Air force staff charged over inappropriate emails

Personnel at two air force bases have faced charges of inappropriate computer use, the Defence Force says.

The confirmation comes five months after police launched a probe into email porn involving police staff.

An audit found inappropriate images on the computers of 327 police staff, uncovering more than 5000 pornographic images and video clips on the national police computer system.

The Defence Force said that in the first half of this year seven charges had been summarily resolved involving personnel at two air force bases in relation to the transmission or storage of inappropriate emails.

During the same period five navy personnel had been disciplined in relation to objectionable material on computers, Chief of Defence Force Air Marshal Bruce Ferguson said.

The army's military police had recorded two instances of questionable material on computers.

In one case questionable images had been associated with an individual. Charges had yet to be either drawn up or recommended.

In the second case where objectionable images had been found on an internet-linked computer within a unit it had not been possible to identify any individual who was responsible.

- NZPA