Q: The police removed my anonymity as they had information I gave them from calls I made to dispatch. Is this legal?
I live in an area that has serious traffic issues. I created an anonymous email account to contact city council about this. I also called the police a lot about this and gave my name to the dispatch center. In an email response from the police that included the city council, my name was used. Is it legal for a police sergeant to do this? He has removed my anonymity by using knowledge that I willingly gave the dispatchers and the sergeant assumed that my emails were coming from the same person who complained about the illegally modified vehicles in my area that go without enforcement. Now the entire council knows my name, which is what I wanted to avoid. Is it legal for the police to have used dispatch recordings and the dispatch log to assume these emails were coming from the same source and to name me like this? I feel that my privacy has been violated and this is extremely serious to me. This happened in Santa Barbara county, California
A:
this is not my area of law but I assume absent an agreement you might have an uphill road to climb.
anyone can sue anyone for anything at any time........the question is what is the value?
you can always sue in small claims for a minimal cost, and sue for up to $10k, but you must prove damages.
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