St. Louis County officer {accused|implicated} of {illegally|unlawfully} {using|utilizing} {police|authorities|cops} databases to {look up|search for} {information|info|details} on 17 other officers – KSDK.com

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo.– A St. Louis County {police officer|policeman|law enforcement officer} {has|has actually} been charged with {five|5} misdemeanors after {police|authorities|cops} {say|state} she {illegally|unlawfully} {used|utilized} {police|authorities|cops} databases to {look up|search for} {information|info|details} about 17 other officers. St. Louis County {prosecutors|district attorneys} charged Amy Loftus, 38, with {five|5} counts of {misuse|abuse} of {official|main} {information|info|details} by a public servant Monday.

St. Louis County {police officers|policeman|law enforcement officer} were”{alerted|notified|informed|signaled}”in April 2020 that Loftus {had|had actually} {used|utilized} the Regional Justice {Information|Info|Details} Service or REJIS to {look up|search for}”{{sensitive|delicate} and {restricted|limited}|{restricted|limited} and {sensitive|delicate}} {information|info|details}” about another {police officer|policeman|law enforcement officer}, according to court {documents|files}.

Her department then {discovered|found} she {conducted|carried out|performed} 17 searches of fellow officers and one search of her {mother|mom} {between|in between} January and April 2020. Each of those searches {included|consisted of} the Missouri Uniform {Law Enforcement|Police} System or MULES database, according to the {documents|files}.

Loftus {told|informed} St. Louis County {investigators|detectives|private investigators} she {was curious|wondered} about whether {one of|among} the officers in {question|concern} was older than she was, {but|however} that “is not {a purpose|a function} in connection with her {official|main} {duties|responsibilities|tasks} or the {performance|efficiency} of her {job|task},”according to court {documents|files}. St. Louis County {detectives|investigators} {also|likewise} {interviewed|spoke with|talked to} the officers whose names were {searched|browsed}, and {only|just} one of them had {a potential|a prospective|a possible} {work-related|job-related} {reason why|reason|reason that} Loftus would have {searched|browsed} his name in connection with her {official|main} {duties|responsibilities|tasks}, according to the {documents|files}. The {documents|files} do not {say|state} what that {reason|factor} {could|might} be.

As part of Loftus’s training and {employment|work}, she signed {forms|types|kinds} acknowledging that she {knew|understood} that accessing such databases for {personal|individual} {use|usage} was impermissible and {constituted|made up} {a potential|a prospective|a possible} criminal {violation|infraction|offense}.

St. Louis County {police|authorities|cops} {spokesman|spokesperson|representative} Sgt. Ben Granda {said|stated} Loftus worked for the department {starting|beginning} in 2017 and ending last month. He {said|stated} her last day was

Dec. 8. Granda did not {comment on|discuss|talk about} the charges.

There was no {attorney|lawyer} {listed|noted} for Loftus in online court records. Editor’s Note: The {mother|mom} of the officer