Austin Adult Entertainment: Hearing set for police lieutenant den…
Officials have scheduled an appeal hearing to begin next week for an Austin police lieutenant who was denied a promotion to commander amid allegations that he hired a prostitute during a vacation abroad more than a year ago.
The allegations against Lt. Wayne Demoss led to an investigation but no discipline against him.
The hearing is scheduled before hearings examiner Norman Bennett for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Austin Learning and Research Center near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Bennett will determine if Police Chief Art Acevedo had a valid reason to withhold Demoss’ promotion. Such actions are rare for Austin police officers.
Internal affairs detectives investigated Demoss after they received information that Demoss visited a “house of prostitution” during a trip to Panama, where prostitution is legal. According to records, Demoss told them that he had gone there, but had not paid for sex.