(nyt) Inspired by the many Web sites that allow users to rate their teachers, their doctors, even their neighbors, a couple from Culver City have created one that allows people to rate police officers and sheriff’s deputies across the country. Some law enforcement officials, though, strongly object to the site, arguing that it exposes officers to resentment and reprisal and vowing to pursue legislation to block it. “Officers who are rated face unfair maligning without any opportunity to defend themselves,” said Jerry Dyer, the chief of the Fresno Police Department and president of the California Police Chiefs Association. The site, he said, puts officers and their families “in grave danger” because it reports their names and agencies, the raw material for further Internet research by those with the intent to harm. But Gino Sesto, a founder of RateMyCop.com, said the site does not post identifying information beyond what would appear on a traffic ticket issued by an officer. More than 140,000 officers are listed on the site, and about a third are in California, Texas and Florida. Mr. Dyer said his organization and other law enforcement groups planned to press for legislation to stop the Web site.

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