N Miami Beach Cop Canned For Blog Posts

NORTH MIAMI BEACH (CBS4) – A North Miami Beach police officer who was scheduled to be laid off due to budget cuts was fired after he allegedly posted some derogatory comments on a local blog site.

According to investigators, on September 19th the website www.votersopinion.com received posts from anonymous individual whose wrote about all the good things the police department did for the city. The anonymous blogger then went on to use derogatory words to describe two local residents and also list their addresses encouraging criminals to "have fun".

The blog's creator, Stephanie Kienzle, believed the comments had been sent from a North Miami Beach Police Department computer server. She reported the incident to police who launched an investigation. They were able to determine that the remarks did indeed come from a North Miami Beach Police Department computer and reportedly identify the officer responsible.

According to police Officer William Hobbs, hired by the department in October of 2009, was responsible for posting the comments. Hobbs was charged with "Conduct Unbecoming a Police Officer" and terminated.

"Any such wrongdoing by any of our officers will be swiftly and firmly dealt with," said Interim Police Chief Larry Gomer in a statement. "Our department prides itself on providing professional services to our citizens and we will not tolerate such remarks from our officers."

Hobbs will not face any criminal charges stemming from the incident.