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<td><h1>Montana County Attorneys Association</h1></td>
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<td align="left"><p><a href="http://missoulian.com/news/local/missoula-county-clarifies-subdivision-regulations-in-light-of-ag-s/article_c838d7b0-64f7-11e1-89d8-001871e3ce6c.html">Missoula County clarifies subdivision regulations in light of AG's opinion</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.montanakaimin.com/opinion/editorial-we-ve-lost-too-many-1.2808445#.T1ZD_hzCCJk">Editorial: We've lost too many</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ktar.com/509/1508929/Oil-boom-and-a-kidnapping-alter-Montana-town">Oil boom and kidnapping alter Montana town</a></p>
<p><a href="http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/helena-judge-dismisses-some-parts-of-inmates-sweat-lodge-case/article_ab0a56b2-a26c-5d3b-817b-f1be7e637f9c.html">Helena judge dismisses some parts of inmates' sweat lodge case</a></p></td>
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<td align="left" class="textRed">"Character is higher than intellect."<br />
Ralph Waldo Emerson</td>
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2012 Annual Conference</a></td>
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<h2>Legal Question Answered: Employees Posting Material or Comments that Adversely Affect Agency</h2>
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<p><em>A concerned citizen has made our department aware of an officer who has posted nude photos of themselves on the internet. Department internet policy states: "Employees shall not post any material or comments that brings discredit or may adversely affect the efficiency, professionalism, or integrity of the department." Is there case law available that has determined that the department can take action against the employee? Nowhere on this site does the employee identify themselves as a police department employee. Does the employee have a first amendment right to post things of this nature? My personal opinion is that she is in violation of our policy. Again, just wanting to know if there has been any current (or old case law) regarding such.</em></p>
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You are correct! This activity by a public employee falls in the area of "Conduct Unbecoming." There are numerous cases that address this issue. The leading case is City of San Diego v. John Roe [i]. In this case a sergeant noticed that one of his officers was selling videos of himself on EBay masturbating while wearing an undistinguished police uniform. He was ordered to stop, but continued and was terminated. While the 9th Circuit ruled in his favor, the U.S. Supreme Court found otherwise. </p>
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<li> His expression was widely broadcast </li>
<li>Linked to his status as an officer </li>
<li>Designed to exploit the image of his employer, and </li>
<li>Detrimental to the mission and functions of his employer.</li>
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<h2>Riding Along on the DUI Run with the Billings Police</h2>
<p>Just before midnight, Billings Police Officer Marc Snider witnessed a young woman drive the wrong way through downtown and then roll over the median in a bank parking lot. He stopped her on the wrong side of the street by the Billings Gazette. Fellow officer Brandon Ihde drove over to assist.</p>
<p>"I'm officer Ihde with the Billings Police," he says. "Officer Snider called me over because I'm part of the STEP team. So I do drug interdiction, DUI, traffic and things like that."</p>
<p>He leads the woman to the sidewalk and conducts a field sobriety test, which Snider records with the video camera in Ihde's car. "Okay, Ashley. Bring your hands back here. I'm going to place you under arrest for DUI. We're going to go down to the DUI center and we're going to do some more testing down there. Okay? It's not going to be quite so cold down there."</p>
<p>The DUI center is at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility. It has three testing rooms – one each for the Billings Police Department, Montana Highway Patrol, and the Yellowstone County Sheriff's office. Red lines are on the floor for the sobriety test and an Intoxilyzer is in the corner for breath tests. A video camera records activities in the room.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://transportationnation.org/2012/03/05/montana-police-use-telephonic-search-warrants-to-crack-down-on-drunk-drivers/">Read the entire article</a></strong></p>
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