The Murrieta Police Department in California has been instructed by Lego to cease digitally including Lego heads onto pictures of suspects, in accordance with a latest report.
“Lt. Jeremy Durrant advised the Washington Examiner that the Lego Group had contacted them, and requested to cease enhancing Lego heads onto the pictures,” the outlet reported Thursday.
In an Instagram submit from Tuesday, the Murrieta Police Division defined that it was putting Lego head pictures over suspects’ faces to masks their identities in accordance with state regulation.
CALIFORNIA POLICE DEPARTMENT USING LEGO HEADS TO REPLACE FACES OF SUSPECTS
The Murrieta Police Division in California has been instructed by Lego to cease digitally including Lego heads onto pictures of suspects, in accordance with a latest report. (Murrieta Police Division )
“On January 1st, a new law went into effect that restricts the how and when law enforcement agencies in California share suspect photos & mugshots,” the post reads. “The new law, Assembly Bill 994 & Penal Code 13665, now prohibits law enforcement from sharing suspect photos for nonviolent crimes, unless specified circumstances exist. Additionally, the new law requires agencies to remove suspect mugshots from social media after 14 days, unless special circumstances exist.”
The Murrieta Police Division prides itself in its transparency with the group, but additionally honors everybody’s rights & protections as afforded by regulation; even suspects. As a way to share what is going on in Murrieta, we selected to cowl the faces of suspects to guard their identification whereas nonetheless aligning with the brand new regulation.
The regulation — Meeting Invoice 994 and Penal Code 13665 — additionally requires suspect mugshots posted on social media be deleted after 14 days until particular circumstances exist.
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The regulation — Meeting Invoice 994 and Penal Code 13665 — additionally requires suspect mugshots posted on social media be deleted after 14 days until particular circumstances exist. (Fox Information)
The MPD began utilizing Lego faces to obscure the faces of some criminal suspects lengthy earlier than the regulation went into impact on Jan.1, a police spokesperson beforehand advised Fox Information Digital.
“In the interest of keeping our residents updated on public safety events in our community while, at the same time, respecting the new regulations, we’ve been obscuring the faces of suspects in our social media posts in various ways. We’ve been doing this for the past couple of years, and it’s nothing new to us.”
Murrieta Police Division Lt. Jeremy Durrant and Lego didn’t reply to a request for remark from Fox News Digital.
Fox Information’ Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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