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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. â The Williamstown Police Department has disciplined three officers for improperly using the stateâs criminal information database to look up records on as many as 20 people without having a legitimate âcriminal justice purposeâ to do so.
Searching records of individuals in this way is considered a violation.
Acting Chief Michael Ziemba said in a statement Friday that officers made unauthorized use of the Criminal Justice Information System. Ziemba did not specify in the statement why the officers made those searches, in this case into records with the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
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