OAKLAND — An Oakland patrol officer has been charged with two misdemeanors for allegedly using a controlled law enforcement database for illegitimate reasons, according to court records.
Diamond Survine, 25, of Oakland, was charged with two counts of misdemeanor computer access and fraud. The charging records allege she made the searches last year, on April 30 and sometime between June 19 and July 2.
Survine has not been arrested. She was given a formal notice of an April 27 court date and remains out of custody, court records show.
A brief statement of probable cause, filed in court by an Oakland police detective to justify the charge, says only that Survine was interviewed about searches for “two individuals” and “was not able to articulate a legitimate right to know or need to know” for them.
The database in question is known as the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or CLETS, and gives police in-depth information about members of the general public. It is supposed to be restricted to law enforcement purposes.
The charging records don’t say who the individuals are or why Survine allegedly searched them.
Survine became an Oakland police officer after completing the city’s police academy in August 2022, according to a public notice.