Oklahoma Senator Paul Rosino wants to protect the state’s law enforcement from the practice of doxing, which generally uses the Internet to expose personal information of a person. The intent is to intimidate, attack or harass. It recently happened in Portland to several law enforcement officials.
“Anyone who works in law enforcement knows they could be in harm’s way every time they answer a call or pull over a vehicle —it’s simply a part of the job. But having private information leaked online that opens these officers and their families up to harassment or worse is not what they signed on for,” Rosino said. “The legislation I am filing will make it illegal to dox law enforcement officers in our state.”
Rosino is proposing making it illegal to us telephonic or electronic communication to post personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer with the intent to threaten, intimidate, harass or stalk an officer. The first offense would be a misdemeanor. The second and following offenses would be felonies.
“I think there is a very valid concern that if we don’t address this, the threats and harassment could ramp up into something much worse for one of these officers or their loved ones,” Rosino said. “We need this legislation to protect the heroes who serve their fellow citizens every single day. I look forward to presenting my legislation in the 2021 session and respectively ask my fellow members and Governor Stitt to join me in passing this bill on behalf of Oklahoma’s law enforcement officers.”
