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Warwick Police will be reviewing the policies on their department’s Facebook postings after a family complained about the inclusion of a quote from the movie “Forrest Gump” in announcing a suspect’s arrest.

Police Chief Steven McCartney says he understands the anger of 18 year old Shawn Bartis’ family. Bartis’ mugshot was posted on the department’s Facebook page after being caught stealing hubcaps from a police cruiser in front of the police station. His brother was angered that his photo was accompanied by Forrest Gump’s famous quote “Stupid is as stupid does.”

“We’ll be taking a look at that and obviously we want to make sure that whatever we put up there is professional, and we don’t need to make those kinds of comments,” McCartney told WPRO’s Bill Haberman.

McCartney said the posting was deleted after Bartis’ brother went on WJAR Channel 10 to complain. “I understand why the older brother, who obviously is loyal to his younger brother, was a little bit upset, and we probably could have done without that entry,” said McCartney.