NEW ORLEANS -- Two New Orleans police officers have been fired for making what the department calls unwarranted arrests.
Officers Beau Gast, a 4-year members of the force, and Thomas McMasters, a 13-year veteran, were relieved of their duties Friday.
Several charges are being considered against them: moral conduct relative to false imprisonment, neglect of duty, failing to take appropriate and necessary police action, and creating false and inaccurate reports.
According to NOPD spokeswoman Officer Hilal Williams, Gast and McMasters admitted to falsifying records and knowingly arrested two women for prostitution without a warrant. They failed to check whether or not the women had prior convictions of prostitution solicitation, which is required by law before arresting an individual for prostitution loitering, Williams said.
Williams added that both men knew of the law but chose to not abide by it.
