Of course the officer's reply to the situation will be: "I wanted to warn my son about this violent kid...I don't want my kid hanging around him and to be wary of him, given that he's been arrested for a violent crime and they are the same age/attend same school/might have common friends, etc.". I'm not saying the conduct was either legal OR professional, only that it will make perfect common sense to any parent on a jury - who would likely have warned their own children, regardless of how they came across the information. Note that the issue isn't that the officer's child HAD this information...the complaint is that the kid BLABBED the information, "damaging" the little pun.....er....the defendant's "reputation".
(As if all the neighbors who got to run outside and watch the commotion of the police showing up and making the arrest kept THEIR mouths shut?)

