I was recently a victim of a false police report filed against me. The person claimed I assaulted them at my residence. The police showed up at my house banging on all the doors and windows at 3am after the person dialed 911 from a location that was not my residence (I knew the person personally). The police questioned me for over 2 hours and I kept denying that I assaulted this person. I kept talking to them because I felt scared and intimidated and felt that if I refused to answer questions, they would arrest me. The case was closed after a month when the detective found ZERO evidence of this crime.
The police dept posts crime reports on a third party website through a link the dept has on their own website. On that website, they had my house listed on there and they posted an assault occurred at my residence. The website said that they receive their information from law enforcement agencies. I called the police dept and they said they cannot remove it because they do not post reports on that site and crime reports are public record. Someone was not telling the truth about who submits that information. But there was no conviction, charge nor arrest for this crime. It was a false accusation with red flags all over the place. I feel that it should have been removed because no crime took place and the post online was misleading to the public. There was no disclaimer saying that these reports might not have resulted in arrest, charge, conviction etc. I feel the police violated the presumption of innocence by posting the crime online. Would you agree?
The police dept posts crime reports on a third party website through a link the dept has on their own website. On that website, they had my house listed on there and they posted an assault occurred at my residence. The website said that they receive their information from law enforcement agencies. I called the police dept and they said they cannot remove it because they do not post reports on that site and crime reports are public record. Someone was not telling the truth about who submits that information. But there was no conviction, charge nor arrest for this crime. It was a false accusation with red flags all over the place. I feel that it should have been removed because no crime took place and the post online was misleading to the public. There was no disclaimer saying that these reports might not have resulted in arrest, charge, conviction etc. I feel the police violated the presumption of innocence by posting the crime online. Would you agree?