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Volusia County Officials Exposes Law Enforcement Officers' Private Contact Information To Public Access Was County Internal Telecommunication Security Breached? Does This Include Ramifications To The Security Of The Daytona Beach International Airport? |
August 26, 2013 |
Discovered on Internet Recently VolusiaExposed was conducting some Internet research in preparation for one of our articles. To our surprise we came across the below listed web link. (as seen in the below screen shot) We were further surprised that this link was a staff directory prepared for emergency purposes (hurricanes, and other community threats). According to a below email from Volusia County Spokesperson, Dave Byron, this staff directory was prepared for the (County) Manager's Advisory Group (MAG). MAG is select group of approximately fifty (50) individuals. VolusiaExposed has extreme interest in who will be advising the county manager during a community threat. Therefore, we have made a public record request for a copy of this list. Let's see whether county officials believe that we have the right to know this information. |
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Statutory Exemptions For Law Enforcement Officers Within this released staff directory are the telephone numbers of several law enforcement officers. County Spokesman, Dave Byron correctly states in his below email, that most of the released telphone numbers are from county issued cell phones. However, some of the released telephone numbers are clearly the officers' home numbers or private cell phone numbers. Florida Statutes prohibits the release of this private information. In a 2003 informal opinion the Florida Attorney General ruled that agency issued cell phone numbers were open to public record inspection. At the bottom of this article, VolusiaExposed has provided a list of active and former officers, that we suspect have their home or personal cell phones listed within this directory. |
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A review of this 123 page staff directory, indicates that it is more than just an emergency staff directory. This document has instructions on how to listen to the voice mails of county officials. Further, it appears to give instructions of how to send mass emails to all established media outlets. VolusiaExposed wonders if these instructions could allow a nefarious person / group to send an official looking county news release to the media? Does anyone still remember how foolish a reporter (Mi So Dum) and the National Transportation Safety Board felt regarding the names of the pilots aboard Asiana Flight 214? Lastly, and probably more disturbing, are instructions on how to REMOTELY forward county phone extensions. |
Email Communications With County Officials |
Social Media Policy The posting of this confidential information appears to be a violation of the county's own social media policy.(see highlighted copy to the right) Surely, given the post 9-11-01 world, and the obvious violations of Florida Statutes, it should be expected that the county would diligently investigate and document how these security and safety violations transpired. Further, one would expect that the county would develop a mitigation plan to address these safety and security vulnerabilities. Surely the county administration will not conclude that merely removing the Internet link has resolved any vulnerabilities. If so, then the county may wish to take some of their own advice from their own social media policy - "Remember that the Internet archives everything; therefore, even deleted postings can be searched. The Internet is immediate, nothing that is posted ever truly "expires". |
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Kevin Sweat - Former Beach Patrol Director
Captain Scott Petersohn - Beach Patrol Captain Jack Driskell - Beach Patrol Marilyn Ford - Director of Corrections Major Jim Meleady - VCSO Mark Weinberg - Court Administrator Molly Justice - PIO Volusia Courts |
The Entire Medical Examiner's Office
Daniel Eckert - County Attorney Tura Schnebly - Deputy County Attorney John MacConnell - VCSO Legal James Dinneen - County Manager Chalene Weaver - Deputy County Manager Mary Conners - Deputy County Manager |
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If you found this article to be thought provoking, we (VolusiaExposed.Com) invite you to review, the below linked, Special Investigative Report, exposing law enforcement corruption with the State of Florida. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE SERIES ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION by Matthew Doig and Anthony Cormier Volusia County Sheriff's Department Drop us a line to let us know what you think. EMAIL US DOES SHERIFF JOHNSON HAVE A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM? Play the above video - and then decide for yourself. Sheriff Johnson claiming that he does not drink. (October 2012) |
and VCSO Press Releases The VCSO issued a press release on the Stewart-Marchman molestation incident - but did not issue a press release of a jail rape - why not? No VCSO Press Release on Jail Rape? Rape at the Volusia Jail INFLUENCE THE JAIL'S RAPE INVESTIGATION? Nancye Jones' husband, VCSO Major Robert Jones, supervises the deputies that investigate possible criminal violations within the county jail. We have concerns that several criminal investigations have been possibly manipulated, in order to reduce the County of Volusia's civil liability. Our concern includes this particular in-custody sexual battery investigation, and the below listed situations. We invite you to review our concerns. Falsification of Documents by County Officials |