A police officer has admitted leaking sensitive information to her lover who then tipped off a suspect in a criminal investigation. Police constable Karen Howie, 34, who is married to another officer, has since resigned from Tayside Police. She admitted two charges of perverting the course of justice at Dundee Sheriff Court. Her co-accused, Neil…
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FL: FBI to investigate Lake Wales fraud case
Phil Attinger reports: Lake Wales police have turned their city bank account fraud investigation over to the FBI. Sgt. Mark Stroup, chief local investigator on the case, said the Lake Wales Police Department made the decision last week to have the Federal Bureau of Investigations take the lead in the case, in light of the…
NSW officer charged with unauthorised computer access
From AAP: A NSW Police officer has been charged over what police describe as “unauthorised computer access”. The offence allegedly occurred in August last year and involves an officer who was part of the North West Metropolitan Region. The constable has been served with a court attendance notice and is expected to appear at Parramatta…
UK: Child’s police station interview discovered dumped at bus station
Mark Mcgivern reports: Confidential police videos of a little girl telling officers about alleged violent child abuse have been found at a bus station. Last night, the shocking breach of privacy over the six-year-old’s harrowing interview was the subject of an urgent inquiry. Senior Strathclyde Police officers admitted they were unsure if the tapes –…
UK: Wiltshire Council documents found in wheelie bin
An investigation has been launched after a bag full of birth registrations and internal council emails was found in a household bin in Wiltshire. A couple from Westbury found the Wiltshire Council documents in their wheelie bin soon after it had been emptied. The documents were traced back to Trowbridge. A council spokesman apologised and…
Hackers didn’t retrieve data in Defense pharmacy website attack
Bob Brewin follows up a government site that appeared on a hacker’s list of compromised sites for sale: No data has been siphoned off the Defense Department PharmacoEconomic Center website and domain as the result of a hacker attack reported by a security firm last week, a Military Health System spokesman said. Austin Camacho, a spokesman…