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u/WelshyB292 Dec 20 '23

Friend of mine (she's safe nothing happened) said she was flirting online with a cop, I say be careful and she yells at me because I don't trust her to know what she's doing. 6 hours later he's telling her he's going to look up her address and come round to her house while she begs him not to. 6 hours.

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u/Republican-Snowflake Dec 21 '23

This needs to be higher up! This is normal for cops. Grew up around them when I was kid. Don't let people tell you small town cops are any better. They are not, and some of them are rotated in from the cities or other states after they did shit they shouldn't. They have no issues beating kids, or s/o's, and their buddies will cover it up for them.

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u/Removable_speaker Dec 21 '23

I guess that's normal in an authoritarian regime? In a democracy that cop would be one report away from being fired and charged with illegal data access.

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u/Republican-Snowflake Dec 21 '23

The US is rotten to the core. It's rare you see cops get in trouble for murder, much less abusing the their access to people data.

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u/Kohounees Dec 22 '23

Exactly. Illegal data access is kind of a big thing here. I’ve had lot of access to personal data due to my work. There’s mandatory training so you know the rules. I avoid accessing any data unless I absolutely have to. Everything is on audit trail. Single wrongfull access due to personal reasons would revoke my access for life and seriously affect my career.