FC: Chicago cops surf for child porn, lose Internet privileges

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 22:51:48 PDT

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    From: "Z uker" <zuker5at_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: Cops in Chicago call cops in Philly to turn themselves in.
    Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 20:20:37 +0000
    
    Maybe we should get these two police departments together and see who wins.
    
    Cops face Internet curbs after child porn found
    
    By Eric Ferkenhoff, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter Gary 
    Washburn contributed to this report
    Published April 24, 2002
    
    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/showcase/chi-0204240253apr24.story?coll=chi%2Dnews%2Dhed
    
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        By Eric Ferkenhoff, Tribune staff reporter. Tribune staff reporter
        Gary Washburn contributed to this report
        Published April 24, 2002
        Chicago Police Supt. Terry Hillard has unplugged Internet access from
        most of the department's 3,200 computers after an internal
        investigation turned up child pornography on two computers.
        Officials said they do not believe there is a porn ring in the
        department. Still, the breach "disgusted" Hillard, who last Friday
        temporarily shut down the department's Internet access at nearly all
        department facilities.
        The child porn images were found on computers at the Wood District
        station on the Near West Side and the Calumet Area headquarters on the
        Far South Side, sources said. The probe has identified the officer who
        allegedly accessed the child porn image in one case, sources said, but
        it could not be learned what the investigation turned up in the other.
        No disciplinary action has been taken against any officer so far,
        police said.
        [...]
    
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