A policewoman who worked as a prostitute to ease financial difficulties has been censured, Deputy Commissioner Lyn Provost said today.
Earlier police had confirmed the officer was based in the Auckland City district and was still in the force.
Mrs Provost said this afternoon: “The officer concerned has been counselled. Under police procedures this amounts to a censure.
“I can assure the public that police have acted properly in this matter and that this type of secondary employment would never be approved given that the type of work is inappropriate and incompatible with policing.”
An Auckland spokeswoman for the New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective said that depending on the parlour in which she worked, the police officer could earn $500 on a Friday night
Asked if she’d heard of other police officers moonlighting as sex workers, she said: “We have law students that are sex workers, we have doctors that are sex workers, I mean anyone can be a sex worker.”
I suppose if you’re equally qualified for either job you might have a difficult time deciding on a career path.
Censured?
She should have been fired and would have been if it had happened in the US. I guess New Zealand is more tolerant of this sort of thing.
The idea of illegal prostitution is just another law infringing on what other wise is mutually consentual and victimless business to spend money as we please.
gquaglia – I’d say they are more tolerant, since prostitution is legal in New Zealand. Hence, no legal cause to fire the cop.
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And you want it Illegal??
When you have it Legal, you can Tax it, Keep it clean, keep it regulated, keep then in sections you wish and not wonder everywhere.
It can also DROP sex offences, because they have someplace to go insted of Beating some girl up and raping her.
So:
New Zealand – legal!! no wonder all those films end up being made there.
Australia – legal!! No wonder Animal Planet likes to do lots of films there.
Germany – legal!! No wonder the World Cup is popularly played there.
Nevada – legal!! you have to have some reason to visit that area.
Careful, Kevin. You’ll piss off Uncle Dave.
I didn’t know it was legal in New Zealand, disregard my comment.
As far as it being made legal here, I really couldn’t care less either way.
New meaning to the “Good cop / Bad cop” thing
She tried to keep it undercover, but the brothel didn’t have airconditioning.
No problem, Eidard. I don’t live here because I like the scenery.
And for the record, prostitution is legal in many, but not all, counties in NV. For example, it’s illegal in Clark County (Las Vegas) and Washoe County (Reno). Of course, there are over 100 pages of ‘escorts’ listed in the Vegas Yellow Pages. The nearest brothels are in Pahrump, about 40 miles away.