Florida. FLORIDA. The only state capable of one-upping “life imitates art” months before True Detective even started airing on HBO.
According to reports Ocoee Officer Shaun Whiting figured out the perfect way to game the system in order to have an affair while on the clock. And then — like all good unethical things that waste tax power money — it went too far. WFTV reports:
Documents say that Whiting, who is married, met the woman on a call for service at a grocery store. The report says the two began exchanging emails and started talking.
The woman later told police she booked a hotel room and told the officer to come by while on-duty.
But since Whiting had to be accounted for, the woman claimed he told her to call 911 and hang up. The report shows the officer was then dispatched to the hotel so he could carry out the affair.
Oh wow. That certainly is one ballsy way for a cop to pull off an affair. No wonder he got cau…
According to documents, the woman later requested a ride-along with Whitiing, and the department approved it.
Investigators said the two rode around together and eventually ended up at a police substation, where the woman performed a sex act on Whiting during work hours while he was in uniform.
So maybe — MAYBE — he got a little cocky with the ride along, you think? Had a good thing going with that fake-911-call-from-a-sleazy-hotel bit but had to keep pushing the envelope.
Whiting resigned before the department could terminate him but the Florida Department of Law Enforcement now plans to revoke his certification so he would never be able to work as a police officer in the state again, which is kind of a shame because you just know this dude has a Florida act two that would blow this original transgressoin out of the water. Something something ménage à trois with the captain’s wife in the evidence room.
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