Report a typo. KGUN 9 News. Actions Facebook Tweet Email. TPD detective fired over massage parlor visit speaks out. By: Rikki Mitchell. A former Tucson Police detective fired for his connection to an illegal massage business says the public only heard half the story.
Martin Walker was one of five police employees fired in July after an internal affairs investigation revealed that they had been customers at illegal massage parlors. But walker says he never did anything illegal and he does not believe he should have been fired. Walker spent 13 years in law enforcement, the last decade at Tucson Police. In April , he was called into the internal affairs office.
In September , Walker says he went on Backpage looking for a legitimate, non-sexual massage. A copy of one of the internal reports in the investigation shows the ad verbatim. At the end, the ad states "This is not a sexual massage so please don't ask. That means no VIP sorry. Walker admits that there were several red flags during the massage, red flags that he did not report to the department.
Walker says his chain of command saw his lack of reporting those red flags as the ultimate violation. But internal police documents show that four out of six members in his chain of command only recommended Walker receive a suspension, not termination.
The two who did recommend termination were the deputy chief and former Chief Roberto Villasenor. During the investigation, the department reported that Walker failed a polygraph test.
