Update: Police Investigations Into Retired Major Mike Shockley's Computer Uses Continue

Investigations into Major Mike Shockley's use of work computers for porn will probably continue for several weeks, according to officials.

that Shockley had retired because of accusations involving pornography. Lumpkin said Shockley had downloaded sexually explicit materials on his work computer, according to the Athens-Banner Herald. 

Shockley was a 30-year veteran of the force, and handled the police department's Information Management Division. During his work, he supervised technology upgrades, such as installing laptops in police cars.

Assistant Chief of Police Alan Brown said Wednesday that no new developments had been made in the case, but that investigations were likely to be ongoing for quite a while.

"It'll probably be a matter of weeks until it's completed," Brown said. "It involves a lot of files. We haven't really discovered anything new."

Brown said although he could not say why police began investigating Shockley, there are systems at place in the police department to notify officials of illicit use of work computers.

"I can't think of anything similar to this happening," Brown said. "We don't search computers generally, but we have a filter that does a variety of things. It filters out junk mail and it alerts our staff to inappropriate websites and things of that nature. Usually our IT staff will get a notification."

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