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thewayneUnbelievable. He wasn't speeding and was using cruise control when he was pulled over. Cop lets him go with a verbal warning. Turns out the cop was live-streaming on Tik Tok and showed the guy's drivers license. A little later he receives a message on Facebook that tracked him from the Tik Tok feed.
The guy filed a complaint with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, the investigation resulted in the officer being suspended for two days without pay. Now the guy is suing for emotional distress, invasion of privacy, etc.
A two day suspension? That's a firing offense IMO, to violate someone's privacy like that. Either management didn't think it was worth firing over, or the union blocked it.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/
The guy filed a complaint with the Dallas County Sheriff's Department, the investigation resulted in the officer being suspended for two days without pay. Now the guy is suing for emotional distress, invasion of privacy, etc.
A two day suspension? That's a firing offense IMO, to violate someone's privacy like that. Either management didn't think it was worth firing over, or the union blocked it.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/man-claims-cop-pulled-him-over-just-to-stream-a-traffic-stop-on-tiktok/
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Date: 2023-03-16 11:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-17 09:47 pm (UTC)Oh, definitely a possibility. Probably 99%+ of police chiefs rose through the ranks, though probably from a different org. So they know both sides of the coin.