Problem-Solving Case: Suspensions of Lexington, Kentucky, Police
Officers
A police officer in Lexington, Kentucky, was troubled by content
some other officers had posted on the MySpace.com networking Web
site. These officers discussed their work, includ- ing arrests they
had made. Their postings included put-downs such as slurs about
gays and mentally disabled people and comments that they worked for
Lexington’s “snobby peo- ple” and the “Lexington Fayette Urban
Commu- nist [instead of County] Government.” Photos on these
officers’ MySpace pages...