Police are investigating whether Britain's first youth crime commissioner broke the law by posting a string of offensive comments on Twitter.
Paris Brown, 17, apologised for the messages, which were posted before she took up the one-year post with Kent Police.
However, a spokesman said the force had received "a number of complaints" about her comments and is now investigating "whether any offences have been committed".
Miss Brown appeared to use homophobic, racist and violent language in her tweets, which included one saying she was pleased her brother had thumped someone.
In another, she wrote: "Im (sic) either really fun, friendly and inclusive when Im drunk or Im an anti social, racist, sexist, embarrassing a*******. often its the latter."
Other posts seemed to refer to immigrants as "illegals" and gay people as "fags".
In a statement, Miss Brown, who lives in Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey, said: "I deeply apologise for any offence caused by my use of inappropriate language and for any inference of inappropriate views.
"I am not homophobic, racist or violent and am against the taking of drugs. If I'm guilty of anything, it's showing off and wildly exaggerating on Twitter and I am very ashamed of myself."
Ann Barnes, who was elected as Kent Police and Crime Commissioner last year, said she did not condone the content of Miss Brown's tweets but added: "I suspect that many young people go through a phase during which they make silly, often offensive comments ... on Facebook and Twitter."
Miss Brown's tweets, which were posted when she was aged between 14 and 16, were condemned by MPs, including South Thanet's Laura Sandys, who wrote on Twitter: "Paris Brown should step down as youth crime tsar for Kent ... Gimmicks always backfire."
Damian Collins, the MP for Folkestone and Hythe, added: "I feel sorry for Paris Brown to be put in this position where there is such a high level of scrutiny about what she has said.
"She is going to be under constant pressure to explain what she meant and it's best that this young person should rebuild her life away from intense media scrutiny."
Miss Brown is not the first person to be investigated by police for messages posted on Twitter.
In October 2012, Matthew Wood was jailed for 12 weeks for posting "abhorrent" messages about the missing five-year-old April Jones.
Swansea student Liam Stacey was given a 56-day sentence last March for mocking Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed on the pitch during an FA Cup match.
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