[ISN] Seymour police beef up computer security in wake of breach

http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/08/20/news/valley/doc4c6df71ec18f0675112063.txt

By Lauren Garrison
Register Staff
newhavenregister.com
August 20, 2010

SEYMOUR -- The Board of Police Commissioners acted Thursday to secure 
the Police Department’s computer system in the wake of an officer 
breaching the e-mail accounts of fellow officers.

The board unanimously voted to spend about $3,000 on a Cisco firewall 
for security purposes, which Police Chief Michael Metzler said was “top 
of the line.”

The board also unanimously approved the chief’s new policy on 
information technology use. The policy was discussed in executive 
session before the board voted on it publicly. (Read the full policy 
below.)

“We’re gonna lock it all down,” Metzler said after the meeting. “People 
took some liberties they shouldn’t have been taking.”

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