PoliceLink

i recently checked out these search websites and we are all on it and can be found. this is B.S. the job we do is hazardous enough; now some pissed off adam/henry or someone who just got released form the local puzzle factory can kill you!

I think it should be against the law, but that's the world we live in today. I also feel that if you find a perp that is goal oriented enough and has a "Nothing" to lose mindset - we'll be having a bad day anyway....there has been officers and family members killed in the past for following them home. I think it is more realistic that someone watch your house or follow you home than look ya up on the internet.....I would actually be more nervous that they would go to the site and get my information for their "NEW CREDIT CARD...." knowing that a police officer usually (on average) has good credit... I don't mean to sound light-hearted on the subject, but after you have a few rounds thrown at ya, you realize that we all have a number coming and it's just a matter of when....(II Timothy 2:3) <--- my favorite for cops... (that's how I deal with it anyway)

thanks for the info. you need to go to these sites and input your name and then print the page with your info out(this is the free sneak peak page; do not pay). Next go to the bottom of the page and click on "help" then go to the line that says "remove my info". you may have to fax or mail a letter to extract info. i was told by a very nice lady from one of these search sites that if you send a copy of your police Id(black out your city and number) they make certain it gets done asap.

Most, if not all, of this information is public record. It always has been, it just used to require more effort to get it. I think with the increase in abuses of the information as it becomes more readily available will eventually lead legislators to revisit what should be made public and what shouldn't.

I have a few suggestions that might help in this subject. Use a cell phone instead of a land line as "almost" all of the search sites use public telephone records to post your name and address (having an unlisted number does not always work). If you have a land line, have the bill sent to a PO Box. Also use the PO Box for all utility bills, vehicle registration, vehicle registration, drivers license address, bank statements, car insurance, credit card and cell phone bills. It is "almost" impossible to find a persons physical address if they have a PO Box. Most post offices have security cameras and most PO Boxes can usually be accessed 24 hours a day. PO Boxes are also a must have if you order products online or use E-bay so you are not displaying your home address.
Don't have the phone (land line) and utility bills in the police officers name. Don't take the same route home from the station. Don't get into the same daily routine that people watching you can figure out. And don't forget that officer safety also applies when your off duty.
Stay safe and let's be careful out there !!!!!

Welcome to the future. I don't think no one wants their names all over cyber space but it's there. The only way you may beable to limit how much information that's on you is to get a P.O. Box and have your Number unlisted, it may help.

As aicode3 said, "Don’t get into the same daily routine that people watching you can figure out. And don’t forget that officer safety also applies when your off duty. Stay safe and let’s be careful out there !!!!!" I learned this in the Marine Corps pre 9-11 and especially after. I try to maintain enough space in between cars at stop lights so I have an out, and look to see if I am being followed home. I am an unarmed Community Service Officer, yet deal with evidence, transport, and DNA on an almost daily occasion. If there's no evidence, no way to prosecute. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get my CC firearms permit for my wife and I to have. My co-workers see me as a crazy former Marine, but I've been there done that and they've been civvies their whole career. Am I being paranoid?

Semper Fi

Onefineofficer said:

holy crap!!....I about fell off my chair here when I saw my name on that list. How the hell does it get there and how do you remove yourself?? I havent paid for the service or anything like that to see my report but dammit, this is BULLSHIT!!
Last thing I need is to see my whole life's picture just sitting there on my monitor, for the whole world to see. Wow, this is scary shit.

I was always trying to keep a low profile, and I am not LEO, my Father ( sperm donor ) has been trying to track me down, for what reason I can not imagine.

And he found me after 20 years, I must have slipped somewhere

Oh well, that is what 911 is for, when you are threatened in your own house ( from the unwelcome outside )

IDEALIST

In this age of free flowing information and the mighty WWW, we find ourselves in a fight to keep our security from thoses who would like to do us harm. I think that everyone in the GWOT field need to try to get together and brainstorm to try and minimize the danger to us.

It is crazy what you can find, to much might I add!

How would one go about getting thier information off zabasearch? I checked a couple of my LE friends and thier names and addresses are on the site also.

This info has been out there for years but it don't make it right to make it so available to just anybody. How about some right to privacy.