After having announced the purchase and distribution of 5,000 copies of ComputerCop only a few days prior to the EFF report , Limestone County sheriff Mike Blakely defended the software and disputed the Electronic Frontier Foundation 's actions , describing the group as a non-credible " ultra-liberal " organization that is " more interested in protecting predators and pedophiles than in protecting our children . " He also argued that the technology provided by ComputerCop could have helped prevent the Columbine High School massacre . In further statements to the technology website '' Ars Technica '' , Blakely stated that proper use of the software was " something we whole-heartedly endorse " , but that " if you 're of the persuasion of the people of the EFF who would rather not do anything , then that 's something that I ca n't help . " In September 2016 , the Treasury Department completed an investigation , confirming that the distributors had " altered the 2001 letter from TEOAF and made it appear to be blanket permission for all law enforcement agencies to use equitable sharing funds to purchase the software " , but that it can not be prosecuted due to statute of limitations
Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
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