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MySpace may get Durham police officers in trouble
Some Durham police officers are being investigated for allegedly writing deragotory comments on their MySpace pages about president-elect Barack Obama. My only question is, why are Durham police officers on MySpace anyway? I thought only teenagers and bands used it.
Ginny Skalski
...Even though the remarks were made on a personal Web page, the comments could be a violation of department policy. "As a police officer it doesn't matter where you do it, if you provide disservice to the organization, it violates the [department's] code of conduct," he said. "It is a high standard that officers are held accountable to."
4 Responses to “MySpace may get Durham police officers in trouble”
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jonathan
November 12th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
myspace is dregs of web 2.0. i would take an hour on 4chan over the assault on my intelligence that an hour on myspace would certainly provide.
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Ginny Skalski
November 13th, 2008 at 7:43 am
But Jonathan, if you shun MySpace, then how will you know whether your friends like rainbows or unicorns better? Those backgrounds define people ;o)
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Andrea Martin
November 13th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
But see, when it comes to exchanging messages with your favorite band (see: Joey Barnes) MySpace can’t be beat.
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Benjamin Wright
November 14th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Ginny: From the point of view of an employer (like the Durham Police Dept.), social networking is tricky. On the one hand, sites like Myspace promote camaraderie. On the other hand, they can foster abuse, which the employer needs to block. –Ben