Police officers face possible dismissal over coerced flashing

This incident occurred in the Arena District on March 11. From the Dispatch, and reprinted in Bad Cop News:

She said that, at one point, the officers asked her what would be “a fair compromise” to avoid jail.

She asked if they wanted money. They said no.

She said Smith then showed her a picture of an almost-topless Pamela Anderson, the actress, on his cell phone.

“Are you saying that, like the fair thing would be if I flash you?” she asked.

“Well, yeah,” she said Smith replied. “I think that’s a totally fair deal.”

She bared her breasts and walked away. The officers then called her boyfriend over and told him that she “had just saved him from being arrested,” the report said.

Shepard and Smith didn’t dispute the flashing but said in interviews that there was no such deal and they were shocked when she did it as they were about to drive off.

Internal Affairs has already found against them. Next, there will be a hearing before a police chief. They could be fired, and should be if the story is true.