Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Undercover Branch Brook Park patrol is suspended after fatal shooting of …
Posted on July 31st, 2010 in Atlanta adult entertainment
The sheriff’s action comes two weeks after the July 16 death of DeFarra Gaymon, 48, who authorities said was shot by an undercover officer after soliciting sex. Gaymon, the CEO of an Atlanta credit union, sought sex from the male undercover detective before lunging at the officer when he showed his badge, according to the officer’s statement to authorities. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is still investigating the shooting, and no charges have been filed.
The detective was a part of the five-year undercover operation, which Fontoura said came out of numerous complaints from park goers about the green spaces becoming pickup spots for gay men.
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Critics of the park detail say it shifts precious resources from more pressing public safety concerns in and around Newark, though Fontoura maintains it is vital to keeping the park safe. He added that his officers on those assignments also make drug and prostitution arrests at the two spots.
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