Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots
Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots
Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots
Toy company makes request after altered images – which hide suspects’ identities in line with state law – go viral
A southern California police department has been handcuffed by Lego after the toy company asked the agency to stop adding Lego heads to cover the faces of suspects in images it shares on social media.
The Murrieta police department has been using Lego heads and emojis to cover people’s faces in posts on social sites since at least early 2023. But the altered photos went viral last week after the department posted a statement about its policy, prompting several news articles and, later, the request from Lego.
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Murrieta police had an internal discussion about posting photos of arrestees in general and announced a new department policy on Instagram in January 2023. The community had requested more of their “weekly roundup” posts, so the department said it started using the Lego heads and emojis to comply with the law while still engaging with Murrieta residents.
How about we not turn the criminal justice system into a spectacle for the masses?
I always love how baffled podcasters and such are when they report about crimes in other countries where criminals have to be protected from the public (like Germany) and they cannot find mugshots or even a last name.
It's none of our business, people.
I agree unless we're talking about sex crimes like rapists and pedophiles. In those cases, I think we absolutely should know exactly who's been convicted and whether or not they live near my house.
Cops don't even see the problem.
It's the "engaging and interesting to our followers" part that makes me so mad...
You're a police department, not a fucking Instagram model.
Not directed at you, octopus.
I feel like this is a symptom of Police Chiefs/Sheriffs being elected in the US of A. They need to win a popularity contest to keep their job.
because without bread and circuses the people would start to notice and take action
Next step is running man
But it always has been. (Unfortunately.)
But then how would the news get their endless Florida Man stories?