Cop quits over investigation into misuse of computer data
Posted March 19, 2013 5:47 pm.
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NEW WESTMINSTER (NEWS1130) – An officer with the police department in New Westminster has resigned over an investigation into the improper use of police data.
Police Chief Dave Jones says no special severance package was offered to the officer, whose name has not been released.
He says the department will still complete an investigation in the case, but any penalty against the officer couldn’t been enforced unless he seeks work with another police department.
Earlier this month, the New Westminster Police issued a statement saying the officer was under investigation for allegedly misusing information obtained from a police computer database.
The officer wasn’t on duty at the time of the incident and was suspended with pay when the investigation began.
Police have not revealed the nature of the information that was allegedly accessed by the officer.
