CopSpace
Officers’ Web site content stirs furor:
Some Lexington Kentucky police officers are in hot water for content that they posted on their MySpaces…
Several Lexington police officers face disciplinary action for comments and photos they posted on the popular Web site MySpace.com, in which the officers discussed their jobs, commented on arrests they had made and used derogatory language about gays and the mentally disabled.
On one officer’s site on MySpace.com, some Lexington officers openly discussed the recent arrest of country music star John Michael Montgomery, who was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol when he was pulled over by Officer Joshua Cromer in February.
Those comments appeared on Cromer’s MySpace page, some of them congratulating Cromer for the arrest. His site also included an altered photograph — posted there by another officer — of Montgomery and a fan in which Cromer’s face had been placed on the body of the fan. An attorney for Montgomery last night said he was “just appalled” at the web postings.
On other pages, all located on MySpace.com, officers say they work for the “snobby people of Lexington” or the “Lexington Fayette Urban Communist Government.” They call each other gay and make fun of the mentally disabled. Many of the pages feature Lexington police badges, police cars or photos of the officers in uniform.
Although many of the officers’ Web pages have been cleaned up or deactivated in recent days, there could be damaging effects.
Officials are particularly concerned about the effect of Cromer’s site on the case against Montgomery, who is scheduled to be back in court in April on charges including DUI, carrying a concealed deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance.
In addition to the Montgomery photo, Cromer’s site included more general postings about his police work. In his biographical profile he identified himself as a Lexington police officer and said, “I love to lock a mother f—– up …”
He also described an incident in which he wrote a ticket to a man who lives in his apartment complex because the man’s car alarm woke him up. He then discovered the man had a warrant for unpaid tickets.
“Sorry … don’t take it personal, pay your f—— tickets and you won’t have warrants,” Cromer wrote.
Other officers’ pages include crude images and comments.
At the top of Sisk’s page, for example, he posted a photo of a mentally disabled child running in a race.
“What’s better than winning the special olympics?” the photo read. “Not being retarded.”
I have the utmost respect for law enforcement because they risk their lives every day in protecting us. However you guys get the Red Foreman Dumbass Award for posting this stuff on a MySpace where everyone can see.
Tags: dumbass, kentucky, lexington, police, red-forman
4 opinions for CopSpace
pat
Mar 29, 2006 at 11:10 am
Yeah, it was inappropriate. He should have kept himself anonymous if he wanted to say some outlandish things. Love the Red Foreman Dumbass award!
Trench
Mar 29, 2006 at 11:18 am
Red is my hero. :-D
Will Shadoe
Mar 30, 2006 at 8:08 pm
This makes me laugh because this is how the cops that come to school talk to us.
Mike
Mar 30, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Just more proof that most cops hate gays even though it is very unprofessional.
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