OOPS!

You have to love these stories! We're going to just have to chalk this up in the "Oops!" column. It turns out; a female police officer, who sent videos and photos of herself in uniform to her lower-ranking officer lover, has been demoted recently. Former lieutenant Diana Lopez, who was in a relationship with the lower-ranking officer at the time, used her personal cell phone to send sexually explicit content. Lopez, the public information officer for Tuscon Police Department was demoted from the rank of lieutenant to sergeant after the investigation. 

The probe was initially sparked by anonymous letters to her department in August 2012. According to the police, Lopez's actions had violated several department regulations, its code of ethics and professional standards. Assistant police Chief Kathleen Robinson wrote: "Lopez used extremely poor judgment in sending these images undermining her credibility as a commander. Her actions have negatively affected not only her reputation, but the reputation and mission of the Tuscon Police Department." Um, hello? Did anyone in this investigation realize that Lopez used her own personal cell phone to send these messages? I said, "Her own personal cell phone!" Doesn't that mean it was done on her own time on her own dime? And if the lower-ranking officer was the one who sent the anonymous letters about the naked photos of Officer Lopez, he's a complete moron! She's not exactly ugly! Unless, he was trying to get out of a relationship with her and was seeing someone new and Lopez was coming on too strong, then I can see him being a rat, but to do it just to get her into trouble...MORON!

According to the department, Lopez's boyfriend, who was never identified, showed the content to other officers between May and August 2011. The investigation revealed that 13 people had seen the footage, but the racy clips were never uncovered. Who cares? It was supposed to be between her and her boyfriend at the time. The officer who showed the content to other officers is simply a scumbag and an attention whore. I'm not sure why she admitted this, but Lopez also admitted to kissing an individual in a station locker room. Why? Who cares? There's no such thing as an office romance in Tuscon? 

As I seen it, most of this stuff was done on a personal level. She didn't use a company cell phone to send the messages and so what; she had a fling in the locker room? What she does on her off-time is personal and should be no reflection of the police department unless it's illegal, of course, but I see nothing illegal about what she's done. Lopez, who is now working in the operations division, is believed to be considering a civil lawsuit against the city, and I think she might have a case. Her lawyer even brought up "constitutional issues over lawful off-duty behavior and violation of privacy." Hmmm....Isn't that what I've been saying throughout this whole blog?