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Columbus, Ohio’s Department of the Inspector General has started an investigation after a police officer allegedly told a father that his 11-year-old girl could potentially face child porn charges.
The incident came to light earlier this week when a home security video posted onTikTokwent viral. The video featured a caption that stated the man’s daughter was a victim of an “online predator.”
“She’s 11,” he wrote. “He’s a grown man. He manipulated her into sending pictures of herself! This was the police response at midnight. We called at 6.”
The video showed two police officers approaching a home and knocking on the door. A man answers and tells the officers that his daughter is asleep.
“It still happened, though, right?” the female officer said.
The man told the officers that he had just wanted the officers to speak to his daughter.
“I just want her to realize what this was,” the man said. “I mean, reality is not much I probably can do about it, is there?”
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“I mean, she can probably get charged with child porn,” the female officer said.
The man then told the officers that his daughter is 11-years-old.
“She’s creating it, right?” the female officer responded. The man again says his daughter is 11.
“Doesn’t matter,” she said. “She’s still making porn.”
The officer responds: “Is she taking pictures, though?”
At that point, the man tells the officers to have a nice evening and walks inside his home.
“I want to make clear — this incident does not reflect the Division as a whole. Our officers do outstanding work to bring comfort and justice to victims every day. As soon as we learned of this incident, we immediately reached out to the father to apologize, and to assure him that this matter was being fully investigated — both the actions of this officer, and more importantly, any crime committed against his child. As I have said from my first day on the job — when our officers do the right thing, we will have their back. When they don’t, we will hold them accountable.”
According to Columbus police, the call for service was initiated on Sept. 14 around 7 p.m. and dispatched to officers, who responded at 12:26 a.m.
“They responded within seconds of the call for service from dispatchers,” a police spokesperson tells PEOPLE.
“Those two officers filed a report after that call for service, which was then forwarded directly to sexual assault unit detectives, who then began their investigation into the incident involving the 11-year-old,” the spokesperson says.
source: people.com
