You are applying common sense in an area where the technical legality and limits of the law are very detailed and getting those details wrong will cost you a whole bunch of cash. I think the prior comment was strongly agreeing on the point that this would be a pretty silly lawsuit - but, much like SLAPP suits, baseless lawsuits that are bound to fail can still inflict a whole lot of pain on the receiver - and the Fraternal Order of Police (gosh they really need to update that name) has a gigantic war chest that can inflict a whole lot of pain.
> It cannot be doxxing...
We all thought what Aaron Swartz was doing was clearly not under the purview of the CFAA, but he got hounded to his death by a prosecutor over it anyways.
I would not want to risk it here.
There's a Scott Alexander essay Against Signal Boosting as Doxxing: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/07/29/against-signal-boostin... . It doesn't matter what the technicalities are, spreading information wide which is technically already available can be, in practice, doxxing. Having all that information in one place drastically increases the ease of harassment.
And I don't believe for one second that only bad police officers will be harassed. There are actual criminals who'd do it. There are activists who would like to get back at cops for doing things like voting for the wrong candidate, or who just aren't good at picking the correct cop to target at all. There are teenagers who'd call the cops' landlord with complaints just for the lulz.
> "Governor Kevin Stitt today signed into law House Bill 1643, a bill that makes it crime to dox, or post personal information, of law enforcement and county officials online."
I'm not going to try to judge how wacky that law may be, but this website definitely isn't doxxing:
1. Police officers are public employees, and often a lot of seemingly "personal information" is actually a matter of public record (e.g. salaries). The "personal information" on this website appears to be publicly available (e.g. I found this guy at random https://rateourcops.org/officer/26, it lists a phone number which Google reveals to be on his employer's website https://www.cityofalbertlea.org/contact-us/, so likely an official work number).
2. It cannot be doxxing to truthfully describe your personal experiences with a person (e.g. this cop treated me badly in this way, or I think he only did a one star job).