No it is not.  In fact there are a number of provisions in Chapter 109 of the Business and Commerce Code addressing the commercial availability of mugshots and other criminal record information.  You know who thinks your mugshot should be confidential?  You guessed it, the Pooperintendent.  On this, my penultimate installment of the Blawg, I thought it would be appropriate to bring you an update.

Thomas Tramaglini, the erstwhile Superintendent of the Kenilworth School District in New Jersey, is suing the Holmdel Township Police Department for (you guessed it again) ONE MILLION DOLLARS because the HTPD allegedly “unlawfully took [his] photograph and distributed and disseminated the ‘mug shot’ to third parties, including the media, with the intent to harm…”

For those of you who don’t recall Mr. Tramaglini and can’t guess what someone would have to do to earn such a moniker as Pooperintendent – it’s to serially poop on the track of a high school in another school district until busted in a sting operation by the local police department.  In this case, the Holmdel Township Police Department, now being sued.  Whether Mr. Tramaglini will ultimately prevail in his lawsuit will be up to the New Jersey courts to decide.

DAWG BONE:   SUING THE POLICE FOR $1 MILLION WILL NOT HELP PEOPLE FORGET IT IF YOU EVER DO GET ARRESTED FOR POOPING ON A TRACK.

 Tomorrow:  Farewell, Dawg Blog Readers!