Becaus I am the expert of all things whore around here, I thought I would pass this Yahoo news story along. The long and the short of it is that the cops were getting down with hookers so they could make arrests. My recent application to this particular police department is coincedental and has nothing to do with these recent events.


SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. - 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.

Detectives shut down Moon Spa last month. The two suspected operators and three women accused of working there face several charges, including prostitution and sodomy, Smith said.

Smith maintained the sexual contact was necessary to obtain a conviction. But law enforcement officials say undercover officers only need to get an offer of sex for money to move the case forward.

The practice has been used in Spotsylvania since at least 2003.

Earlier this week, Smith told The Washington Post that sexual contact is needed during the investigations because most professionals know not to say anything incriminating. And conversation is difficult, he said, because masseuses at the Asian-run parlors in the northern Virginia county speak little English.

But several members of Spotsylvania's Board of Supervisors have spoken out against the methods used in the investigation.

"All of us ... have been worried about this episode tarnishing the county and making us a laughingstock of the nation," board chairman Henry "Hap" Connors told the AP Friday. "That's why I came out early on and asked the sheriff to cease using these tactics."

Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney William Neely said he respects Smith's decision to end the practice, but refused to apologize for the officers' tactics.

i'm sure they didn't have to twist any arms to get them to put in overtime.

Here's pretty much how it went down:

"Thanks for the tongue bath, that was great. NOW REACH FOR THE SKY, HO!!!"

I'm giving you my best hooker stories here people. The Captain is not feeling the love here people!

Look, when you go deep cover, you HAVE to become what you are portraying. Those cops were just doing their jobs. I commend them.

jerseykrs said:

I agree. They should get overtime, danger pay, whatever. I commend these boys in blue for putting it all on the line AND getting their groove thing on.

Here is also how it may have gone down:

"I didn't think I would like them but those ben-wa balls hit the spot. Now REACH FOR THE SKY!"

so did the officers get arrested for receiving services? they should have been.

JasmineFire said:

They were not arrested. The performance of the sex act was supposedly neccessary for the arrest. These cops were not going to take any chances with these hardened criminals. Well, actually it was the cops who were hardened but that is beside the point.

I want to know, more than anything, what sex act that the prostitute did where the dude gave her a $350 tip. Damn, I don't think I spent $350 for all the hookers I was with combined last year.