POLICE are investigating an incident which saw a contractor driving a police van swear at a Youtuber on camera.

The incident happened on Tuesday, July 13, outside Reading Police Station where a man driving a police riot van put his middle finger up at the Youtuber.

Koleeberks, who describes himself as a citizen journalist, explains he was carrying out an “audit” – a movement made popular in America which involves photographing or filming a public space in a bid to promote “transparency”.

The video – which has been watched more than 93,000 times - at first appears to show a policee officer inside a riot van putting his middle finger up before driving away.

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Reading Chronicle:

But later on the video the man was a contractor who was just driving the van.

In the full video on Youtube, he enters Reading Police Station to complain about the incident wishing to make a formal complaint against the driver.

But then he sees the police van pull up outside, with the driver of the van stood on the road asking him to stop filming him.

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Since the ordeal was caught on camera, Thames Valley Police confirmed that the driver of the van was not a police employee but a contractor carrying out maintenance work on the police van.

A spokesman said: "This incident is being looked into between Thames Valley Police and its contractors."