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Incident: Officer used police computer network to stalk dozens of potential Tinder dates | ABC News Australia

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Incident: Officer used police computer network to stalk dozens of potential Tinder dates | ABC News Australia

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: February 01 2019

A former long-serving police officer has been jailed for six months for illegally accessing the personal details of almost 100 women to determine if they were “suitable” dates.

A 28-year veteran of WA Police and was nominated as police officer of the year in 2011.

The former senior constable pleaded guilty to 180 charges of using a secure police database to access the information of 92 women he had met, or interacted with, on dating websites including Tinder and Plenty of Fish.

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