[Dataloss] D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

[Dissent]

http://www.nbc4.com/news/10983140/detail.html

Personal information has been accidentally released about some D.C. 
police officers, including their Social Security numbers.

A letter has gone out from the D.C. Chief Financial Officer to notify 
nearly 2,000 members of the Metropolitan Police Department who may be 
affected. It said the information was inadvertently released to two 
Advisory Neighborhood Commission officials who had requested 
information about police overtime.

The letter said officials are taking the issue seriously but believe 
the risk of identity theft or other problems is minimal. It said the 
Social Security numbers have been erased from the computers of those 
who were given the information.

Still, police union officials said the release of personal data is 
troubling. They want the city to make sure it doesn't happen again. 
The city is offering a year of free credit monitoring for those who 
were affected.