The Fifty Shades of Raritan
Our police department received an anonymous letter advising us that a local massage parlor was "not what it seemed". After some discussion and consulting with the prosecutor's office, it was decided to send in an undercover officer to investigate. The prosecutor's office hands over some seized funds for the massage, some recording devices, and instructed our department that the undercover officer CANNOT "finish" if we are to get a successful prosecution for prostitution. Apparently there is case law about this.
Sidebar: So somewhere, at some point in time, some cop got a happy ending and the defense attorney was able to get his client off because the cop came. WTF?
So the guys catch wind of this investigation and line up like it's a bread line in 1929 to volunteer. These are the same guys that have little to no interest in proactive police work anymore; all of a sudden they have a renewed sense of justice! So who do you send? You can't send Officer #1, as his wife will kill him. Officer #2 would let her finish and ask to go back again. Officer #3 would pocket the money and say she didn't offer any additional services. This type of investigation really permits a serious evaluation of the guys with which I work. And our hiring practices.
I quietly wait and hope...
In the end, my name was thrown around, but I didn't get that final rose. A more senior officer, who we shall call Tug, is chosen. Partially for his seniority and mostly because he is one of the funniest guys in the department and we know he'll have something for us to laugh about.
So Tug heads in with his cash and his cleverly-disguised recording device. The device allows detectives to remotely listen to and record the audio in the massage room for prosecution/comedic purposes. The only problem is our county is small, has a limited budget, and all our shit is purchased on state bid. Most of it does not work as advertised.
Tug asks for an hour massage, is escorted to a room, where he activates the recording device and strips down. He gets his massage and a criminal case is born.
He returns to the station with a shit-eating grin on his face. He tells everyone who will listen, "she said I was big!" No one, of course, believes him. He is confident that when the recording is reviewed, his enormous girth will be confirmed.
The recording ends up broken, scratchy, and mostly unusable. No one hears "you so big." Tug goes ape-shit, says he needs to go back with a better recording device. He adds he wants a copy of the second recording for his wife, so she can see how appealing he is to other women.
Well, Tug gets his wish. He needs to go back anyway since nothing usable in court is recorded.
Tug returns. It's a different masseuse and she says nothing of his size. Nothing. Tug is devastated. He falls into a mild depression and calls out of work the next day. I will say that he wrote such a steamy report that I needed to smoke a cigarette afterwards. Tug has some talent.
I am on deck for the next rub-and-tug investigation. I will not retire until I am called upon. I want to be the first officer in the department to be paid to ride bikes AND ejaculate.