Question:
can a police officer look up someone's record for non duty related reasons?
2010-04-05 22:38:24 UTC
can a police officer look up someone's record for non duty related reasons?
Fifteen answers:
Jim Bob
2010-04-05 23:02:22 UTC
They can but it's against department policy.
Jerome
2016-06-11 02:37:26 UTC
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2016-02-26 00:32:42 UTC
Technically you can't do anything about him yelling at your brother. If he is not legally accusing him and pressing some lawsuit against him...if he is off-duty he has freedom of speech just like any other person. Your brother could yell back at him as well and he could do nothing. The only way would be to file a complaint if the officer was harassing him while on the job. The police station would then most likely cite him for some type of misconduct or whatever. Freedom of speech might annoy you, but it's no grounds for getting the officer fired when he is off-duty. I mean, we can flip off a police officer that is on duty and not have any consequences. They have the same rights when they are not at work. It's just like any other person, when you're not at work you can talk to people how you wish, but at work you must maintain some type of professionalism unless you want fired.
2016-05-21 04:15:46 UTC
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culley
2016-11-04 08:16:11 UTC
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2016-04-29 19:29:25 UTC
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?
2010-04-05 22:48:39 UTC
They absolutely CAN. They have the access obviously so technically they're supposed to do personal stuff on their own time. If they use the info they acquire for illegal purposes (stalking, for example) then that's another question.
Koehler
2017-03-02 05:36:07 UTC
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2010-04-05 23:01:21 UTC
This one did it constantly in order to find out where women he considered attractive, lived & worked.



They didn't put an end to his abuse of the system until he finally got caught murdering one of them:



http://www.thisboardrocks.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-91795.html
2010-04-05 22:42:36 UTC
what would a reason be? if someone has a record who is to say a cop cant look it up
2010-04-05 22:47:11 UTC
Yes and no because it is only illegal to do it if they sell the information. If they only keep it person, no law is broken except for Dept. policy as not to use company resources for personal use. The Dept could only fire them.
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2010-04-05 22:41:25 UTC
No, that is abuse of power and the officer will be disciplined by his superior if found out.
2014-09-08 21:25:02 UTC
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2010-04-05 22:50:40 UTC
No, I don't think so. But they have the power to.
Jimmy Whispers VI
2010-04-05 23:10:12 UTC
Well i was looking for a certain article, but it looks as if Prussian Blue has beat me to it.





Try these



Cop Suspected of Using Database to Plan Murder of Ex-wife



A State Police detective whose estranged wife was shot dead at a Michigan zoo admitted using the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to check on his wife and her acquaintances, according to Lansing police search warrant requests. Although the detective is not suspected of pulling the trigger, the Lansing, Michigan, police department says it believes he knows who shot his wife a month after she filed for divorce. Read the full story.



Rookie Cop Checks on 'Potential Girlfriends': 6,900 Database Searches in Only Two Months



An Australian constable new to the beat used the police database to check on potential girlfriends. In just over two months the then 20-year-old policeman performed an unprecedented 6,900 searches on the police database. The counsel assisting the case says that of those 6,900 searches at least 300 weren't connected to official duties. Read the full news story.



FBI Files Sold to Mob and International Criminals by Nevada Attorney General's Office Employee and Former FBI Agent



Dubbed the "Secrets for Sale Scandal" by the Las Vegas media, an attorney general's office worker and a former FBI agent were caught selling information from the FBI NCIC database to organized crime syndicates and other criminals for more than $100,000.



The office worker and the former agent sold documents containing classified information about organized crime investigations, white collar crime investigations, and investigations involving international alien smuggling. These documents were sold to members of organized crime syndicates in New York and to an FBI informant. One defendant's phone records also shows that he had communications with people in Mexico and Cuba and his passport listed recent visits to the drug cartel cities of Medellin and Bogota, Colombia.



The former agent worked for the Las Vegas FBI for several years and had access to national security and electronic surveillance information as well as data on confidential informants and witnesses stored in the FBI's nationwide computer system. Read the story.



Indiana PD Banned From FBI Database



The Highland, Indiana, police department had its access to the state's FBI database suspended due to misuse. The revocation of Highland's access to the Indiana Data and Communications System (IDACS), the state's portal into the National Crime Information Center, is believed to be the first such suspension in at least a decade. State police auditors claim that local investigators had been using the system to run checks on contractors and door-to-door solicitors in direct violation of IDACS policy, and continued to do so even after being warned. Read the story.



Political Candidates Probed by Police Chief



The city attorney in Eastpointe, Michigan, is looking into allegations that the police chief and city manager violated state law by using the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) to check the backgrounds of candidates for an ethics committee. The mayor ordered the investigation after it was revealed that the city manager and police chief may have violated state regulations governing LEIN use by checking backgrounds of eight people considered for a volunteer committee created by the city council. Many people were surprised to find that first-time misuse of the LEIN is not a crime. Read the full story.



Police Investigated for Using Database to Target Organizers of Sheriff-Recall Campaign



Kansas Attorney General Carla Stovall investigated a county sheriff department after receiving a complaint that the department did criminal background checks on two organizers of a petition attempting to recall the sheriff. Read the full news story.



Prosecutor's Office Uses Database to Smear Prosecutor's Political Opponent



The Butler County Republican Party has asked the county commissioners to investigate allegations that an employee in the prosecutor's office misused a state database to obtain information about his boss's political opponent. Read the full news story.



Police Lieutenant Charged With Abusing Database to Influence Elections



In Maryland, a Charles County sheriff's lieutenant faces criminal charges for misusing the sheriff's computer system on behalf of local Democrats connected with elections. He is charged by sheriff's officials with 102 violations of departmental rules relating to the abuse, according to court documents filed in Charles County Circuit Court. Read the full story.



Cop Uses Database to Find Woman's Unlisted Phone Number -- Gives It to Woman's Ex



A Brisbane, Australia, police officer admitted to giving a local businessman the personal details of his ex-girlfriend. The investigator told the court how the woman, whose name has been suppressed, complained earlier that an ex-boyfriend had called her unlisted home phone number. Th


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