Dallas police officer fired in nude-photos caseAfter reading the article, I don't really see why this officer was fired. Don't get me wrong. His actions were not conduct becoming of a police officer but they didn't fire him for the proper infraction (unless I missed it somewhere in the article).
He was fired for nude photos. It didn't state that he was fired for nude photos sent to a 17-yr-old girl. If anything, that's the criminal part. He should be penalized for being stupid and sending incriminating evidence just as much as improper contact with what the state considers a minor.
The overuse of text messaging and phone calls on his PERSONAL cellular phone is excessive but I would consider completely inadmissible. It's personal, although he did do it while on the job, but that's just a misuse/abuse of company time. Who doesn't do that? Hell, I'm doing it now as I'm typing this while at work!
The nude photos of the other officer(s) are minor too. They are all adults and if the other officer(s) wanted to share her naked body with others then what infraction is there...other than the police officer uniform being in the photos? It's like me sharing this post or sending emails to people...if you don't want it to be seen, then don't do/send it! Simple as that. If I had nude photos of a female coworker, hell yeah I'd probably share it with my buddies but those that I fully trusted.
The crime scene photos, tickets and ID issues are worthy of demerits or temporary paid/unpaid leave. I mean who wouldn't want to keep cool or interesting photos of a crime scene? Again, hell yeah I would definitely consider it! It's not everyday that someone may personally see a decapitated head or severed arm or just an overall gruesome scene. Some people may want to relive that over and over with a photo!
In conclusion, in my opinion, they should further investigate the nude photos to a minor. All else should be given a temporary suspension or leave of absence without pay because if he's wasting taxpayer money, my money, while ON the job then he shouldn't get paid while OFF the job. All in all, though, I think the investigation and litigation should cease as this comes down to inappropriately obtained evidence from an obviously bitter soon-to-be ex-wife. Like one of the comments said, "How is she going to get any money from him now?"
I'm not a lawyer but I do watch CSI, Law & Order, Monk and Psych and those shows are so based on actual reality! ;-P
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