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Via Stuff.co.nz.

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A 111 call-centre worker, sacked after being accused of stealing
information from the police computer, says he will fight the dismissal
because the practice is rife.

Les Neilson – who admits he used the police computer to check on
potential girlfriends – says many police regularly look up acquaintances
and friends on the database.

He claims he has been made a scapegoat.

"I've basically been screwed for doing something that's a common practice.
I've used the information the same as everyone else has," he said.

"If I'm socialising with people and I'm meeting new partners then I need to
know the background of those partners because I don't want to put myself or
the department in a compromising position.

"There's nothing that says 'I can't do that' – I've been doing it for the
last 20 years."

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More:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3887143a10,00.html

- - ferg

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