I guess now we know the real reason for all the law-enforcement public displays of butthurt about smartphone security improvements:
Desk duty? Am I naive in thinking that he has been turfed in advance of his termination, and that this will happen to other officers involved?
Am I understanding correctly (not having followed the links) that officers are forcing arrested women to strip for these photos?
I can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic or not, but no. They’re ‘just’ stealing images already on the arrestee’s phones.
And sending them to their fellow miscreants.
And they’re being punished for it.
The system works.
For the few cops who got caught doing it. How many others did it we don’t know. I’m sure pictures are being deleted all up and down CHP land.
Polaroids under your underwear in your underwear drawer were much safer.
Oh, the terrible punishment of moving from the mean streets to an office! :rolleyes:
No sarcasm.
That’s more information that is in the OP. I certainly hope that you are correct, that they are being punished.
Punished, btw, would be firing. Desk duty…not so much.
They will never put administrative punishments ahead of criminal investigations. One can ruin the other since there is a much lower threshold for proof. The article said the prosecutor will announce this week if there is enough evidence to charge and with what.
How exactly does this forwarding of pictures work? Wouldn’t there be a record or some kind of electronic trail? My email certainly keeps track of all outgoing mail. Do texts not do this?
We will never be able to catch everyone guilty of a particular crime - that doesn’t mean the system has failed, it just means the system is not omnipotent.
The best way to avoid your naked pictures being stolen is to not have naked pictures.
…my understanding was that they were texted from the phone, and then probably deleted from the phone. But the phone logs were synched with her I Pad: and she discovered the images were sent when she checked the logs. If the two weren’t synched she would never have known.
Or not to let thieves and perverts be cops, that might work. Nah, that’s crazy talk.
The latest news is that one officer is facing two felony counts for computer theft in this case.
Smapti, I commend you on your restraint. You managed to wait a full 12 responses before blaming the victim.
And don’t tell people they should lock their doors, either - that’s blaming the victim instead of the robber.
If I thought you actually had sympathy for the victim instead of for the poor misunderstood cops, your response might carry more weight.
ETA: since you seem utterly clueless on this topic, let me clarify. Yes, if you don’t have naked pictures on your cell phone, it is difficult for people to find them. That is mind-numbingly obvious and completely unnecessary to point out. Everyone already knows that. Yet you continue to point stuff like this out anyway. That’s why it comes across as blaming the victim.
It’s messed up, but I am far from surprised.