'Desperate' sheriff's deputy resigns after her porn career is exposed… and everyone is saying the same thing
A 'desperate' sheriff's deputy resigned after her porn career was exposed, but the struggling mother has gained tons of support for her decision.
Shannon Lofland, a veteran of the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office for 21 years in Colorado, decided to step down from her position on Tuesday after the department got word of her second job, leading them to open up an internal investigation.
Lofland, 44, a sheriff's office driver training instructor, decided to start performing in 'mainstream' adult videos because she 'was drowning' trying to support her family with just her paycheck.
'I was desperate, I was drowning. I found a legal, lucrative means for providing that support for my family that I needed at that time to save my home for them and feed my family,' Lofland told CBS News.
The mother and wife told the outlet she knows that not telling her department about her side gig was wrong, but now that her secret has been revealed and she's been suspended, Lofland decided it was best to leave so the department didn't have to 'waste resources' on something she fully admits to participating in.
'The mainstream in the adult industry is not something that the sheriff's office would approve of and I understand that.
'It was a violation of policy to not request permission to work secondary employment. I know that and I knew that,' Lofland added.
After confessing to participating in sex scenes and leaving her long-time job because of it, Lofland received tons of support from people who were happy that she spoke out.
Shannon Lofland, 44, who served as a sheriff's office driver training instructor for the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office in Colorado for 21 years, resigned on Tuesday after word of her online porn side hustle got out
Lofland, a sheriff's office driver training instructor, decided to started performing in 'mainstream' adult videos because she 'was drowning' trying to support her family with just her paycheck
'She shouldn't have to resign for making legal money on adult sites. anyone who says otherwise doesn't actually care about women,' one user wrote.
'Good for her for real,' another said.
'You go girl. No shame. Congrats on a new career. Do you,' someone commented.
Another said: 'People need to mind their own damn business. She was trying to provide for her family and keep them from homelessness.'
Lofland started her adult film career due to rising debt, especially after her family home was destroyed in a storm last year, causing an estimated half a million dollars in repairs from hail and water damage.
She told the outlet that the rising cost of living has also severely impacted her family financially.
Even after borrowing money from family and cutting costs wherever she could, Lofland felt that she had to go down this path to save her and her family's lives.
Now, after receiving support from her husband, appearing in online videos for about a month and being in approximately six sex scenes for several companies, Lofland finally has enough to make her mortgage payment.
'My actions have been made out of desperation. ... Some may judge and say there are "better" ways to make money, but at the time I had no other lucrative means for doing so,' she said.
Moving on to her new full-time career, Lofland still noted her love for law enforcement, but is not sure what is next for her.
'I found my niche in the law enforcement world as a support role. I have been dedicated and loyal. I truly enjoy what I do and all of the lives I have been able to touch,' she said.
Lofland also noted that she is not the only one looking to other jobs to make a living, adding: 'There are many deputies and officers doing what they can to make extra money, with or without permission.
She chose to resign so the department didn't have to 'waste resources' on the investigation that she has fully confessed to
Lofland started her adult film career due to rising debt, especially after her family home was destroyed in a storm last year, causing an estimated half a millions dollars in repairs from hail and water damage
'People are doing what they can to survive at this time.'
In addition to resigning from her position on the force, Lofland said she chose to step down from her role at Colorado's Peace Officer Standards and Training board several weeks prior.
'I am here to simply put the reasons out there on why I made the choices that I made and took the actions that I did,' she said.
When contacted by DailyMail.com, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office declined to comment.
'The case you speak of is an open active Internal Affairs Investigation. Any complaint made to Internal Affairs is fully investigated to its conclusion even if the subject of the investigation resigns.
'Because it is an open investigation we can not speak to it until its conclusion,' a spokesperson with the department said.
1 comment:
Little too much eye makeup in her official dept. photo. It would be nice if these smaller, rural departments paid their cops a decent wage and they wouldn't have to moonlight. Years ago when I was attending Gunsite in Arizona I and a colleague dropped by the Yavapai County Jail just to check things out and try to wangle a tour, which we were successful at. (Got an IST sheet filled out and got to deduct the travel costs from our income tax.) Virtually EVERYBODY working at the jail was either a retiree from an out of state law enforcement job or a spouse working to supplement the family income. It was kind of a bummer, though they sure knew how to run a jail.
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