Crime & Safety
Did Computer Virus Risk Safety of Macungie Police?
Macungie business owner Tim Romig raised his concerns about a virus on the mayor's computer at Monday night's borough council meeting.
Did a computer virus on the Macungie mayor's home computer put the safety of police officers and borough residents at risk?
Macungie business owner Tim Romig thinks so.
Romig addressed council at its Monday meeting to raise the issue, with copies of email exchanges between Mayor Rick Hoffman and Macungie Chief of Police Ed Harry in hand. Romig said he obtained the emails after filing a public information act right to know request.
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The emails, which Romig shared with Patch, date back to January and include at least two exchanges between Harry and Hoffman in which Harry told the mayor that he had received spam email from Hoffman's account. Harry recommended that the mayor do something about the virus.
Romig's concern stems from the fact that the mayor's home computer is one of two to which GPS data from Macungie police cars is uploaded.
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Council said very little in response to Romig's lengthy statement; the borough is currently involved in a lawsuit related to the the GPS units in police cars. Council President Chris Becker told Romig he would do his best to follow up with the mayor.
Mayor Hoffman did not attend Monday's meeting.
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