LESM: Personnel
Social media has cost many law enforcement officers their jobs
- Tulsa Police Officer Fired After Questionable Memes Found On His Facebook Page (Sept. 2019)
- Williamson County Sheriff’s commander resigns after social media post criticism (Sept. 2019)
- Portland cop’s past membership in extremist Facebook groups raises questions about how to track offensive social media use (Aug. 2019)
- WilCo Commissioners could adopt new social media policy after deputy's Facebook posts (Aug. 2019)
- 9 Hampton University police officers fired over social media posts (July 2019)
- Police Departments, Unions Try to Control Officers on Social Media (July 2019)
- Two Louisiana Police Officers Were Fired Over A Facebook Post Suggesting AOC Should Be Shot (July 2019)
- 72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts (June 2019)
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Dallas police reviewing officers' social media after report alleges bigoted, violent posts (June 2019)
- Lowlights From Plain View Project’s DPD Exposé (June 2019)
- Coachella Valley police departments warn officers personal phones can be evidence (June 2019)
- Police officers nationwide flagged for racist and violent social media posts (June 2019)
- 2 Central Virginia officers fired over alleged white supremacist groups ties (Apr. 2019)
- Akron officer fired after controversial Facebook post (Feb. 2019)
- Nelsonville police officer fired after making racist comments (Sept. 2018)
- One officer involved in arrest of Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown fired, chief says (Sept. 2018)
- West Linn cop fired for racist Facebook posts entitled to lost wages, ruling says (Aug. 2018)
- Update: 2 Natchitoches police officers fired following Facebook post investigation (Aug. 2018)
- Warren police officer fired over Facebook post (June 2018)
- Court of Appeal Upholds Discipline of a Police Officer for an Off-Duty Facebook Post (June 2018)
- Fired Des Moines police officer with 'abysmal' record won't get job back (Apr. 2018)
- Another recruit fired by Little Rock police over social media activity (Jan. 2018)
- Black US Police Recruit Fired Over 10-Year-Old Facebook Post Deemed Offensive (Jan. 2018)
- Springfield Cop Fired Over Facebook Post (Dec. 2017)
- Seaside Police Chief to retire after Facebook post controversy (Sept. 2017)
- Bartow officer fired after racist Facebook post (Mar. 2017)
- Officer fired over Facebook post (Feb. 2017)
- Police Officer Fired Over Facebook Post Saying Michelle Obama is ‘Fluent in Ghetto’ (Nov. 2016)
- Tupelo police officer fired over social media post (Oct. 2016)
- McKeesport police officer fired over apparent racist social media post (Sept. 2016)
- North Carolina cop fired over racist Facebook post (Sept. 2016)
- OP police officer fired for Facebook post, criminal investigation underway (July 2016)
- Newark cop fired for controversial 'gorilla' Facebook post (Oct. 2015)
- Flint Police Officer fired over Facebook post (Aug. 2015)
- 'It was meant to be funny,' says police officer fired for racist Facebook post (July 2015)
- Salisbury police officer fired for ‘inflammatory’ Facebook post (Dec. 2014)
- Elgin Officer Fired After Investigation Into Facebook Post (Sept. 2014)
