Video Shows Cop Allegedly Kissing, Getting Into Back Seat of Patrol Car with Woman

In paramedic school they taught me a Latin phrase:  "res ipsa loquitur," the thing speaks for itself.

Is this woman his wife?  Well, he's not supposed to be meeting her for a lunch quickie in the park in front of children playing.  The bystanders began recording because the woman appeared much younger than the officer.  The whole thing looked very suspicious.

If she's not his wife -- and I'm spitballing here as a writer of true crime for survivors -- my next concern is that we're in Holtzclaw territory.  If that's not his wife, then there's a very strong possibility that she's someone with drug or prostitution warrants who is meeting him up to do favors for him in exchange for not going to jail.  That's commonly known as "the deal."

And if they're doing "the deal," right out in the open in broad daylight like that, it leads me to suspect that Prince Georges County is the next Louisville, where Vice News noted A Pattern of Misconduct.  One day over the rainbow, when I have a legal research budget, I will dig up a ton of FOIA requests.

WJZ CBS News Baltimore has more details on the incident in question.  Key points:

• The officer has been identified as Francesco Marlett
• His police powers have been suspended during the investigation of this incident
• Marlett and the woman, in her early 20s, were allegedly together in the back of the patrol vehicle for 40 minutes
• Marlett was indicted in 2016 for "spanking" his girlfriend's 3-year-old son in a way that rendered the child unconscious.  The charges were dropped for unknown reasons.

Please allow me to call bullshit on an adult male police officer spanking a toddler in a way that renders him unconscious because he bumped his head on the wall.  Just no.  First of all, he spanked the child for soiling his bed, which is a problem because the boy was 3, possibly still in diapers.  Keep your monkey hands off of him, and also, turn in your badge and gun.

The fact that he not only didn't face consequences, but they let him back on the force after that, is shame on his chain of command.  My queendom for a FOIA budget.

As this story develops, more information comes out.  The woman in the video is allegedly his mistress.  She's super classy, going at it with his wife on Facebook and having no problem disrupting public safety so she can get her groove on in a park in front of families.  Remember honey, if you can take him from her, it's a matter of time before somebody younger takes him from you.

Because really folks, public safety is a team sport.  While police officers are working on self-service, they're not being team players, contributing to the work that constantly needs to be done by somebody.