Cop Fired For Using Patrol Car Camera For Bikini Shots

[matcom]

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STUART — A Martin County deputy used his dashboard-mounted video camera at public beaches to zoom in on and record bikini-clad females, including one rinsing off under a shower, a sheriff's office investigation reveals.

Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder fired deputy Jack Munsey after the investigation, released Monday, concluded Munsey broke policy by using the video for unofficial purposes, spending on-duty time on off-duty activities and for improper conduct.

The patrol car cameras are supposed to be used for documenting drunken-driving suspects trying to walk a straight line.

"It is clear that you intentionally manipulated your camera so as to capture an inappropriate view of this female," investigators concluded on one video when the shot zooms in on a young woman as the wind lifts her short skirt and reveals part of her buttocks.

In another segment of the one hour and 19 minutes of tape, the camera zooms in for an extreme close-up of a motorcycle passenger's breasts as she adjusts her bikini top during a traffic stop.

Another segment lingers for several minutes of close-ups on what appears to be a teenager in a brief bikini using the outdoor shower at a public beach.

Munsey, 36, has asked for a hearing to contest his firing and nothing is final until a panel hears the evidence and votes on whether the punishment is fitting, Crowder said.

Munsey and his Police Benevolent Association attorney told Undersheriff M.F. Mann the tapings were not a regular event. They could not be reached for comment Monday.

"The actions by deputy sheriff Munsey were only an isolated, dumb, stupid and (juvenile) event," Mann quoted them as saying.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/02/07/m1b_mcdeputy_0207.html

[DS1]

1. People have accidents in the shower ALL THE TIME!

He was just making sure this was a safe event, and they fired him?

Who will protect us from our slippery surfaces?

[matcom]

3. who will PROTECT us INDEED!

x(

[Taverner]

2. He shouold have been fired for being a DUMBASS!!

I mean, come on - using the mounted camera to record this stuff??? And he thinks they won't find out???

[Medium Baby Jesus]

4. Better link here with video!

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/6807111/detail.html

[DS1]

5. OUTSTANDING!

:D

That would soo be me doing that

[matcom]

7. those cameras need a better zoom function

x(

[DS1]

8. and resolution

those bouncing titties were way too pixelated, why aren't my tax dollars doing something about this? :grr:

[matcom]

9. see #3

:D

[petronius]

6. Firing him for this behavior seems a bit excessive...

However, firing him for being so freaking stupid as to not know this was inappropriate would be OK...

Edit: I take it back - after looking at the video, he should be fired. That attempted upskirt shot was way out of line...