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	Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=~~http~~://~~abclocal.go~~.com/~~kgo~~/~~story?section=news~~/~~local&id=6006207~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=~~dead~~}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6006207/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>		[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KUUB\|KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>

	Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675		Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675

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	==History==		==History==
	RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> Co-founder Costell stated that the website was not "anti-cop", and was created to invite better accountability for police officers.<ref name="Phua 2008">{{Cite news \|last=Phua \|first=Chelsea \|date=11 March 2008 \|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] \|page=B1, B3 \|title=Cop rater Web site will bring out the haters, critics say}}</ref> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations.<ref name=Saginaw/> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> Co-founder Costell stated that the website was not "anti-cop", and was created to invite better accountability for police officers.<ref name="Phua 2008">{{Cite news \|last=Phua \|first=Chelsea \|date=11 March 2008 \|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] \|page=B1, B3 \|title=Cop rater Web site will bring out the haters, critics say}}</ref> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations;<ref name=Saginaw/> she stated that they created the website to "open up dialogue" between opponents and supporters of law enforcement agencies.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Thompson \|first=Kathy \|date=March 31, 2008 \|work=[[The Times Recorder]] \|page=1 \|title=Good cops, bad cops ― rate 'em}}</ref> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

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	==Content==		==Content==
	RateMyCop.com allowed for registered users to search for officers by their name, department, or state, in addition to allowing users to provide anonymous<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=FAQs \|url=http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119030046/http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> comments and ratings{{efn\|The scale of the rating system ranged from zero to five [[star rating\|stars]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Foxman \|first=Adam \|date=December 4, 2008 \|work=[[Ventura County Star]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|title=RateMyCop.com criticized by police \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A190070701&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=7dfa4a4b}}</ref>}} in regards to the officers' professionalism, fairness, and overall satisfaction. ~~The information on the officers were obtained through public records, and the founders of the website claimed that it did not disclose private information, only what is~~ "~~available~~ ~~on an everyday traffic ticket~~"~~.<ref~~>{{cite news \|date=March 24, 2008 \|publisher=[[CBS News]] \|title=Web Site Draws Cops' Wrath \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130007/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-date=June 29, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The site did not feature [[undercover police]] in their database.<ref name=NPR/> Comments on the website were moderated, with threats being removed. According to Costell, serious threats were reported to police.<ref name="Phua 2008"/>		RateMyCop.com allowed for registered users to search for officers by their name, department, or state, in addition to allowing users to provide anonymous<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=FAQs \|url=http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119030046/http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> comments and ratings{{efn\|The scale of the rating system ranged from zero to five [[star rating\|stars]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Foxman \|first=Adam \|date=December 4, 2008 \|work=[[Ventura County Star]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|title=RateMyCop.com criticized by police \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A190070701&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=7dfa4a4b}}</ref>}} in regards to the officers' professionalism, fairness, and overall satisfaction.<ref name="CBS March">{{cite news \|date=March 24, 2008 \|publisher=[[CBS News]] \|title=Web Site Draws Cops' Wrath \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130007/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-date=June 29, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The amount of ratings that any given officer could receive weekly was limited to prevent abuse.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Stewart \|first=Nicole \|date=March 21, 2008 \|edition=The Tempe Republic \|work=[[The Arizona Republic]] \|page=5 \|title=Web site seeks ratings of police}}</ref> The information on the officers were obtained through public records, and the founders of the website claimed that it did not disclose private information, only what is "available on an everyday traffic ticket".<ref name="CBS March"/> The site did not feature [[undercover police]] in their database.<ref name=NPR/> Comments on the website were moderated, with threats being removed. According to Costell, serious threats were reported to police.<ref name="Phua 2008"/>

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	==History==		==History==
	RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> Co-founder Costell stated that the website was not "anti-cop", and was created to invite better accountability for police officers.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Phua \|first=Chelsea \|date=11 March 2008 \|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] \|page=B1, B3 \|title=Cop rater Web site will bring out the haters, critics say}}</ref> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations.<ref name=Saginaw/> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> Co-founder Costell stated that the website was not "anti-cop", and was created to invite better accountability for police officers.<ref name="Phua 2008">{{Cite news \|last=Phua \|first=Chelsea \|date=11 March 2008 \|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] \|page=B1, B3 \|title=Cop rater Web site will bring out the haters, critics say}}</ref> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations.<ref name=Saginaw/> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

