The Pensacola Police Department confirms an internal affairs investigation is underway.
) - A Pensacola Police Department officer was arrested Friday, accused of having sexual intercourse with another person without disclosing that he has HIV . Officer Pierce Cotton , 32, is charged with violating Florida Statute 384.
24, a third-degree felony.The statute states:"It is unlawful for any person who has human immunodeficiency virus infection, when such person knows he or she is infected with this disease and when such person has been informed that he or she may communicate this disease to another person through sexual intercourse, to have sexual intercourse with any other person, unless such other person has been informed of the presence of the sexually transmissible disease and has consented to the sexual intercourse."The Pensacola Police Department said Cotton is currently on administrative leave and that an internal affairs investigation is underway.Cotton's mugshot is exempt from public records under Florida law. The picture above is from a PPD Facebook post in February 2023, when Cotton was awarded the Life Saving award for his resuscitation of a man found drowning in a local hotel pool.DEVELOPING: NTSB to now investigate Gulf Shores plane crash that killed twoBond reduced for ‘TikTok Trickster’ and case reset for April
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