Former Pequannock Township officer Matthew Levine was determined to have showed "a pattern of official misconduct" that was ”sufficiently egregious ... to warrant his dismissal” from the force after an internal investigation showed that he conducted thousands of “full disclosure” look-ups — which include Social Security numbers and other personal information regarding the vehicle’s owner and driver history — as opposed to the more common “random” look-ups, which include only basic information on registration and licensing, NJHerald reports.
“There is significant evidence in the record demonstrating plaintiff engaged in misconduct unbecoming of a police officer,” the court said, adding that Levine “invaded the privacy rights of potentially more than 2,000 New Jersey motorists,” according to the report.
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