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According to CBS Denver (CO) Patrick J. Sullivan is being held on $250,000 bail awaiting charges claiming he offered an unknown male meth in exchange for sexual favors. From the article linked above:

The National Association of School Resource Officers gave Sullivan a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. At the time the executive director of NASRO, Curtis Lavarello, said of Sullivan, “You are not only committed to the SRO concept, but have truly spent your entire career making every effort to keep children safe.”

Sullivan served in law enforcement for 40 years, beginning in 1962 as a Littleton police officer and dispatcher. He joined the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in 1979 as a captain and patrol division commander. He was named undersheriff in 1983 and appointed to the top job 6 months later.

Sullivan testified before congressional subcommittees on several occasions, weighing in on various law enforcement issues.

President Bill Clinton named Sullivan in 1995 to the National Commission on Crime Prevention and Control. According to a 1995 White House news release, Sullivan was a consultant to U.S. House Subcommittee on Crime and served on two advisory councils affiliated with the Department of Justice.

If you thought it couldn’t be more ironic, Sullivan was also awarded the “Sheriff of the Year” award in 2001 and noted as one of the top cops in the nation. Today, he sits behind bars in a facility named after the infamous sheriff.

This is your time to roll on the floor and laugh. Yes, Patrick J. Sullivan is behind bars at the “Patrick J. Sullivan Detention Center.” Priceless right.

Now that we’ve had our chuckle at the irony of the situation, let’s take a serious look at the matter. What happened here? A man decided to trade one good (meth) for a service (sex). Per the video above, two women stated that men in full riot gear stormed this man’s house and arrested him. There was no victim or violence and this was a consensual interaction amongst people. Does this really warrant the use of a S.W.A.T team? Is it worth the money to lock up Sullivan, or any drug offenders, for consensual decisions?

It appears that Sullivan is about to get some first hand experience of what happened to those he arrested for similar crimes for so many years. Though I wouldn’t pay to lock Sullivan up for these alleged crimes, maybe there’s a little karma going on here.