- The Sunday Mail (Qld)
- August 29, 2010
QUEENSLAND police are opening themselves up to threats and intimidation by posting personal details on Facebook, top cops have been warned.
In an internal briefing, senior police were warned that information on social networking sites could be used to target individual officers.
Examples included a central Queensland officer who posted his wife and children's names, as well as his location, hobbies and the car he drives.
Top brass were also warned that the service could be tarnished by online activities. Included in the presentation were comments from ``Constable Mick'', critical of the push for a police helicopter. ``Unless we are gonna use the chopper to shoot grubs from the air why bother?'' he says in one forum.
Police bosses were warned online information had been used by terrorists to intimidate soldiers in Afghanistan.
* A policewoman complaining about Gold Coast counter shifts using offensive language: ``Ok, f---ing quiet, my a---! Counter on Monday's really suck . . .''
* One QPS employee outs herself as being married to a cop and living in a very small western town. A Google search gives three phone numbers.
* The Fortitude Valley Police Station Facebook page carrying offensive comments for more than eight months. One member wrote: ``I'm not really a fan of the fortidude valley police station because they arrest u for the stupidest s--t.''
* Another person believed to be a police officer put the details of his house for rent online, including a link with the address.
* One female officer joked: ``Had a nanna nap in the work car whilst doing patrols today ... woops!! Felt better for it tho!!!'' The same officer last week said: ``Some nut kicking coming someones way .... And then someone is getting a ticket 4 not having a bell on thier bicycle or something equally pathetic cause it'll make me feel good :)''
A QPS spokeswoman said the Fortitude Valley page was not created by police and Facebook had been asked to remove it.
She said officers had been told to take more care online.
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