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In Prosper, Texas, three detectives sparked a firestorm after using department surveillance to uncover a year-long affair between Sgt. Larry Windon and Detective Lauren Harper — leading to their administrative leave and eventual admissions. Though Chief Doug Kowalski recommended firing both, the town manager overruled him. Weeks later, an interim chief punished everyone: the couple for failing to report the relationship, and the detectives and their supervisor for investigating and misusing license plate data. All six were demoted and placed on probation — a move criminologists call unjust, since the whistleblowers exposed misconduct while the couple didn’t. The former chief defended the detectives, calling their actions courageous, while the town insists it was an internal matter. Appeals are pending, but the fallout has shaken morale and caused staffing chaos — and critics say this is a textbook whistleblower crackdown.

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