WMC-TV in West Memphis reports that an FBI investigation is underway of a West Memphis police officer suspected of accessing the personal information of other officers. The suspect, an unnamed detective in the police department, has been terminated.
From the report:
According to Paudert, files containing the names and social security numbers of police department employees were stored on the computer network, making the employees vulnerable to identity theft.
"It's very disturbing to us that someone, first of all, would do that, and secondly, what it would do to the employees that work here," Paudert said.
To date, it is unclear how the detective was able to access the files via a hack or a lapse in network security, and whether or not any other files were affected. West Memphis Police Department employees have been notified and asked to monitor their credit reports for irregularities.
