DURHAM - Derogatory remarks toward President-elect Barack Obama made
on a social networking Web site are now the subject of an internal
police investigation.

A police department employee claims the statements were made on the
MySpace pages of two Durham officers.

"There's no exact words that were said," said Police Chief Jose L.
Lopez Sr. in a telephone interview Wednesday from San Diego, where he
is attending the International Association of Chiefs of Police
conference. "It wasn't a racial slur, but we're still investigating
it."

Investigators, who are focusing on the context of what was written,
have been looking into the allegations since Thursday.

Lopez wouldn't disclose what was said or identify the officers
involved.
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