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	RateMyCop.com allowed for registered users to search for officers by their name, department, or state, in addition to allowing users to provide anonymous<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=FAQs \|url=http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119030046/http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> comments and ratings{{efn\|The scale of the rating system ranged from zero to five [[star rating\|stars]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Foxman \|first=Adam \|date=December 4, 2008 \|work=[[Ventura County Star]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|title=RateMyCop.com criticized by police \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A190070701&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=7dfa4a4b}}</ref>}} in regards to the officers' professionalism, fairness, and overall satisfaction. The information on the officers were obtained through public records, and the founders of the website claimed that it did not disclose private information, only what is "available on an everyday traffic ticket".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 24, 2008 \|publisher=[[CBS News]] \|title=Web Site Draws Cops' Wrath \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130007/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-date=June 29, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The site did not feature [[undercover police]] in their database.<ref name=NPR/>		RateMyCop.com allowed for registered users to search for officers by their name, department, or state, in addition to allowing users to provide anonymous<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=FAQs \|url=http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119030046/http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=253 \|archive-date=November 19, 2016 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> comments and ratings{{efn\|The scale of the rating system ranged from zero to five [[star rating\|stars]].<ref>{{cite news \|last=Foxman \|first=Adam \|date=December 4, 2008 \|work=[[Ventura County Star]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|title=RateMyCop.com criticized by police \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A190070701&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=7dfa4a4b}}</ref>}} in regards to the officers' professionalism, fairness, and overall satisfaction. The information on the officers were obtained through public records, and the founders of the website claimed that it did not disclose private information, only what is "available on an everyday traffic ticket".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 24, 2008 \|publisher=[[CBS News]] \|title=Web Site Draws Cops' Wrath \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629130007/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/web-site-draws-cops-wrath/ \|archive-date=June 29, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The site did not feature [[undercover police]] in their database.<ref name=NPR/> Comments on the website were moderated, with threats being removed. According to Costell, serious threats were reported to police.<ref name="Phua 2008"/>

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	RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations.<ref name=Saginaw/> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com started out as an [[internet forum]] for discussing police officers and departments in 2007,<ref name=Saginaw>{{cite news \|last=Burns \|first=Gus \|date=May 14, 2010 \|work=[[The Saginaw News]] \|title=Saginaw Police union president unconcerned with officer/department rating website \|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132641/https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2010/05/saginaw_police_union_president.html \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> but inspired by websites that allowed users to rate their teachers or doctors,<ref name=NYT/> the couple Gino Sesto and Rebecca Costell changed the site's purpose to rating police on February 28, 2008.<ref>{{cite newsletter \|volume=11 \|issue=6 \|date=June 2008 \|work=The Broward Centurion \|page=7 \|publisher=Broward County Police Benevolent Association \|title=Web Site Rates Officers: Ratemycop.com lets citizens critique cops \|url=http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf#page=7 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805222457/http://bcpba.org/pdf/Centurion/2008/June%202008.pdf \|archive-date=August 5, 2016 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Sesto said he got the idea from a dinner conversation he had with a friend, where they discussed their experiences with police officers, but realized there was no place to share their experiences online.<ref name=NPR>{{cite news \|date=March 14, 2008 \|work=The [[Bryant Park Project]] \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|title=Internet Service Shuts Off Site for Rating Cops \|url=https://text.npr.org/88226404 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526145403/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88226404 \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Based out of [[Culver City, California\|Culver City]], [[California]], they started sending letters to thousands of police and sheriff's departments in the United States in September 2007 to gather information for their database.<ref name=NYT/> Co-founder Costell stated that the website was not "anti-cop", and was created to invite better accountability for police officers.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Phua \|first=Chelsea \|date=11 March 2008 \|work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] \|page=B1, B3 \|title=Cop rater Web site will bring out the haters, critics say}}</ref> They decided to forego including the police department of their local city, stating in a phone interview that "If something were to happen, if we need to call the Culver City Police Department and they showed up an hour later... I wouldn't want to put them under the microscope. I wouldn't want to put us under the microscope".<ref>{{cite news \|last=Ruch \|first=John \|date=April 18, 2008 \|work=Jamaica Plain Gazette \|title=Web site rates local cops \|url=http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215153955/http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2008/04/18/web_site_rates_local_cops/ \|archive-date=December 15, 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Their friend Crys Spelman ran public relations.<ref name=Saginaw/> Close to the site's launch, it had the names of over 140,000 [[police officers]] from more than 500 [[police]] departments in the [[United States]].<ref name=Wired/> The site is no longer operational, but was last archived on the [[Internet Archive]] on March 17, 2017, by which point there were over 300,000 officers from nearly 20,000 departments in their database.<ref>{{cite web \|work=RateMyCop.com \|title=Home \|url=http:www.ratemycop.com \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317063828/http://www.ratemycop.com/ \|archive-date=March 17, 2017 \|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

