NYPD cops busted after taking selfies with suspect’s phone

If you’re planning to leave your phone unattended on a desk, you might want to make sure it doesn’t fall into the hands of these Brooklyn, N.Y., police officers.

That’s because members of New York City’s 75^th Precinct (in Brooklyn) took unauthorized selfies and videos on a suspect’s phone, reports the New York Daily News. The suspect, who identifies himself as “J.L.,” the paper says, was arrested on Jan. 27 for violating an order of protection. The 16 photos and two videos were discovered by J.L. two days after leaving the station.

“I had mixed emotions about it, but I felt like they were trying to intimidate me and make fun of me,” J.L. told the Daily News. “They should be more sensitive to how people live in this neighborhood.”

Andre Travieso, J.L.’s lawyer, sent the photos and videos to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office.

A source told the Daily News the officers believed the phone “belonged to another cop” and were unaware that it belonged to J.L.