Officers Run Background Check On Obama; Placed On Leave

Peacetrain

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Thu Jul-30-09 07:42 AM
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Officers Run Background Check On Obama; Placed On Leave

Edited on Thu Jul-30-09 07:45 AM by Peacetrain

Posted: 6:55 pm EDT July 29, 2009Updated: 7:22 pm EDT July 29, 2009
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Two DeKalb County police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation revealed they ran a background check on President Barack Obama.

A representative for the DeKalb County CEO’s office identified the officers as Ryan White and C.M. Route.

Officials said Obama’s name was typed into a computer inside a DeKalb County police car on July 20 and ran through the National Crime Information Center.

The secret service was immediately notified and contacted the DeKalb County Police Department.

A representative said both officers have been with the department less than five years.

A representative said one of the officers denied involvement.

An official investigation is being conducted by the DeKalb County Police Department’s Internal Affairs division.

It is unclear why the officers ran a check on the president.

Edit to add link: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/20218458/detail.html

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zbdent

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Thu Jul-30-09 07:44 AM
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1. well, if the media can go into an outrage when Joe W. got someone

looking into his child support payments (because he was concerned his taxes would go up - apparently making $250000/year, unlike what the IRS was told) ...

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Pirate Smile

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Thu Jul-30-09 07:48 AM
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2. The local cops that are part of his security when he travels now feel like more of a potential

threat then extra protection now. :(

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napi21

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Thu Jul-30-09 07:49 AM
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3. My guess is that the officers were on some boring traffic

watch duty and decided, just for fun, they'd see what info showed up.

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snappyturtle

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Thu Jul-30-09 07:52 AM
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4. I agree. nt

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Supply Side Jesus

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Thu Jul-30-09 08:05 AM
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5. Idiots

I've seen officers get fired for shit like this running checks on people they know.

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woodsprite

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Thu Jul-30-09 08:09 AM
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6. I know of someone at work here who WAS in security.

He still has his cronies run background checks on his daughter's boyfriend of the moment.

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Supply Side Jesus

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Fri Jul-31-09 05:05 PM
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7. good god

NCIC is always doing random audits on us... no way i wouldnt even run a search on a girlfriend. Not worth losing my job or violate a person's rights.

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