NEWARK — When the Newark undercover vice officer entered the massage parlor on Bloomfield Avenue, he was supposed to be setting up a sting to bust a suspected prostitution ring.
The woman inside asked him if he wanted a massage. When the officer said yes, she asked him to take off his clothes. He complied, stripping down to his underwear, according to a police report.
But when she asked him if he wanted a "full massage," what happened next set off series of events that has forced a change in the way the department handles undercover operations.
According to the police report, obtained Thursday by The Star-Ledger, the undercover officer — who was wired for sound — pleasured himself as he fondled the 22-year-old woman who was later arrested on prostitution charges.
In the wake of the Sept. 28 incident, Police Director Samuel DeMaio said he will now review and approve all future sting operations before they are launched and has ordered additional training for vice cops.