Woman cop moonlighted as prostitute

An Auckland City police officer who worked a second job as a prostitute is still in the force despite the moonlighting being deemed incompatible with policing.
Jon Neilson, police media communications manager, said the officer was based in the Auckland City district but he would not confirm their rank or whether the officer was male or female.
"One serving police officer worked for a limited time as a prostitute," he said.
"(Deputy commissioner) Lyn Provost deemed the nature of the secondary employment as incompatible with policing and the officer is receiving counselling.
"The counselling is usually an internal thing where there is talk about what they've done," he said.
Mr Neilson would not say when or where the officer had worked as a prostitute as these were "matters confidential between the employer and employee".
But another source revealed to the Times-Age that the officer involved was a female who had earlier this year sought secondary employment because of financial difficulties.
The nature of the employment had come to the attention of authorities within the force in the past month, the source said.
Mr Neilson said secondary employment for the officer had not been "signed off by the commissioner or deputy commissioners" but was granted "at the district level".
He said applications for secondary employment are handled "on a case-by-case basis" and the incompatibility of the work with policing was a point that is also considered.
Minister of Police Annette King said the matter was an internal police employment issue and it was inappropriate for her to make further comment.
John Saunders, executive assistant to the minister, earlier said the case involves a female police officer and the ministry had known of the matter for some time.