Off-Dity Cop Caught Stealing iPad at TSA Checkpoint

Slashdot ^ | 6/25/11 | BlazingArizona

[BlazingArizona]

The following report confirms that an off-duty Fullerton, CA police officer was arrested for stealing an Apple iPad at a Miami International Airport TSA checkpoint last month. According to court documents, FPD Officer Kelly Mejia was caught on surveillance video taking an $800 iPad from another passenger just after it had passed through the x-ray machine in the presence of TSA security agents.

[BlazingArizona]

This time, taking pictures of police activity produced more concrete rewards than some fleeting Internet publicity. A Fullerton, California cop was caught stealing another passenger's iPad at a TSA screening point. Fortunately, whatever happens there is caught on tape.

Bad cop, no donut.

[gaijin]

I’ve been robbed ONE time in my life, and it was by uniformed San Francisco police officers.

I’d heard stories like that about Mexico, and was shocked.

So how much more shocking to have it happen to me in my OWN country, huh...?

I don’t mouth off, I have no tatoos, no hip-hop clothing, and I’m always polite.

BEWARE.

[arderkrag]

THE TSA IS ANTI-LAW ENFORCEMENT!!!! /sarc

[Tainan]

“Job stress”...needs a time-out.

[Spktyr]

Dear TSA: This is EXACTLY why you need ALL your transactions to be recorded on video and why you should not be allowed to deny people the right to record.

[gaijin]

YUP! Coming to YOUR neighborhood..!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_641681&v=a7ZkFZkejv8

[Glenn]

$86k for a patrol officer?

I'm in the wrong business.

[Vendome]

So he wuz off duty when he stoke “dity”?

LOL

[max americana]

That’s why peeps I know record on their smartphones the moment they get to the checkpoint. remember the dude who caught the TSA lying to him in San Diego and released a blog?

[Vendome]

So he wuz off duty when he stole that “dity”?

LOL

[Christian Engineer Mass]

Pls tell. They robbed you of money? This being SF, were they unusual cops in any way?

[magslinger]

You had it coming, just ask any of the Jack Boot Lickers here. Probably because you use drugs. (Mega sarcasm, I don’t doubt you were picked for the same reason Willie Sutton robbed banks.)

[I_be_tc]

I had to go to the police report to find out that “Kelly” is a female. I read the article and it consistently said the name, but never said he or she. Hmmm.

[Vendome]

Well, then this thread is useless without pics.

Still, IBL.

Laz can’t hit what he can’t see. LOL

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Off-Dity Cop Caught Stealing iPad at TSA Checkpoint

I bet he sings like a canary.

(Forgive me Lord and bless the pygmies in Pappa New Guinea)

[Grunthor]

I was a cop for a few years. I never stole anything, on or OFF “dity.”

[mylife]

"Aire you shure? he was Off Dity?"

[mylife]

"Aire you shure? he was Off Dity?"

[RegulatorCountry]

Pretty stupid cop. Those iPads can be tracked, he’d be identified in no time. Not something to steal, not as if you can swap out SIM cards like a cell or anything, it’s pretty much a brick for an unauthorized user once the rightful owner alerts Apple/AT&T.

[visualops]

From ratemycop:

“This officer pulled me over for speeding. Although her high pitched voice made my ears bleed I don’t care, I hope we can go snowboarding some day.”