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The Murrieta Police Department has to go back to the drawing board regarding how it will release mugshots after Lego requested they stop using Lego heads.
Last week we reported that the local police department had released mugshots of suspects but got a little creative and posted them with Lego heads to comply with a newly enacted California state law that bars the release of mugshots.
The Murrieta Police Department in California has been instructed by Lego to stop digitally adding Lego heads onto photos of suspects, according to a recent report.
Murrieta Police Department Lt. Jeremy Durrant told Fox News Digital in a statement that the Lego Group requested that it stop using Lego heads in their social media posts.
“The Lego Group reached out to us and respectfully asked us to refrain from using their intellectual property in our social media content which of course we understand and will comply with,” Durrant said. “We are currently exploring other methods to continue publishing our content in a way that is engaging and interesting to our followers.”
For the record, the police department claims they have been using the Lego heads since well before this law went into effect. But sadly, the company does not want its product on the heads of suspected criminals. And although that makes a little bit of sense, let’s hope the replacement is just as entertaining.
In an Instagram post from Tuesday, the Murrieta Police Department explained that it was placing Lego head images over suspects’ faces to mask their identities in accordance with state law.
“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.”
Honestly, they don’t really look like Leogs thaaaat much. I probably would not have made the connection if it were not for the media coverage. But the real issue is that the department had to use the Lego heads in the first place.
But this is how this story makes us feel.
That said, I am just curious, does California plan on passing a law that protects law-abiding citizens anytime soon?
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Author: Danielle Berjikian
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