Thursday, November 29, 2012

Confidential Documents Used as Confetti in Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade


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The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of the most famous parades hosted by the city of New York.  If you were in attendance you may have noticed there were some shredded confidential documents sprinkled among the confetti.  Apparently one employee of the Nassau County Police Department shredded these top-secret documents horizontally for extra legibility.  

The unnamed worker attended the parade as a spectator and allegedly tossed the stolen documents in the air near 65th St and Central Park West.  Other spectators watching the parade nearby caught some of the shreds of paper clearly marked with Nassau police officers’ phone numbers, addresses, license plate numbers and social security numbers.  There were also incident reports and information about Mitt Romney’s visit to LI for last month’s second presidential debate.  It still has not been released whether the employee was an officer or civilian worker, but internal Affairs investigators have reviewed the incident and may take disciplinary action.  

The Nassau County Police Department will likely protect the identities of the officers whose information was exposed as part of the parade decorations.  We are awaiting additional information regarding the case to be released.  

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