Posted on 02/17/2006 12:53:31 PM PST by mlc9852
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (AP) -- The sheriff said Friday he will no longer allow detectives to receive sexual services while investigating suspected prostitution after they spent $1,200 at massage parlors last month and sparked a public outcry.
Spotsylvania County Sheriff Howard Smith defended the practice as necessary to obtain a conviction but told his department he was suspending it.
"As sheriff, I understand the feelings and concerns the citizens of this county have expressed," Smith said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Friday. "And I empathize with those feelings. Because of the public's express response, I have suspended this practice."
Court documents show that four times last month, county detectives allowed women at Moon Spa to perform sex acts on them - once leaving a $350 tip. A total of $1,200 was spent during the visits, Smith said. He said multiple visits were necessary so detectives could build trust with the operators.
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A happy ending that eliminates happy endings.
Well boys, the party's over. No more tax payer funded handies.
And I was going to go apply for a job there. "Honey, I'm just doing my job to serve and protect."
Yeah.............that's the ticket!..........
It's a shame that our public servants have to put themselves through such hardship as a part of their duties.
I volunteer to help them in their endeavors.
"He said multiple visits were necessary so detectives could build trust with the operators."
They were building something bigger, I suspect...
I am sure a lot of wannabe cops are deeply saddened.
Actually handies were legal. Oral was illegal. THAT is why they claimed they had to engage in "the act".
I don't see what the scandal was. According to X42, none of it was sex.
This really didn't make sense. A primary argument against legalizing prostitution is that prostitutes spread STDs. So deputies fight that by ... engaging in sex acts that might spread STDs?
Rub & tug, tug
Too late to sweep under da rug.
LOL
Oh well, the cops have to go back to spending their own money on hookers now.
You know, that's probably why they stopped it. Too many resumes!
Well I can honestly say, that's news to me - I thought it was all illegal. BTW what is X42?
LOL
Great . . . this just means the whole damn county's going to go to the dogs in illegal handjobs . . .
Clinton
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