Thursday, September 07, 2006

Police Chief May Lose Job Over Wife's Nude Pics


An Oklahoma police chief's job is in jeopardy and his town is in an uproar because of his wife's profession.

Snyder Police Chief Tod Ozmun and his wife, Doris, live in Snyder, just west of Lawton. However, the chief's wife is known worldwide for her work as a plus-sized model on a pornographic Web site.

Officials said the Snyder mayor is requesting an investigation by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Technically, the mayor cannot request an OSBI investigation. However, the district attorney's office can, and officials said the focus of any such investigation would be to determine whether city computers were used for the pictures and if that violates the city's charter.

"This came to light because some of the people in town went onto the Internet to download pictures of her and started passing them out around the citizens here in town," said Mayor Dale Moore.
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1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Actually, that story isn't completely accurate. The full story is at
http://newsok.com/article/2843993/?template=news/main

I agree that, in general, a professional’s personal life isn’t a direct reflection of their ability to perform their job – I’d vote for Bill Clinton any day. However, I think there may be more to this story. KWTV Channel 9 (Oklahoma City) reported that residents have had serious concerns about Tod Ozmun's job performance long before this issue came to light. Residents also reported that repeated calls for investigation of the police chief's actions, unrelated to this issue, were ignored. One resident was quoted as saying that this protest regarding the chief's wife was "a means to an end" to resolve a much larger problem.

While Tod and Doris Ozmun may not have broken any laws and are within their rights to entertain themselves however they please (within legal limits), perhaps Snyder residents saw no other option than drawing attention to a so-called “local scandal" in order to correct what they saw as a danger to their community – not particularly because of pornography, but because of other matters. In a small town, a person of authority is a direct part of everyone's daily lives and has the power to shape an entire community. If there was indeed corruption within the police department, I can see how citizens might have felt the need to take this action out of desperation. And, in the end, Doris Ozmun should have more than enough increase in business from all the publicity to cover the loss of her husband’s income.

6:17 PM  

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