Aurora code enforcement officer recorded himself soliciting prostitutes on body camera

An Aurora code enforcement officer has resigned after he recorded himself soliciting two prostitutes late last year while his body camera was rolling, according to court documents and investigators.

Paul Thorne, 54, pleaded guilty on March 6 to one count of soliciting prostitution, a Class 3 misdemeanor, Arapahoe County prosecutors say. He was sentenced to six months probation and 60 hours of community service in the case, which was first reported by KCNC-TV.

Thorne’s case is apparently the second in Colorado in which a public employee recording themselves with their body camera breaking the law led to charges. Denver police Officer Julian Archuleta pleaded guilty in February to taping himself stealing more than $1,000 from a suspect’s vehicle. He has since resigned.

In Thorne’s case, he was wearing a body camera as part of a testing phase Aurora code enforcement officers when a supervisor, watching Thorne’s footage, spotted the solicitations.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/27/aurora-prostitute-solicitation-body-camera/