Smyrna Airport Officer Misuses Criminal Justice Portal

Promoted from Radio Free Mt. Juliet.

SMYRNA, Tenn. –  A Smyrna Airport police officer recently misused the state’s Criminal Justice Portal, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

Chris Sorey said he regrets misusing the system.

“I am very sorry that it’s caused any embarrassment or anything for anybody,” Sorey told NewsChannel 5.

Later in the story, Sorey explains that “he and his family noticed city vehicles cruising past his home. He took down tag numbers and ran them through the Criminal Justice Portal.”

You can read the rest of the story and watch the interview on the Channel 5 website.

Just one little logical problem with that scenario. The tag numbers on all city vehicles are going to come back as “owned by the City of Mt. Juliet.” The license tag information is not going to tell you anything about who the driver is, or give you his picture.

So, Sorey ran the names of individuals through the Criminal Justice Portal. He couldn’t have gotten the names by using the tag numbers on city vehicles. So where did he get the names? And what names did he run? Mr. Sorey has yet to tell the whole story.