Cop Caught Tanning While On Duty - Claimed It Was "Work Related"

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Here we go again.

First we had police officers sledding and bowling on duty in Milwaukee. Now, thanks to satellites high above the Earth, police detectives in Muskego were caught tanning, shopping and doing errands.

It's ironic that the loafing Muskego cops were tripped up by the very device normally used by police to tail drug dealers and other criminals.

Chief John Johnson hid a global positioning system tracker on the car used by his two detectives and waited for them to confirm suspicions they were running their personal lives on company time.

One detective, Thomas Schilling, was working on a tan during his shift, combining criminology and dermatology.

Imagine how somnolent a police department must be when a detective can stop on a regular basis at the tanning salon, get undressed and stretch out on a tanning bed.

Gives new meaning to the word Coppertone. It turns out all that stands between the citizens of Muskego and crime is the thin tan line.

Diversity on the police department is a worthy goal, but being bronze does not qualify Schilling as a person of color. He was tanned, rested and probably not that ready.

The chief should have known something was awry when detectives began interrogating bad guys under hot ultraviolet lights.

After he was busted, Schilling actually tried to claim this was work-related because it helped him avoid sunburn on the job. Nice try, but with that logic you could visit brothels because they help you avoid loneliness on the job.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/sep04/257711.asp?format=print

[Endangered Specie]

1. Musta been using it to warm up his cold doughnuts