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	Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675		Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675
	\|series=[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] \|work=Online Communities and Social Computing \|title=Part VI: Online Communities and Society \|chapter=Are Online Communities Good for the Civic Audit of Public Spaces, Services, and Officers? \|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72 \|isbn=978-3-642-02773-4 \|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf#page=3 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527212752/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1cd3a1bd-45f4-4eb1-8401-343d44410c4b \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pasco County, Florida\|Pasco County]] Sheriff's spokesperson Kevin Doll named a similar concern: "You know nothing about the people posting those comments and that in itself is a danger".<ref name=SPT/> Writing for ''[[The Times]]'', [[Sathnam Sanghera]] called the website a "truly dangerous idea" and a "recipe for disaster", after commenting that the police are exposed to the "criminally insane" more often than others are.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sanghera \|first=Sathnam \|author-link=Sathnam Sanghera \|date=January 27, 2009 \|work=[[The Times]] \|via=Gale Academic OneFile \|title=When the nameless are this shameless, the feedback frenzy has gone too far \|page=7 \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A192942161&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=91c81c0f}}</ref> On the talk show ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', host [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)\|Bill O'Reilly]] reflected on the website's lack of verifiability in regard to user comments, calling it dangerous.<ref>{{cite web \|last=O'Reilly \|first=Bill \|author-link=Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[The O'Reilly Factor]] \|title=Abercrombie and Fitch Donates Money to Children's Hospital; 'Miller Time'; Policing the Net \|publisher=[[Fox News Network]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A176668964&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=5c40de34}}</ref>		\|series=[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] \|work=Online Communities and Social Computing \|volume=5621 \|title=Part VI: Online Communities and Society \|chapter=Are Online Communities Good for the Civic Audit of Public Spaces, Services, and Officers? \|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72 \|isbn=978-3-642-02773-4 \|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf#page=3 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527212752/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1cd3a1bd-45f4-4eb1-8401-343d44410c4b \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pasco County, Florida\|Pasco County]] Sheriff's spokesperson Kevin Doll named a similar concern: "You know nothing about the people posting those comments and that in itself is a danger".<ref name=SPT/> Writing for ''[[The Times]]'', [[Sathnam Sanghera]] called the website a "truly dangerous idea" and a "recipe for disaster", after commenting that the police are exposed to the "criminally insane" more often than others are.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sanghera \|first=Sathnam \|author-link=Sathnam Sanghera \|date=January 27, 2009 \|work=[[The Times]] \|via=Gale Academic OneFile \|title=When the nameless are this shameless, the feedback frenzy has gone too far \|page=7 \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A192942161&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=91c81c0f}}</ref> On the talk show ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', host [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)\|Bill O'Reilly]] reflected on the website's lack of verifiability in regard to user comments, calling it dangerous.<ref>{{cite web \|last=O'Reilly \|first=Bill \|author-link=Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[The O'Reilly Factor]] \|title=Abercrombie and Fitch Donates Money to Children's Hospital; 'Miller Time'; Policing the Net \|publisher=[[Fox News Network]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A176668964&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=5c40de34}}</ref>

	Jacqui Cheng of ''[[Ars Technica]]'' also commented on the website's potential for abuse, but that it could be likely to skew the other way too; she noted that among the top rated officers, one user had left five-star reviews across the entire country. She also thought the police's privacy concerns to be unfounded, as the information posted on the website would have already been public, and would have been protected by free speech laws.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Cheng \|first=Jacqui \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[Ars Technica]] \|title=RateMyCop takedown sparks debate over speech, privacy \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303034536/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-date=March 3, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first comments on potential abuse were mirrored by [[University of Southern California]] law professor [[Thomas D. Griffith]], remarking that "unconfirmed reports that can be over-praising or condemning is not the best way to ensure accountability".<ref name=LADN/>		Jacqui Cheng of ''[[Ars Technica]]'' also commented on the website's potential for abuse, but that it could be likely to skew the other way too; she noted that among the top rated officers, one user had left five-star reviews across the entire country. She also thought the police's privacy concerns to be unfounded, as the information posted on the website would have already been public, and would have been protected by free speech laws.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Cheng \|first=Jacqui \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[Ars Technica]] \|title=RateMyCop takedown sparks debate over speech, privacy \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303034536/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-date=March 3, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first comments on potential abuse were mirrored by [[University of Southern California]] law professor [[Thomas D. Griffith]], remarking that "unconfirmed reports that can be over-praising or condemning is not the best way to ensure accountability".<ref name=LADN/>

