New Zealand Police Files Used to Check Out Girlfriends
Emily Watt writes on Stuff.co.nz:
A 111 call-centre worker, sacked after being accused of stealing information from the police computer, says he will fight the dismissal because the practice is rife.More here.
Les Neilson – who admits he used the police computer to check on potential girlfriends – says many police regularly look up acquaintances and friends on the database.
He claims he has been made a scapegoat.
"I've basically been screwed for doing something that's a common practice. I've used the information the same as everyone else has," he said.
"If I'm socialising with people and I'm meeting new partners then I need to know the background of those partners because I don't want to put myself or the department in a compromising position.
"There's nothing that says 'I can't do that' – I've been doing it for the last 20 years."
(Props, Flying Hamster.)
posted by Fergie @ 12/03/2006 11:24:00 AM
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