Leadership in a Cyber World
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
A Phoenix Police Department Case Review
for the
IACP LEIM Conference
May 22nd, 2013
Det. CJ Wren, Phoenix Police Department
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What is the focus of your SM policy in your
department?
Do you have one?
Are we protecting Officers from themselves, or
others?
Or is the main focus to protect our agency and
it’s
i ’ reputation?
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ANSWER : ALL OF THE ABOVE
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"Let someone, homeless or not, try and stab me with a pen, knife,
spoon, etc, not only will he fail, he'll probably end up shot. These
people should have died when they were young anyway, i'm just
doing them a favor."
(FB Post from a Trooper, 2009)
FREE SPEECH?
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The 9th & 11th Circuit Court have both covered this topic extensively of
the “Free Speech” of Officers…
The
Th proper analysis
l i when
h regulating
l ti
employee free speech is the balancing test
announced in Pickering v. Board of
Education, 391 U.S. 563 (1968). The test
is a balance between the employee speech
and the proper functioning of government
offices.
As a generation of new officers who have grown up with access to
these social networking sites enter the ranks, they are less inclined to
th problem
bl
ith social
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ki sites
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see the
with
placed
limits on their off-duty use. Just as a prior generation of officers were
forbidden to frequent certain establishments when off-duty, a new
generation of officers may be precluded from their activity on the
Internet.
~Excerpt “Pitfalls for Police Officers on Facebook” (Dwyer/2010/policeone.com)
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DO’S
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Facebook
• Maintain a web presence — Facebook,
a Blog, Twitter — but be responsible
and aware what you post is not
necessarily private
• Limit those who have access to your
online profile
• Create Firewalls and other protections
to your computer and personal web
pages
• Utilize the internet for networking,
training and other positive interactions
among fellow law enforcement
professionals
• Check to see if your agency has a
policy on online communications for
officers
DON’TS
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• Write about, criticize or offer your
opinion about work, co-workers or
ongoing investigations/cases/arrests
• Post potentially embarrassing photos
of yourself or co-workers, especially
when in uniform or involving
department equipment or vehicles
• Post photographs of crime scenes
• Identify yourself as a police officer or
the department you work for
• Assume anything you post will never
be found by others in the vast internet
universe
… It was a dark and stormy night…
We have so few of those type of nights in
Phoenix, it was easy to remember.
Little did I know at the time, I wouldn’t have any
trouble remembering this evening.
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d the
th FBI h
ll d thi
DOJ and
have called
this case th
the llargestt
single incident of cyber stalking /compromise
of Law Enforcement identities to date.
In an effort to give you the most information
possible
ibl on this
hi case, I am going
i to mention
i
names and share photos
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October 23rd, 2010 – 2330 hours
M i
C
t Sheriffs
Sh iff Offi
ti
Maricopa
County
Office D
Deputies
respond to a 9-1-1 call of a person asleep at the
wheel of a running vehicle.
Deputies contact Roy Tacy a 38 year old, career
criminal who is obviously under the influence.
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Criminal record:
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Ignition
Interlock device
g
Required !!!!
Aggravated Assault x3
PODD x4
Intent to Sell x2
Misconduct w/ Weapons x4
Taking identity of Another
x6
DUI x7
Etc,etc,etc…
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Current Booking 4/11/11
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Deputies begin to interview Tacy, after they
separate him from the vehicle
vehicle.
As Tacy is getting out of the vehicle he points
back to the passenger seat, he says… “Are you
gonna have a detective talk to me about that?”
Sitting in the passenger seat (in plain view) was
a CD with the word “COPS”
COPS written in marker
on it.
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The deputies asked Tacy what was on the disk,
cops”.
and he said “photos
photos of undercover cops
When asked why would he need that he
admitted “so we don’t sell drugs to undercover
cops”. To justify his comment he
added…“You know what we look
like,
what
lik we need
d to
t know
k
h t you all
ll
look like!”
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The deputies asked for permission to view the
disk, which Tacy
gave…
yg
(Not Recommended…)
The deputies then put the disk into their in-vehicle
laptops…
And they began to view the photos, that I will
show you in a few minutes.
