Two DeKalb County police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after an investigation revealed they ran a background check on President Barack Obama.
A representative for the DeKalb County CEO’s office identified the officers as Ryan White and C.M. Route.
Officials said Obama’s name was typed into a computer inside a DeKalb County police car on July 20 and ran through the National Crime Information Center.
The secret service was immediately notified and contacted the DeKalb County Police Department.
It is unclear why the officers ran a check on the president.
Wonder if they’re nutball Republican birthers – or just a couple of boneheads who forgot what they were told about using the NCIC.
President Obama’s shenanigans will be hidden and protected even more than those of President Clinton.
YEEE HAW! We gonna find oot if dis blackie is an emerican sitizen!
In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC.
My guess is bored cops just fooling around doing celebrity criminal record scans.
Wow, more abuse of police authority. Color me unsurprised.
#3, Barney,
Close. They tried running God through already but it came back “No record”. I guess you have to exist before you get on a government computer.
I have to laugh. These cops should have known they can’t use the NCIC for personal reasons. But, as several posters continually tell us, the police are incapable of making mistakes.
I’d be more worried about how many times previously they have run these searches on “regular” citizens before they were caught. But who cares about them?
Just boneheads. When you give average folks access to ‘private’ information like this, it’s hard from them not to use it to look at celebrities, their neighbors, people they don’t like, etc. They SHOULDN’T and it’s something that can get you fired, but it happens all the time. You think the folks at the back don’t occasionally lookup folks they know?
I get it. It’s a White/Route investigation. Apt.
Sounds strikingly familiar to the illegal “Joe the Plumber” background checks done by multiple government bureaucrat-hack Obama supporters.
On the other hand, why would the police need to check on the President in the first place? After all, didn’t Obama promise to be the biggest advocate of government transparency? The One wouldn’t lie to us, would he?
I’m sure it’s just a misunderstanding. Maybe Obama will invite them to come over and have a beer with him at the White house. He could have the Attorney General explain the NCIC.
Seems Like I have to agree with Number 4 on this one..probably just bored.. although I do like to state MHO about idiots in uniform, maybe they will get a new found respect for being f&^%ed with.. and think next time they mess with a citizen, because its thier turn in the hot water.
But I also dont see the Crime that was committed, other than possibly abusing police (taxpayer) resources..
Anyone can go on the net and pay a few sheckles,bob,peanuts or dinars, for background check on anybody… so if I did this check on our new fearless leader in 1600 Pensylvania. would that land me in the pokey as well?… the constitution is slowly (or rather rapidly) being reduced to firestarter paper… its pretty old and dry and would light easily…
shame shame shame shame…
I think a slap on the hand is more in order here… and should be a non story…but..in todays world..
Unless they tazed somebody on the way to the doughnut shop…
Maybe I can get my favorite beer from Latrobe Pensylvania on the white House lawn…
but ya gotta get arrested first…
damn…….
dont like the pre-requisite..
cheers.. boys….
Lets at least try to be a little non partisan here, Eideard. Otherwise you come off looking like a Democratic nutball. These were just 2 idiots, plain and simple. No need to inject your agenda into it.
#10, benson,
Sounds strikingly familiar to the illegal wiretapping, mail opening, surveillance, warrantless arrests, illegal detentions, crowd provocations and police riot provocateurs, and what have you from the Bush era.
There, fixed it for you.
#14, GQ,
These were just 2 idiots, plain and simple.
So what is the problem here? Sounds like they meet the requirements for being:
1) nutball
2) Republican
3) birther
So lets put it all together and we have nutball Republican birthers.
OH NO, you’re a birther conspirator too? Sheet, make that 3 idiot, plain and simple.
Anyone and I mean anyone can pay to have a background check done on someone, a pair of bored cops decide to run a background check on the president, c’mon!!! How many of us run stupid searches on google when we are bored? I think the only reason this whole thing blew up, is because there is something to be hidden. Don’t you?
When I hear a person expouse a birther sentiment, I remove that person from the list of people I respect and want to deal with, simple as that. If we all did that to all these mouth-breathing idiots the problem would rectify itself. Boycott the shows and commentators that spew that crap, too.
Georgia? They should be Democrats but then OBama said cops are stupid and claimed he’d been profiled so they most likely wanted to see if he’d been arrested for something.
Not the best idea they ever had.
>When I hear a person expouse a birther sentiment, I remove that person from the list of people I respect and want to deal with, simple as that.
Glad to hear that you don’t respect people spouting theories about Sarah Palin’s child.