Photo by AlbinoFlea.Yesterday, the District’s Office of the Inspector General has wrapped up its report on the whole Charlie Sheen escort brouhaha, concluding that the police officers involved in the escort didn’t do anything wrong. The Examiner reports that “officers seemingly have executed” details including Sheen’s “effectively and without significant incident,” although “the casual manner” the police department “administers and documents elements of the practice is fraught with risk and potential liability.”
Sheen, of course, tweeted from a police vehicle on his way to a performance in April, which set off a media firestorm and launched an investigation into the practice of D.C. cops giving escorts to non-dignitaries. But the OIG report concludes that “approval and performance of the Sheen escort were not extraordinary.” Police Chief Cathy Lanier disagreed with the findings, telling the Examiner that “using police cars to escort celebrities…is inappropriate.”
Oh, and also of interest? The OIG also doesn’t shy away from delivering a little bit of a lecture for us media-types:
“Although various media publicized tweeted images and text purporting to show the Sheen SUV traveling at approximately 80 m.p.h., the team had no means by which to independently verify the authenticity and accuracy of either the information or its source.”
In other words, the OIG would really appreciate it if we’d all stop taking Charlie Sheen’s Twitter feed as gospel.