How D.A.R.E. they!
A Tennessee cop who taught the D.A.R.E. drug-prevention program in schools has been stripped of his badge after his body camera caught him getting frisky with a married teacher in her classroom.
Lebanon Police officer Brian Gilley’s body cam captured him flirting with teacher Shelby Moss in her Castle Heights Elementary School classroom — and even sharing a long, steamy kiss soon after a student had interrupted them, Fox 17 reported.
The pair later confessed to also having sexual interactions on school grounds — even while the cop accepts kids could still have been on campus.
Gilley admitted that he had “done wrong” as he pleaded for leniency at his decertification hearing in April — but was permanently banned from serving in law enforcement in May.
“You engaged in sexual activity at a school as an officer who was supposed to protect children,” said William “Chip” Kain, the executive secretary of the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training [POST] Commission that voted to oust him.
The married teacher was suspended and later resigned. The Tennessee State Board of Education is reviewing whether to strip her teaching license.
It is not immediately clear why Gilley’s bodycam switched on while he flirted with the married teacher in August last year. It caught them talking about teasing each other, with Gilley telling his mistress, “You just complain I don’t touch you enough.”
“You’re the one [who] teases me all night long,” he said, tellingly.
A one point, a student interrupted them. But as soon as the coast was clear, the cheating teacher walked to the cop, embraced him and gave him a big smooch.
“Oh god,” Gilley gasped when they finally separated. “I’ll see you tomorrow,” he added, panting as he walked out the side door.
The sexual activity they admitted to came a month later, but was not caught on bodycam.
Screenshots of text messages between the pair obtained by Fox 17 show them talking about dressing up for Christmas and exchanging “I love you”s.
Police and school officials were tipped off to the relationship in December 2024.
Gilley initially denied the sexual relationship during the internal inquiry, but later confessed and resigned from the force.
Moss, who police confirmed was married, was suspended from the Lebanon Special School District for two days but formally resigned in May.
The district reported the incident to the Tennessee State Board of Education which is reviewing whether or not Moss will lose her teaching license.
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