LAPD cop caught hacking info for gang member

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=7791007

ABC7.com
November 15, 2010

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck spoke out 
publicly for the first time since the resignation of a rookie officer 
accused of accessing a law-enforcement database on behalf of a murder 
convict and reputed gang member.

The L.A. Times reported the officer was dating the gang member's sister.

Gabriel Morales, 25, resigned in September when internal affairs 
investigators searched his home. They reportedly found information on 
two witnesses in the murder trial of 18-year-old Matthew Turner.

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