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Posted on 07/09/2003 10:15:34 AM PDT by mhking
Waukesha - A photo and personal information of an undercover Waukesha County sheriff's detective were posted several months ago without his knowledge on a dating Web site for gay men, officials said Monday.
Detective Peter Korns, who is married, became aware of the Web site when a man called his home to respond to the personal ad.
Korns immediately looked up the site for gay singles, which displayed a photo of him in a dress shirt, wearing a shoulder holster with his handgun. The entry described him as "a broke cop with no morals."
A subpoena filed Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court says that the Sheriff's Department, in late May had sought information related to the posting from the operators of the California-based Web site.
The photo and information were subsequently removed from the site.
Korns on Monday declined to comment.
Sheriff's Lt. Chuck Wood said Korns' reaction was: "Someone is yanking my chain, and it went too far. I don't want an investigation, but I want you to know it's there, and I'm not responsible for it."
Posting someone's photo and personal information may not be a crime, Wood said, but defamation could be argued in a civil case.
Wood said sheriff's officials were concerned that someone in the department may have provided the photo for the Web site, which would have have been a violation of department policy. If someone in the department was involved, he said, that individual could be disciplined.
In addition, he said, the incident could be viewed as sexual harassment, if someone from the department was involved.
But, Wood said, "to the best of our ability, we were not able to find out who posted it."
Unless new information is discovered, he said, the department considers the investigation closed.
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That could be George W. Bush's '04 campaign theme. Should appeal to the dying off FDR crowd and their 'spend like there's no tomorrow' spawn.
Impersonating that person when submitting the information is a form of identity theft. May not be as serious as using someone's credit card or buying a gun under someone else's name but it's loopholes like this that give defending attorneys wiggle room.
We once filled out a subscription card for Hustler magazine to be delivered and billed to my boss' house. Only we bumped his address up by two digits so it would be delivered to his neighbors.
Childish, I know, but what would you expect from a bunch of 24 year olds...
Without that person's consent? I think it SHOULD be a crime!
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