(gg)

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A woman police officer
moonlighting as a prostitute has got off with a
caution, New Zealand police said Thursday.

The unidentified officer, stationed in the country's
biggest city Auckland, was discovered last year to
have been a prostitute for a short time.

"The officer concerned has been counseled. Under
police procedures this amounts to a censure," Deputy
Police Commissioner Lyn Provost said in a statement.

The police officer, who was understood to be having
financial difficulties, had not sought permission to
have a second job. Such applications are considered on
a case-by-case basis.

"This type of secondary employment would never be
approved given that the type of work is inappropriate
and incompatible with policing," Provost said.

New Zealand made prostitution legal in 2003.

An Auckland spokeswoman for the New Zealand
Prostitutes' Collective -- a welfare and lobby group
for sex workers -- told the NZ Press Association that
a prostitute might earn as much as NZ$500 ($312) on a
busy night.

Asked if she had 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."

__________________

The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas