Officers James Ward, 47, and Dwight Toombs, 32, each will be suspended for two days this month, following an internal affairs investigation. According to memos, Ward was training a new officer, 28-year-old William Christmas, and brought Christmas along with him and Toombs to Cosmic Kiss on Okeechobee Road on Sept. 29.

In addition to the suspension, Ward will be removed as a field training officer. Christmas did not meet probation requirements and was removed from the police department before the investigation ended.

Acting Police Chief Sean Baldwin said all three were in uniform during the incident. The men answered an alarm call at the store earlier in their shift and returned on a meal break without giving dispatchers their location, he said. "Had they given the location, obviously we would have immediately known there was something wrong," Baldwin said.

None of the men could be reached for comment Friday.

Memos say Toombs asked for a free video, which he gave to Ward. Christmas denied asking for a free video, though Ward and the clerk at Cosmic Kiss said he did, according to memos. Police investigators originally considered pursuing perjury charges.

"These violations cut deeply into the ethical principles that officers must uphold in order to maintain public trust," Baldwin wrote in one memo.

The investigation began a day after the incident when a manager reviewing video at Cosmic Kiss saw the officers in the store and became concerned about the amount of time they spent inside, Baldwin said.

A woman who identified herself as a manager at the store but would not give her name on Friday said she was bothered that the officers distracted her employee.

Ward and Toombs work road patrol on the midnight shift in northern Fort Pierce. Baldwin said their strong relationship within the community influenced his decision to keep them in the department. But he will not tolerate a repeat offense, he added.

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Sheriffs Want Porn Movie Off Web

Canadian Press, 1/12/07 - WINNIPEG - Two sheriff's officers are threatening to seek a court injunction that would order a local porn star to remove a naughty homemade sex tape of their menage a trois with her from her Web site.

But a lawyer representing the porn star, who goes only by the name Oshean, promised to fight any attempts to censor the content of the Web site.

David Guttman said Thursday his client had written consent from the couple to film and post the video of their tryst. 

"They are going to have to make a case for unauthorized use or invalid consent," he said.

The two sheriffs - a man and woman who are involved in a relationship - were suspended without pay in late December after justice officials learned of the video showing them in consensual sex acts with Oshean.

Neither were on duty or in uniform - they weren't actually wearing much at all - and the video was apparently shot during Grey Cup week in November.

Oshean's website reveals an explicit, 45-second clip of the video and encourages visitors to purchase a membership to see the entire romp.

The Web site, which offers up several videos, promises: "No paid actors and no script . . . this is REAL reality porn."

Jeff Schnoor, assistant deputy minister of courts, said last month the discipline handed out to the two sheriffs was a precautionary move to avoid any backlash for not taking action.

Just days later both sheriffs were cleared to return to duty. However, the couple showed up for work on Monday and immediately signed off on stress leave.

Oshean has previously said in an e-mail statement that she was shocked the case has attracted so much attention.

"I don't understand all the fuss directed toward the couple," she said. "They were the nicest people you'd ever meet. It's my understanding that like any Canadian citizen, when they leave work they can participate in any legal activity they choose."

New Zealand Police Busted for Porn on Computers

Sunday Star, 8/28/05 - The results of a five-month investigation found pornography on the computers of 327 police officers, including one superintendent and four inspectors.

Ten images found on police officers' computers have been classified as objectionable by the censor's office.

The maximum penalty for possession of objectionable material is a five-year jail sentence and 10 years for distribution or exhibition.

The censor's office was asked by the police to classify three still images and 10 moving images. It found 10 were objectionable and classified three as R18.

The censor's office said the objectionable images included acts of urination and defecation during sex, bestiality and one was degrading and demeaning to women.

Almost 300 police staff had already opted to attend a one-day workshop on the unacceptable nature of the images and about 40 cases were still being considered.

Police spokesman Jon Neilson said any charges or repercussions for possession of the pornography were being dealt with at a district level.

"Each district is talking to the various staff members about what action will be taken," he said.

Neilson expected the action against the officers who were found to have the images would be announced within the next fortnight.

Police Porn Inquiry Takes Toll on Moral

The New Zealand Herald - Aug 29, 2005 - A police pornography investigation which netted hundreds of officers and left others facing criminal charges has dented morale more than other scandals of the past two years.

And it appears to have damaged relations between officers on the beat and the office of Police Commissioner Rob Robinson.

The pornographic email investigation has been heavily criticised within the police after Mr Robinson held a press conference announcing the preliminary findings from an audit of police computers affecting 327 staff.

While 5000 images said to be sexually explicit were reviewed, the Censor's Office has so far classified 10 as objectionable.

Police Association president Greg O'Connor said the decision to pursue the inquiry under the public gaze had eroded goodwill and that "eroded the effectiveness of the department".

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