By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 03:44 EST, 7 November 2012 . A former female Minnesota police officer will receive more than $1million in multiple lawsuit settlements after learning that dozens of her former co-workers illegally accessed her driver’s licence record just to gawk at her picture. The Minneapolis City Council has agreed last week to pay Anne Marie Rasmusson $392,000, on top of a $280,000 settlement she reached with several other cities whose officers violated the law by accessing her record for personal reasons. Rasmusson will also be awarded $385,000 from the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, for a total of $1,057,000 that taxpayers will have to pay, Wired reported. That figure could be even higher if the retired officer wins her suit against the state. Violated: Officers used their private database to look up Anne Marie Rasmusson's driver's licence photo, right, more than 400 times since 2007. She's seen pictured with her husband, left . Toned: Rasmusson began entering body building competitions after she was forced into medical retirement, losing more than 70 pounds . The case marks one of the largest . data breaches committed by law enforcement officials in history, . according to the Minneapolis independent paper City Pages. An investigation into Minnesota’s . Dakota County Sheriff’s office, as well as state troopers and . Bloomington police show that more than 100 officers  - from chiefs on down - were using the . database as their personal Facebook. Rasmusson, who was known by colleagues . as Bubbles because of her cheerful personality, first became aware that . other officers were looking up her photo when a former police academy . colleague mentioned to her in 2009 that she looked great and that he and . his partner had used their squad car computer to view her driver’s . license image. In August 2011, she contacted the . state’s Department of Public Safety asking if it was possible to . restrict access to her driver’s license file. Following an . investigation, a DPS worker revealed that her record had been accessed . by officers numerous times as far back as 2007. Ms Rasmusson, a 37-year-old retired cop, stands at a petite five feet two and has her hair trimmed short. Officers are only supposed to look someone up for official reasons. That said, the incredible misuse of the database is astounding – City Pages found that 104 officers in 18 different state agencies accessed her driver’s licence record 425 times. There were 24 police officers in Minneapolis who accessed her record 133 . times, and 42 officers in St. Paul who looked her up 175 times. The 37-year-old woman told City Pages: ‘There is nothing that I would say about this driver’s licence photo or any of my previous ones that in any way would deserve the attention that they’ve gotten.’ Breech of trust: Rasmusson, right, said she felt her privacy was violated and got sick after she found out how many times her personal data was accessed . Ms Ramusson told the paper that she feels her privacy has been violated. When she found out to what degree, she actually became ill. One officer, who requested that he not be named, said that every cop – regardless of rank – had looked at her file. In the lawsuits Rasmusson filed, she alleged that the officers violated, among . other things, the federal Drivers Privacy Protection Act,  which prohibits states from disclosing . personal information that drivers submit to obtain a license. The city of St. Paul denied Rasmusson’s invasion-of-privacy allegations and any liability for her . claims, but said it agreed to settle with her in order ‘to avoid the uncertainties . and costs associated with continued litigation of this matter.’ Under the settlement, Rasmusson’s name, picture, address and other personal . information will be removed from the city and police department’s internal . directory and website. In the aftermath of the case, most of the officers who looked up Rasmusson’s . record got away with warning letters and additional training. An officer who accessed the woman’s file record 13 times received the harshest . punishment in the form of a demotion and a five-day suspension. In Minneapolis, however, none of the 24 officers who looked up Rasmusson’s . photo have been disciplined, while St. Paul absolved four of its officers. When she was 24 and new to the St Paul police force, one of her co-workers suggested a bet – who could lose the most body fat in three months. The once overweight officer dropped 15 pounds in three months, and continued her regimen of exercise and healthy eating until she dropped an additional 70lbs. Questions: She became suspicious after several acquaintances called her up out of the blue and asked her out on dates . An injury in 2003 forced Ms Ramusson to go into early retirement, but the determined fitness guru continued working out, and began entering body building competitions while her husband – another Minnesota officer – went to work. She became suspicious when a former academy friend said she looked great in her driver’s licence photo. Then unsolicited texts from other officers trickled in, requesting her company on boating excursions. Tired of the texts, she insisted on an audit, and the results were shocking. Her personal data – including her address, phone number, and driver’s licence information – had been accessed repeatedly by officers since 2007. If federal privacy laws swing in her favour, all 104 officers who viewed her profile could lose their jobs.
Officers used private database to look up Anne Marie Rasmusson more 425 times since 2007 .
