OFFICERS CHARGED, RELEASED.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer Two Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police officers in the North Hollywood Division have been charged with unlawfully using the LAPD's computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. records system, officials said Thursday. Scott Rate, 29, and Marc Pooler, 32, surrendered and entered not guilty pleas during their arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Wednesday, said Los Angeles County district attorney spokesman Sandi Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Rate and Pooler were released on their own recognizance own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. pending a preliminary hearing. They were relieved of duty without pay, pending the outcome of disciplinary hearings, a department spokesman said. Rate was charged with two counts of illegal access to computer information, and Pooler faces three counts of the same charge. Prosecutors and the police declined to say exactly what Rate and Pooler were doing with the information they gleaned from the computer system, which tracks criminal records and personal information about suspects. Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Bill Seki said the officers were retrieving criminal records for personal reasons, which is illegal. ``They were not authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: to access these records,'' Seki said. Police sources said that Rate and Pooler were checking records for friends and relatives. Rate and Pooler are accused of using the computer unlawfully Sept. 11, 1995, and Sept. 12, 1995, when they were desk officers at North Hollywood. Pooler is charged with a third count, involving entrance to the computer system between July 15, 1995, and Dec. 29, 1995. |
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