking sites are a no-go area for most of us adults. |
| "A lot of young people use them and say the most horrible things. They don't even think about what they are saying and I think this is what's happened with Paris." | "A lot of young people use them and say the most horrible things. They don't even think about what they are saying and I think this is what's happened with Paris." |
| The Mail on Sunday reported Ms Brown boasted about her sex life, drug taking and drinking on her account @vilulabelle on the social networking website. | The Mail on Sunday reported Ms Brown boasted about her sex life, drug taking and drinking on her account @vilulabelle on the social networking website. |
| The Twitter page has since been removed. | The Twitter page has since been removed. |
| 'Better person' | 'Better person' |
| Paris, from Sheerness, has apologised and said the comments, posted between the ages of 14 and 16, had been "misinterpreted". | Paris, from Sheerness, has apologised and said the comments, posted between the ages of 14 and 16, had been "misinterpreted". |
| "All teenagers make mistakes, all teenagers think at one point 'oh I'm annoyed, write something stupid'… it's an age thing," she said on Sunday. | "All teenagers make mistakes, all teenagers think at one point 'oh I'm annoyed, write something stupid'… it's an age thing," she said on Sunday. |
| Ms Barnes said she had spoken at length to Ms Brown and would stand by her. | Ms Barnes said she had spoken at length to Ms Brown and would stand by her. |
| "She will be a better person for this," she said. | "She will be a better person for this," she said. |
| "I think she will be able to relate more to young people. | "I think she will be able to relate more to young people. |
| "Won't it be good if, from her own experience, she can try to get over to young people that [some things] they say on Twitter or Facebook are unacceptable?" | "Won't it be good if, from her own experience, she can try to get over to young people that [some things] they say on Twitter or Facebook are unacceptable?" |
| Ms Barnes said Ms Brown was selected for the £15,000 job from 164 applicants. The youth PCC post is to be funded from Ms Barnes's own £85,000 salary. | Ms Barnes said Ms Brown was selected for the £15,000 job from 164 applicants. The youth PCC post is to be funded from Ms Barnes's own £85,000 salary. |
| Ms Barnes said the tweets were rude, offensive, unpleasant and unacceptable. | Ms Barnes said the tweets were rude, offensive, unpleasant and unacceptable. |
| "I don't condone them for one single solitary minute," she said | "I don't condone them for one single solitary minute," she said |
| "Now that [Paris] knows and realises just how deeply offensive what she wrote is, she is really distraught about it, and so she should be. | "Now that [Paris] knows and realises just how deeply offensive what she wrote is, she is really distraught about it, and so she should be. |
| "I have had some tweets myself about this, with people complaining about me in the most rude, offensive, vulgar language. | |
| "I have had to delete them and those are from people who are probably my age." | "I have had to delete them and those are from people who are probably my age." |
| Ms Brown, who is currently an apprentice at Swale Borough Council, is due to begin the one-year PCC post in July or August. | Ms Brown, who is currently an apprentice at Swale Borough Council, is due to begin the one-year PCC post in July or August. |