Hundreds of police workers have faced disciplinary action for looking at internet pornography and social networking sites, figures show. More than 400 officers and support staff have been sacked or given warnings after being caught looking at inappropriate material online. Officers have also been dismissed for using police databases to check out people’s backgrounds for personal reasons. The total figure of 439 disciplined staff could be much higher because some forces refused to disclose details citing data protection rules. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showed that an inspector in Lancashire was given a written warning for accessing sites at work which ‘are or might be considered to be indecent, offensive, pornographic, or obscene’.
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1239976/Porn-shame-hundreds-police-staff-disciplined-internet-use.html
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
The thin VERY blue line: Porn shame of hundreds of police staff disciplined over internet use
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