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'Chief's Way or Highway,' Ex-Cadet Says of Alleged Affair


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Shirley Moore
Shirley Moore

A former Rocky Mount police cadet who claims she was forced out of her job after having an affair with the police chief said Wednesday she never meant for the alleged encounter to happen.

"I found myself in a very vulnerable position in my law enforcement career," Shirley Moore said in an exclusive interview with WRAL. "It was either the chief's way or the highway."

Chief John Manley has adamantly denied Moore's claims of an affair and has said Moore left the position of her own accord.

In complaints filed with the City of Rocky Mount and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Moore accuses Manley of giving her the option of resigning or being fired after his wife learned of an alleged Sept. 14 encounter at a Rocky Mount hotel.

Moore said she agreed to meet Manley for dinner at a Rocky Mount steakhouse and that he reserved a room at the adjoining hotel for her to change and freshen up after a day of academy training.

"He was in there waiting for me," she said. "He was in there scantily dressed, pouring drinks. He was drinking, and I never made it to dinner."

As a result of the encounter, Moore said, she became pregnant. She claims Manley paid for an abortion in November.

"When I informed the chief, his immediate response was, 'We're going to have to do something about that,'" Moore said. "I was told to call some clinics and get some estimates."

She said she has documentation to support the claim. She said Manley instructed her to use a false name.

City logs of Manley's office and cell phones, obtained by WRAL through a public records request, show 144 calls between him and Moore from September through February. The calls ranged from early morning to late evening and included 11 on Sept. 14.

Manley said last week that he gives his phone numbers to all police cadets and encourages them to call him with concerns. All the calls, he said, were professional in nature. Moore says most were about the affair.

"He wanted to talk to me to be sure, or feel comfortable, that I wouldn't talk about anything," she said.

Rocky Mount officials won't comment, other than to say they are looking into Moore's claims. Moore said the city now wants her to take a lie-detector test.

"I have no problem giving a polygraph test, whatsoever, but not through anybody that the city of Rocky Mount wants to hire," Moore said.

Manley had no additional comments Wednesday about Moore's claims.

Moore said she was told her complaints to the EEOC, a federal agency, did not meet the agency's criteria for an investigation. She said she plans to file a lawsuit.

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Ticlke me cookie that would be a great thing, but I wouldn't count on that from the city admin of Rocky Mount. They don't give a hoot what the public thinks and they are known for keeping bad people on and running off good people. They had a great chief when Hogan was there and they wanted their man Manley to have it. So I say just watch and see how they spin this! For all those who don't know he hasn't even been put on admin leave. Had this been any other officer they would have been on leave from the word go. If you live in Rocky Mount if this or should I say when the truth comes out you should demand his job.

Me thinks he won't be the chief for long.

"He was in there waiting for me," she said. "He was in there scantily dressed, pouring drinks. He was drinking, and I never made it to dinner."

Yeah, but I sure as he__ would've made it out that door as soon as I laid eyes on him. NO JOB is worth that!

The woman's husband speaks about his feelings. Here's the link to read what he had to say about his wife and the affair.

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/04/04/mrmoore.html

First of all, she could have said no.

Secondly, him behaving that way though put his office and position at risk, and rightly so. He was her superior, her mentor. He should have been showing her correct behavior, not this.

Praying for God's will in this one; it's too complicated for me.

God bless.

Rev. RB

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