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	===Prosecution of user under Florida law===		===Prosecution of user under Florida law===
	In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=~~July~~ 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>		In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=June 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>

	Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared unconstitutional, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>		Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared unconstitutional, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>
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	Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>		[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>

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	In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=July 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>		In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=July 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>

	Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared ~~unconsitutional~~, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>		Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared unconstitutional, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>

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	Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=~~http~~://~~abclocal.go~~.com/~~kgo~~/~~story?section=news~~/~~local&id=6006207~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=~~dead~~}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6006207/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>		[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KUUB\|KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>

	Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675		Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675

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	Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675		Fiorella de Cindio and Cristian Peraboni at the [[University of Milan]] commented on the possible danger of RateMyCop.com and similar websites in regard to their lack of accountability concerning comments provided by anonymous individuals. They suggested that civic accountability could be effective when citizens assumed their actual identities in online communities.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=De Cindio \|first1=Fiorella \|last2=Peraboni \|first2=Cristian \|editor-last1=Ozok \|editor-first1=A. Ant \|editor-last2=Zaphiris \|editor-first2=Panayiotis \|date=January 2009 \|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] \|page=675
	\|series=[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] \|work=Online Communities and Social Computing \|title=Part VI: Online Communities and Society \|chapter=Are Online Communities Good for the Civic Audit of Public Spaces, Services, and Officers? \|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72 \|isbn=978-3-642-02773-4 \|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf#page=3 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527212752/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1cd3a1bd-45f4-4eb1-8401-343d44410c4b \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pasco County, Florida\|Pasco County]] Sheriff's spokesperson Kevin Doll named a similar concern: "You know nothing about the people posting those comments and that in itself is a danger".<ref name=SPT/> Writing for ''[[The Times]]'', [[Sathnam Sanghera]] called the website a "truly dangerous idea" and a "recipe for disaster", after commenting that the police are exposed to the "criminally insane" more often than others are.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sanghera \|first=Sathnam \|author-link=Sathnam Sanghera \|date=January 27, 2009 \|work=[[The Times]] \|via=Gale Academic OneFile \|title=When the nameless are this shameless, the feedback frenzy has gone too far \|page=7 \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A192942161&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=91c81c0f}}</ref> On the talk show ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', host [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)\|Bill O'Reilly]] reflected on the website's lack of verifiability in regard to user comments, calling it dangerous.<ref>{{cite web \|last=O'Reilly \|first=Bill \|author-link=Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[The O'Reilly Factor]] \|title=Abercrombie and Fitch Donates Money to Children's Hospital; 'Miller Time'; Policing the Net \|publisher=[[Fox News Network]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A176668964&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=5c40de34}}</ref>		\|series=[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]] \|work=Online Communities and Social Computing \|volume=5621 \|title=Part VI: Online Communities and Society \|chapter=Are Online Communities Good for the Civic Audit of Public Spaces, Services, and Officers? \|doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72 \|isbn=978-3-642-02773-4 \|url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf#page=3 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527212752/https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-642-02774-1_72.pdf?error=cookies_not_supported&code=1cd3a1bd-45f4-4eb1-8401-343d44410c4b \|archive-date=May 27, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pasco County, Florida\|Pasco County]] Sheriff's spokesperson Kevin Doll named a similar concern: "You know nothing about the people posting those comments and that in itself is a danger".<ref name=SPT/> Writing for ''[[The Times]]'', [[Sathnam Sanghera]] called the website a "truly dangerous idea" and a "recipe for disaster", after commenting that the police are exposed to the "criminally insane" more often than others are.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Sanghera \|first=Sathnam \|author-link=Sathnam Sanghera \|date=January 27, 2009 \|work=[[The Times]] \|via=Gale Academic OneFile \|title=When the nameless are this shameless, the feedback frenzy has gone too far \|page=7 \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A192942161&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=91c81c0f}}</ref> On the talk show ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]'', host [[Bill O'Reilly (political commentator)\|Bill O'Reilly]] reflected on the website's lack of verifiability in regard to user comments, calling it dangerous.<ref>{{cite web \|last=O'Reilly \|first=Bill \|author-link=Bill O'Reilly (political commentator) \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[The O'Reilly Factor]] \|title=Abercrombie and Fitch Donates Money to Children's Hospital; 'Miller Time'; Policing the Net \|publisher=[[Fox News Network]] \|via=Gale OneFile \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A176668964&v=2.1&it=r&sid=ebsco&asid=5c40de34}}</ref>