Important to note…the Deputies did not believe
Tacy
until
they k
knew
T
til they
th saw the
th photos…now
h t
th
they needed to contact a Detective and a
Supervisor.
No detective could come out that night.
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Over the next 2 days, MCSO reviewed the
names and photos to ensure that none of the
photos were MCSO officers.
Once they realized that none of their personnel
were involved…they contacted a Phx PD Sgt
they had recently worked a joint case with, and
turned the disk over to him.
him
The PPD Sgt. instantly recognized a lot of the
photos and names on the disk,
disk and began
calling them. (Not Recommended)
About halfway through the list, the Sgt. called
and told his Lt. about this disk, and he was told
to stop and give me a call.
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th
k and
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I view
the di
disk,
the S
Sgt.
he said to the people he had called.
Why would that matter?
1974 & 1976 Case hearings / Tarasoff v. Regents
of the University of California
Not all states have a law like this on the books
- Common Courtesy…
Unified, clear, concise message
No opinions, guesses, or “making crap up!”
Notify…don’t scare or make the victims angry
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Re-contacted the persons who had already
tube)
been called
called. (Toothpaste out of the tube).
Called and informed the rest (that I could
identify)
Wide range of reactions…
Set up a “Investigative-Command Post” at the
ACTIC
2 days later invited all the effected employees
to the ACTIC for a briefing… (most attended)
Case Briefing (fact from fiction)
Assisted employees in redacting their information
Assisted them in “locking down” their FB accounts
Dealt with their concerns, questions, & stress
What kind of stress would these folks be dealing
with?
Family
 Peers
 Supervisors
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On November 6th, I was contacted by an auto
theft detective that had been given printed
photos from a Confidential Informant 3 weeks
earlier.
As the ACTIC Bulletin made it’s rounds,
started getting many more calls.
Every disk to date – Same exact photos
No discernable ties between the people found
with disks – except criminal background.
94 disks have been found to date – latest one
4/17/2013.
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We really missed our chance…
Tacy
I did go and interview Tacy…
Because of my height and weight I don’t think I
could actually pull off what Tacy told me to go
do…
Hardened criminal…He knew he was under
g to
arrest, was mirandized, and still was willing
talk…in OCTOBER.
We have seized others computers, and there
have just not been any leads as good as Tacy
from the other disks that have been found.
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i i th
f lk iin th
i t
I am giving
the folks
these pictures
more
privacy then they gave themselves on FB.
Question to ask yourselves as we are going
through the photos…did these officers do
anything wrong?... Would you do anything
different?
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Undercover – Special Projects Detective
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Ugly Divorce
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Wife’s family had extensive criminal history
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May, 2010 – Wifes Cousin tried to sell
information on PPD UC detective to another
UC officer from a different agency
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“DONK”
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ith this
thi case (except
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t 1)
Every
person involved
had changed their profile photo to the “Thin
Blue Line”.
Not everyone was “friends” with “Donk”…but
they
friends
h did have
h
f i d iin common.
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Our best guess…
page
Suspects were watching “Donks”
Donks facebook page,
to see if he mentioned what he was working on.
When Officer Murphy was killed they started
seeing all the “TBL” profile pics showing up, and
they copied down the names.
As the custom, once Officer Murphy was laid to
rest,
rest the officers put up photos of themselves,
themselves and
the “bad guys” took advantage.
The dates of the disks all seem to corroborate this
working hypothesis.
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What would you criminally charge someone?
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Stalking?
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Threats?
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Criminal Syndicate?
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Financially Benefiting from Criminal Activity?
Do nothing? …Officers personal choice to be on
FB
FB.
Mandate zero participation?
Create a squad to “troll” social networking
sites?
Department Policies?
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Final Outcome… Where the case is today…
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Continued Interviews
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History repeating itself?
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For
Further
Contact/Information:
CJ WREN
Detective / Phoenix Police Department
Email – [email protected]
cj wren@phoenix gov
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