All student officers must be over 18 to apply but the keyboard bullies soon went into overdrive at the sight of the young looking budding policemen standing with Supt Brear and another female officer.
Superintendent Helen Brear, of West Yorkshire Police, eventually had to intervene to defend the force's recruits, writing online the additions "will make great cops"
In the BBC’s hit crime drama Happy Valley, seasoned cop Catherine Cawood is no stranger to teasing young recruits over their youthful looks and lack of experience.