	Jacqui Cheng of ''[[Ars Technica]]'' also commented on the website's potential for abuse, but that it could be likely to skew the other way too; she noted that among the top rated officers, one user had left five-star reviews across the entire country. She also thought the police's privacy concerns to be unfounded, as the information posted on the website would have already been public, and would have been protected by free speech laws.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Cheng \|first=Jacqui \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[Ars Technica]] \|title=RateMyCop takedown sparks debate over speech, privacy \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303034536/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-date=March 3, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first comments on potential abuse were mirrored by [[University of Southern California]] law professor [[Thomas D. Griffith]], remarking that "unconfirmed reports that can be over-praising or condemning is not the best way to ensure accountability".<ref name=LADN/>		Jacqui Cheng of ''[[Ars Technica]]'' also commented on the website's potential for abuse, but that it could be likely to skew the other way too; she noted that among the top rated officers, one user had left five-star reviews across the entire country. She also thought the police's privacy concerns to be unfounded, as the information posted on the website would have already been public, and would have been protected by free speech laws.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Cheng \|first=Jacqui \|date=March 13, 2008 \|work=[[Ars Technica]] \|title=RateMyCop takedown sparks debate over speech, privacy \|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303034536/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2008/03/ratemycop-debacle-sparks-debate-over-speech-privacy/ \|archive-date=March 3, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Her first comments on potential abuse were mirrored by [[University of Southern California]] law professor [[Thomas D. Griffith]], remarking that "unconfirmed reports that can be over-praising or condemning is not the best way to ensure accountability".<ref name=LADN/>

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	===Prosecution of user under Florida law===		===Prosecution of user under Florida law===
	In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=~~July~~ 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>		In 2007, Florida resident Robert Brayshaw was investigated by [[Tallahassee, Florida\|Tallahassee]] police officer Annette Garrett for trespassing. No charges were pursued, but Brayshaw found her conduct to be unprofessional, and over several weeks in 2008, posted critical comments and personal information about her on RateMyCop.com that were usually not covered on the website, including her home address, personal website, marital status, cell phone number and personal e-mail address.<ref name=TCPalm>{{cite news \|last=Marshall \|first=Randall \|date=July 5, 2010 \|work=[[TC Palm]] \|title=Randall C. Marshall: Suspect who outed police officer victim of unconstitutional law that violates his right to free speech \|url=https://archive.tcpalm.com/opinion/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-officer-victim-of-unconstitutional-law-that-violates-h-e-346309792.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210074729/http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/05/randall-c-marshall-suspect-who-outed-police-of/ \|archive-date=December 10, 2011 \|url-status=live}}</ref> He was arrested and prosecuted in 2008 by the [[state attorney]] under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of a police officer.<ref name=Wired_Kravets>{{cite magazine \|last=Kravets \|first=David \|date=July 2, 2010 \|magazine=[[Wired (magazine)\|Wired]] \|title=RateMyCop User Ensnared in 'Dumbest Case Ever' \|url=http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605184259/http://www.wired.com/2010/06/dumbest-case-ever/ \|archive-date=June 5, 2014 \|url-status=live \|url-access=limited}}</ref> The case was dismissed by the state in December 2008, but the state attorney filed again less than two weeks later. The charges were [[prejudice (law)\|conclusively dismissed]] in April 2009 because they violated Florida's [[Speedy Trial Clause\|speedy trial law]].<ref name=TCPalm/>

	Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared unconstitutional, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>		Brayshaw subsequently sued the city of Tallahassee and the state attorney in September 2009 with the assistance of the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] of Florida to have the statute declared unconstitutional, and to be paid [[damages]] for his arrest.<ref name=TCPalm/> Federal judge [[John Richard Smoak Jr.\|Richard Smoak]] ruled in favor of Brayshaw, and on April 30, 2010, struck down the statute that made it a crime to publish police officers' addresses and phone numbers to intimidate, hinder or interfere with their duties, because he deemed it to be in violation of the right to [[free speech]]. Brayshaw received {{USD\|60,000}} ({{Inflation\|US\|60000\|2010\|fmt=eq\|r=-3}}{{Inflation/fn\|US}}) in damages and legal fees,<ref name=Wired_Kravets/> $25,000 of which was ordered to be given in legal expenses by the city of Tallahassee for his false arrest.<ref>{{cite press release \|date=May 3, 2010 \|url=http://aclufl.org/2010/05/03/federal-court-strikes-down-florida-statute-that-criminalized-free-speech-when-criticizing-police-officers\|title=Federal Court Strikes Down Florida Statute That Criminalized Free Speech when Criticizing Police Officers\|work=ACLU of Florida}}</ref><ref name=TCPalm/>
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	Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Less than a month after its inception in February 2008, the website was receiving 100,000 visitors a day. Site founder Sesto estimated at the time that "at least half" of the website's userbase were police officers.<ref name=LADN>{{cite news \|last=Uranga \|first=Rachel \|date=March 25, 2008 \|work=Los Angeles Daily News \|title=Web site lets users rate their local cops – good and bad \|url=https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329232226/https://www.dailynews.com/ci_8698058 \|archive-date=March 29, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		RateMyCop.com received mostly negative reception from law enforcement. Kevin Martin of the [[San Francisco Police Officers Association]] worried that users of the website would have access to officers' personal information, like home addresses or personal phone numbers. Jerry Dyer, president of California Police Chiefs Associations, criticized the website for allowing police officers to "face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves". He noted that the organization would work with other law enforcement organizations to stop the website from operating.<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[Police1]] \|title=Controversial site raises officer safety concerns, infuriates cops \|url=http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413150933/http://www.policeone.com/news/1670610/ \|archive-date=April 13, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Similarly, citing that the website puts officers in danger, vice president of the Latino Police Officers Association, Hector Basurto, also wanted to see the website gone.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Roman \|first=Tomas \|date=March 7, 2008 \|work=[[KGO-TV\|ABC7]] \|title=Police agencies upset over Ratemycop.com \|url=http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080311062735/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local&id=6006207 \|archive-date=March 11, 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Other police officers remained unconcerned with the content of the website. Ruben Vasquez, president of the [[Saginaw]] police officers union, commented on the lack of verification associated with anonymous reports on the website, and said that they have "more serious things to be concerned with", like the safety of the city and its citizens.<ref name=Saginaw/> Similarly, Mike Tellef, speaking on behalf of the [[Peoria, Arizona\|Peoria]] police department, explained that they would use the website as a tool and that they welcome the feedback: "We have an obligation to ensure that the services that we're providing to the public are the utmost and the best that we can give them for their taxpayer dollar".<ref>{{cite news \|date=March 5, 2008 \|work=[[KTAR-FM]] \|via=[[KPHO-TV]] \|title=Valley Police Listed On Ratings Web Site \|url=http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516123120/http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html \|archive-date=May 16, 2011 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>		[[Salt Lake City]] police chief Chris Burbank said the website did not raise any privacy concerns for him, and that he wanted the department to start a similar feedback forum on their website.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Robinson \|first=Jeff \|date=March 10, 2008 \|work=[[KCPW-FM]] \|title=New Site Lists Names of Salt Lake City Police Officers \|url=http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217235112/http://kcpw.org/article/5528 \|archive-date=February 17, 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]] spokesperson Larry McKinnon said that the department did not take the website seriously, and that they did not use it for internal affairs issues, as they were already giving out forms for people in the community to provide feedback. Another spokesperson for the department, Andrea Davis, noted that anonymous feedback was not used for rating the performance of their officers.<ref name=SPT>{{cite news \|last=Mitchell \|first=Robyn \|date=December 14, 2009 \|work=The [[St. Petersburg Times]] \|title=It's Your Turn to Rate a Cop \|page=1B \|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{pipe}}A214401067&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-ITOF&asid=ba6f5d1f \|via=[[Gale OneFile]]}}</ref>