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Mar 11, 2008 4:36 pm US/Pacific

The Scoop: Fake Cop ID's

Rate-My-Cop: New Website Has Police Furious

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ― The next cop you meet might have a stage name – Joe Friday, Steve McGarrett, Modesty Blaze, Dirty Harry Callaghan. It will be there official handle to hide their real identity.

Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness says he's giving serious thought to letting cops use fake names in public – because he's worried about their security off-duty. He thinks it might be safer for cops to use stage names.

John is worried about web sites revealing personal information about cops. The Sheriff's department would register the fake names and match them up if there's a complaint or problem. Otherwise, the fake names would be the Sheriff's public face. Book'em, Dano.

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