When a Victoria police officer lost a notebook in December of 2022 containing rafts of personal identifying information — and the notebook fell into the wrong hands — one of those people ended up having their house broken into while she was there at home with her child.
According to a letter sent to McKay’s client by police, compromised information includes the client’s name, address and vehicle information. The letter was received on Monday , and the contents were provided to Black Press Media by McKay. Victoria Police spokesperson Cheryl Major confirmed the notebook was lost, and has since been recovered.
That first officer was eventually found guilty of misconduct and given a verbal reprimand after an investigation by the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner.“This is the first time a notebook has been misplaced since the December 2022 incident and this is overall a rare occurrence,” Major wrote.