A former police officer in Bradenton, Florida, spent years abusing his access to sensitive information to target women for dates, according to an investigation by his former department, which interviewed nearly 150 women. The interviews revealed a pattern of “negative and inappropriate” behaviour by the former officer, Leonel Marines, according to Melanie Bevan, chief of the Bradenton Police Department. An audit of Marines’ use of driver’s-license and vehicle records showed a clear focus on searches for women over men. The investigation, now complete, found that Marines had committed several violations “involving gross misconduct,” broken department rules on records security and had sex on duty. The investigation was set in motion by an interaction Marines had with a woman and her parents in June.

Source: National Post March 12, 2019 15:33 UTC