VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. (MyFox Hampton Roads) -- While a picture may be worth 1000 words, it seems the story behind these pictures is still developing. Two Virginia Beach Police officers were photographed with their hands on a woman's thigh and leg and another taken with one officer pretending to arrest the same woman as she strikes a revealing pose. The photos appeared earlier this week on a website called TheDirty.com.
"We had another police station contact us to let us know there could be some photos of our police officers on the Internet," said Virginia Beach Police Spokesperson Adam Bernstein.
Bernstein would not say whether his office was contacted by Richmond Police, but that city's officers are also pictured on the website posing provocatively with girls. Nik Richie runs TheDirty.com. He calls it the first ever reality blog.
"We have a following called 'The Dirty Army,'" said Richie. Everyday people submit pictures they think are dirty.
"We verified the images that they weren't doctored. The police cars were real, they weren't doctored. Everything was legitimate, we have photoshop experts that work for us," said Richie.
WAVY.com tracked down and spoke with the person who took the photos. He says the pictures of beach police were taken last October at the oceanfront.
He says, "They would take the picture and then she would get frisky and tell them she was going to pose. I mean, they played along, let's put it that way."
Bernstein says Virginia Beach Police Officers take pictures with tourists all the time as part of police community relations. As for the pictures in question -- "We don't know if it's a picture getting ready to be taken and in a split second they change the angle of the way they're standing," said Bernstein.
Bernstein would not say if the officers were on duty at the time. He does say the incident is under investigation as a personnel matter.
So what do people in Virginia Beach think?
"I was shocked. I don't believe police officers should do that," said Danielle Werner.
"It could be an unfortunate instance/picture where it might not be what it looks like," said Kasey Heiland.Now if I had taken those pics and posted them I wouldn't have blur the faces at all. Why should any Protect these officers doing something that they should have known wasn't a good ideal at all. Kinda make you think what happen afterward??????????????
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