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This one I'm ashamed of, because it is my hometown's police chief.
Feb. 5, 2002, 9:19PM
Police chief is caught cruising cybersex sites
By JANETTE RODRIGUES
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
The police chief of West University Place got a little too much of the naked truth while cruising cybersex Web sites from his office computer, an investigation found.
An Internet surveillance computer program, which traces users' steps, led straight to West University Police Chief Kevin Begley, 52, after it was installed in the city's computer system in November.
"He was very forthright with me, admitting it was a very serious error in judgment," West University City Manager Sherman Yehl said Tuesday. "He apologized for making that error and offered to resign."
Yehl declined to accept Begley's resignation. Instead, the chief will be docked about $3,000 when he goes on two weeks of unpaid administrative leave in March.
Begley, chief since 1999, was out of town Tuesday and could not be reached. City officials said he voluntarily went into counseling.
Yehl decided to monitor city computers after Fire Chief Terry Stevenson voiced concerns that some Fire Department employees may have accessed inappropriate Web sites.
Although the program found evidence that sexually explicit Web sites were accessed from four city computers, the sessions on three were infrequent and could have been accidental, Yehl said. Two of the three were work stations where employees share the computer.
"However, at the work station in the police chief's office, there was a pattern that showed there were frequent visits to these sites during a six-day period," Yehl said.
According to the surveillance software, Begley made 34 visits to cybersex sites, spending about 3.4 minutes a day perusing porn.
Of course, with the amount of crime in my city, .[URL=http://www.westu.org]West University Place[/URL, any chief would have lots of time on his hands.
Tex
KD5HQD
Feb. 5, 2002, 9:19PM
Police chief is caught cruising cybersex sites
By JANETTE RODRIGUES
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle
The police chief of West University Place got a little too much of the naked truth while cruising cybersex Web sites from his office computer, an investigation found.
An Internet surveillance computer program, which traces users' steps, led straight to West University Police Chief Kevin Begley, 52, after it was installed in the city's computer system in November.
"He was very forthright with me, admitting it was a very serious error in judgment," West University City Manager Sherman Yehl said Tuesday. "He apologized for making that error and offered to resign."
Yehl declined to accept Begley's resignation. Instead, the chief will be docked about $3,000 when he goes on two weeks of unpaid administrative leave in March.
Begley, chief since 1999, was out of town Tuesday and could not be reached. City officials said he voluntarily went into counseling.
Yehl decided to monitor city computers after Fire Chief Terry Stevenson voiced concerns that some Fire Department employees may have accessed inappropriate Web sites.
Although the program found evidence that sexually explicit Web sites were accessed from four city computers, the sessions on three were infrequent and could have been accidental, Yehl said. Two of the three were work stations where employees share the computer.
"However, at the work station in the police chief's office, there was a pattern that showed there were frequent visits to these sites during a six-day period," Yehl said.
According to the surveillance software, Begley made 34 visits to cybersex sites, spending about 3.4 minutes a day perusing porn.
Of course, with the amount of crime in my city, .[URL=http://www.westu.org]West University Place[/URL, any chief would have lots of time on his hands.
Tex
KD5HQD
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