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Is it common for police to release so much personal information on a suspect? The linked article contains the full name, age, and city of residency.

• prawn 3y ago
  I've seen an article about this suspect that includes their address, what they paid for the house, other places they've lived, etc. Different to police releasing information though.
  • Retric 3y ago
    Yea, a great deal of information is available to the public once you have their name and city. Which isn’t really a new thing, many phone books used to include peoples address alongside their names and phone numbers.
• deleted 3y ago
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• jongjong 3y ago
  I thought the same thing. Seems out of place how they mention such details about his address. He is obviously being doxxed.
• umeshunni 3y ago
  It's BuzzFeed, what do you expect? And no, BuzzFeed News is as trash as BuzzFeed.
• majormajor 3y ago
  Look at it this way: do you want police not disclosing who they arrest? Name, age, city is pretty common; especially name and age of someone arrested. I'd imagine it public records. Some quick googling for recent examples. I just looked for news articles, not sure what if the police release has more residency info on the ones that aren't listed in the articles. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-17/suspect-montclair-triple-homicide-identified-relative-victims https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-17/suspect-... - name and age https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-chicago-men-charged-in-douglas-park-murder https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/2-chicago-men-charged-in-d... - names, ages, city https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-shootings-arrests-houston-8a503c29202df86c41af7f71e663dc53 https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-shootings-arr... - name and age
  • A4ET8a8uTh0 3y ago
    That and I am sure there is a PR aspect to it and putting local populace at ease.
• mixdup 3y ago
  Yes, almost always. That information is public record and part of the arrest record