Do We Get a Vacation, Too?

Massillon Police Officer John Mitchell sent text messages and nude and sexually explicit photos of himself, including pictures of his own genitalia, to a woman he arrested for drunken driving.

According to a February 11th story in the Independent, Officer Mitchell was suspended for five days without pay for sending out 88 text messages and 15 pictures to the woman he stopped for DWI.

By the way, the lab tests proved the woman was never even drunk, and the charges were ultimately dropped.

Allegedly, Mitchell wasn't even suspended for the five days.

He was allowed to take five vacation days.

Send nude pictures of yourself to a woman you arrest and get a vacation.

We would like our faithful Massillon Review readers to let us know what would happen at their place of employment should they start "sexting" to a co-worker or customer.

Would you get a paid five day vacation, too?

Of course, this isn't the end of the story.

According to one of our faithful readers, the victim in this incident sued Officer Mitchell and the City of Massillon.

And won.

Mitchell has to pay her $7,000 dollars.

We the taxpayers of Massillon have to chip in for another $3,000 dollars.

A Massillon police officer "sexted" a woman he stopped for drunken driving.

She wasn't drunk.

He gets a five day vacation.

We owe $3,000 dollars.

Do we get a vacation, too?