Here’s one that should bring a little peace and serenity to cops involved in a shooting incident. Last summer 3 Tallahassee, FL officers were involved in 3 separate shootings. The media, activists and other assorted whack jobs demanded the release of the officers names. The Chief said no. The matter wound up in court. The decision rendered at that time was to release the Officers personal information.
The Florida PBA signed on and appealed the decision. The Appeals court sided with the cops and said their information could remain confidential. The reason being that the Officers were victims of a crime and under FL law their personal information may be not be released. Damn good decision!!
The court stated that ….”Information that could be used to locate or harass the victim or victims family, or which could disclose confidential information of the victim.” Meaning that some 8-ball could use the cops identity to cause harm to them or their families/friends.
Remember Joe Mensah, the ‘Tosa cop that was savagely and unjustly harassed…and almost killed because his personal info was made public.
Peace
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