13 North Texas police officers disciplined for misconduct in prostitution investigation.
Thirteen North Texas police officers are facing disciplinary action relating to an investigation into allegations of prostitution.
The Lewisville Police Department released the details of the internal affairs investigation in an announcement Friday. The statement by Police Chief Brook Rollins explained that the case involving the department’s street crimes unit was opened in June.
In October 2022, the unit had been assigned to look into allegations of prostitution at nine of Lewisville’s massage parlors and another in Flower Mound. The operation led to 32 criminal charges against 28 suspects across 23 cases.
“LPD obtained the list of cases from the DA, and we immediately began an administrative review of the declined cases,” Rollins said in the statement. “During the review of these cases, it was apparent that possible misconduct was occurring.”
The Denton County district attorney’s office dropped the charges after it was found that the undercover officers had “inappropriate contact” with the suspected prostitutes. The department’s internal investigation also confirmed that 13 of its members had “violated one or more Department directives or protocols.”
Though the police chief stated there was no evidence of sex between the officers and prostitution suspects, the extent of the “inappropriate contact” was unclear. Rollins also noted that after probable cause for arrest has been established, any continuing physical contact “is deemed inappropriate.”
Not all of the 13 members involved were accused of inappropriate contact. Some of those facing disciplinary action are accused of allowing inappropriate contact via “ineffective supervision or communication.”
As the police chief, Rollins was responsible for disciplining the involved officers. In Friday’s statement, he confirmed that three officers were fired, one was demoted and seven were suspended without pay.
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