Livermore Police Officer Named in Sex Scandal

LIVERMORE, CA - A member of the Livermore Police Department has been named in a widening sex scandal that started with the Oakland Police Department, and then spread to both the Alameda and Contra Costa Sheriff’s Departments. Officers at two other police departments have also been named.

Patch has requested comment from the Livermore Police Department and the City of Livermore regarding the allegation. Those comments will be added to this story when they are received.

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The scandal centers around alleged misconduct between law enforcement personnel and an underage girl. The girl is the daughter of an Oakland police dispatcher.

Two Oakland police officers have resigned, two more have been suspended, and a Contra Costa deputy has also been suspended for allegedly having sex with the girl.

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In a story posted online, the Mercury News reports that it interviewed the girl last weekend. She told the newspaper that she began selling her body on the streets of Richmond when she was 12. She progressed to having a pimp and being a prostitute in Oakland.

Whether any of the police officers or deputies paid for sex with the girl has not been disclosed.

She also shared a text message with the newspaper that purports to show a police officer tipping her off about an undercover operation that was taking place.

The girl at the center of the investigation turned 18 last August.

Read the full Mercury News article here.