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HI: Criminal Charges Possible For Cop In Facebook Scandal

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Dissent

Keoki Kerr reports:

KITV 4 News has learned prosecutors and police are trying to bring criminal charges against a Honolulu police officer who posted a hospital-bed photograph of an alleged thief on his Facebook page.

The Honolulu Police Department began an internal affairs investigation after KITV 4 News notified the department of the photo Monday.

An HPD patrol officer posted the photo on his Facebook page with the caption: “See when you like steal copper.” The photo showed the 40-year-old suspected copper wire thief badly burned earlier this month, in a hospital bed at Straub Hospital’s burn unit. His upper body is exposed with burns to his skin.

Read more on KITV, but ignore their somewhat mangled explanation of HIPAA.

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