The Phoenix Police union president has been researching how to scrub officers from the internet – and more specifically, social media.

This comes after some controversial and racist statements were posted on Facebook. According to the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association (PLEA), the service to remove officer posts from social media costs three dollars per month.

The union brass says this would help secure privacy for the officers. The names of those officers would be wiped from the internet.

The database shows hundreds of officers across the country making controversial posts, including 97 current or former Phoenix Police officers.

Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams says the union has the legal right to scrub the posts and it wouldn’t affect the investigation.

Williams says the service to erase social media is not to hide anything, but a way to protect officers and their families.

PLEA president Michael “Britt” London says, “Franklin Marino [a police officer] has contacted a service that will scrub your name from the internet. It’s more of a security and privacy type thing.”

There is no exact timetable for when the investigation into the controversial posts will be completed. The Phoenix Police Department has a social media policy that states in part their employees are prohibited from using social media in a manner that would cause embarrassment or discredit the department in any way.