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Police: Photo showing Twin Falls officer looking at inappropriate website was altered
Police: Photo showing Twin Falls officer looking at inappropriate website was altered
JULIE A. FERRARO jferraro@magicvalley.com 22 hrs ago
TWIN FALLS — Police cleared an officer of wrongdoing after what turned out to be an altered photo appeared to show him looking at inappropriate photos in his police car. ... A photo showing the officer watching what appears to be a YouTube video in his parked car was posted in a Facebook group last week. ... An altered version of the photo changed the content on the computer screen. The result is blurry but suggests the officer may have been looking at pornographic photos.
Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury said the officer had been on his computer trying to assist his daughter after she broke the key fob to her vehicle. He had been searching for a video on how to repair the device. ... “He would have done the same for any citizen,” Kingsbury said.
The person who posted the original photo contacted Twin Falls Police and apologized for posting it on Facebook. ... But the identity of the person who altered and shared the second photo may never be known, Kingsbury said.
“Photoshopping is easy to do,” said Summer Brander, who owns a photography studio in Twin Falls, referring to the popular software used to edit photos. ... A class on the program is offered at the high school level, she said.
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JULIE A. FERRARO jferraro@magicvalley.com 22 hrs ago
TWIN FALLS — Police cleared an officer of wrongdoing after what turned out to be an altered photo appeared to show him looking at inappropriate photos in his police car. ... A photo showing the officer watching what appears to be a YouTube video in his parked car was posted in a Facebook group last week. ... An altered version of the photo changed the content on the computer screen. The result is blurry but suggests the officer may have been looking at pornographic photos.
Twin Falls Police Chief Craig Kingsbury said the officer had been on his computer trying to assist his daughter after she broke the key fob to her vehicle. He had been searching for a video on how to repair the device. ... “He would have done the same for any citizen,” Kingsbury said.
The person who posted the original photo contacted Twin Falls Police and apologized for posting it on Facebook. ... But the identity of the person who altered and shared the second photo may never be known, Kingsbury said.
“Photoshopping is easy to do,” said Summer Brander, who owns a photography studio in Twin Falls, referring to the popular software used to edit photos. ... A class on the program is offered at the high school level, she said.
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