Probe of Brentwood Cop Busted for Sexting on Duty Started With Rape Allegation

On February 4, veteran Brentwood police officer Dan Retzlaff faced a disciplinary hearing conducted by the department where he'd served nineteen years. By then, he'd already spent two months on administrative leave after a woman accused him of rape.

But the hearing didn't concern what a Brentwood spokeswoman would later describe in a statement as "off-duty sexual misconduct." Rather, the official interview was intended to allow Retzlaff to explain why he'd spent virtually an entire twelve-hour shift, spanning October 20 and 21, 2018, sending more than 90 video messages to a woman he'd recently met on a dating app.

Those videos made the local news last week, as KSDK reported that several clips featured Retzlaff touring the Brentwood Promenade and a nearby parking structure and describing "ideas for the places where I would like to have sex."

That story seemed to have a tidy ending: Rather than attempt to answer for his on-duty flirtations, Retzlaff stormed out of his February 4 disciplinary hearing and resigned.

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