Rasmusson, a former cop, said she became suspicious when former co-workers called out of the blue asking her out .
All 104 officers could lose their jobs if found guilty .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 03:44 EST, 7 November 2012 . A former female Minnesota police officer will receive more than $1million in multiple lawsuit settlements after learning that dozens of her former co-workers illegally accessed her driver’s licence record just to gawk at her picture. The Minneapolis City Council has agreed last week to pay Anne Marie Rasmusson $392,000, on top of a $280,000 settlement she reached with several other cities whose officers violated the law by accessing her record for personal reasons. Rasmusson will also be awarded $385,000 from the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, for a total of $1,057,000 that taxpayers will have to pay, Wired reported. That figure could be even higher if the retired officer wins her suit against the state. Violated: Officers used their private database to look up Anne Marie Rasmusson's driver's licence photo, right, more than 400 times since 2007. She's seen pictured with her husband, left . Toned: Rasmusson began entering body building competitions after she was forced into medical retirement, losing more than 70 pounds . The case marks one of the largest . data breaches committed by law enforcement officials in history, . according to the Minneapolis independent paper City Pages. An investigation into Minnesota’s . Dakota County Sheriff’s office, as well as state troopers and . Bloomington police show that more than 100 officers  - from chiefs on down - were using the . database as their personal Facebook. Rasmusson, who was known by colleagues . as Bubbles because of her cheerful personality, first became aware that . other officers were looking up her photo when a former police academy . colleague mentioned to her in 2009 that she looked great and that he and . his partner had used their squad car computer to view her driver’s . license image. In August 2011, she contacted the . state’s Department of Public Safety asking if it was possible to . restrict access to her driver’s license file. Following an . investigation, a DPS worker revealed that her record had been accessed . by officers numerous times as far back as 2007. Ms Rasmusson, a 37-year-old retired cop, stands at a petite five feet two and has her hair trimmed short. Officers are only supposed to look someone up for official reasons. That said, the incredible misuse of the database is astounding – City Pages found that 104 officers in 18 different state agencies accessed her driver’s licence record 425 times. There were 24 police officers in Minneapolis who accessed her record 133 . times, and 42 officers in St. Paul who looked her up 175 times. The 37-year-old woman told City Pages: ‘There is nothing that I would say about this driver’s licence photo or any of my previous ones that in any way would deserve the attention that they’ve gotten.’ Breech of trust: Rasmusson, right, said she felt her privacy was violated and got sick after she found out how many times her personal data was accessed . Ms Ramusson told the paper that she feels her privacy has been violated. When she found out to what degree, she actually became ill. One officer, who requested that he not be named, said that every cop – regardless of rank – had looked at her file. In the lawsuits Rasmusson filed, she alleged that the officers violated, among . other things, the federal Drivers Privacy Protection Act,  which prohibits states from disclosing . personal information that drivers submit to obtain a license. The city of St. Paul denied Rasmusson’s invasion-of-privacy allegations and any liability for her . claims, but said it agreed to settle with her in order ‘to avoid the uncertainties . and costs associated with continued litigation of this matter.’ Under the settlement, Rasmusson’s name, picture, address and other personal . information will be removed from the city and police department’s internal . directory and website. In the aftermath of the case, most of the officers who looked up Rasmusson’s . record got away with warning letters and additional training. An officer who accessed the woman’s file record 13 times received the harshest . punishment in the form of a demotion and a five-day suspension. In Minneapolis, however, none of the 24 officers who looked up Rasmusson’s . photo have been disciplined, while St. Paul absolved four of its officers. When she was 24 and new to the St Paul police force, one of her co-workers suggested a bet – who could lose the most body fat in three months. The once overweight officer dropped 15 pounds in three months, and continued her regimen of exercise and healthy eating until she dropped an additional 70lbs. Questions: She became suspicious after several acquaintances called her up out of the blue and asked her out on dates . An injury in 2003 forced Ms Ramusson to go into early retirement, but the determined fitness guru continued working out, and began entering body building competitions while her husband – another Minnesota officer – went to work. She became suspicious when a former academy friend said she looked great in her driver’s licence photo. Then unsolicited texts from other officers trickled in, requesting her company on boating excursions. Tired of the texts, she insisted on an audit, and the results were shocking. Her personal data – including her address, phone number, and driver’s licence information – had been accessed repeatedly by officers since 2007. If federal privacy laws swing in her favour, all 104 officers who viewed her profile could lose their jobs.
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