Alabama Police Chief Arrested for Allegedly Masturbating In Front of Children at the Beach

 Panama City Beach, FL — The chief of police for the city of Level  Plains, Alabama was arrested last week after allegedly masturbating in  public in an elevator as young children entered and exited. 

He was also  witnessed masturbating while walking down the beach behind various teen  girls and filming them shower. Billy Maurice Driggers, the 44-year-old chief of police, was arrested  at the police station last week and charged with four counts of  disorderly conduct. As the News Herald reports,  

According to Panama City Beach Police, security alerted  law enforcement to a white male seen by guests masturbating while  watching women, as well as sticking his hand down his pants and touching  himself on three occasions while women and children entered the  elevator. He was wearing just shorts, according to reports. Officers located the man matching that description and identified him as Driggers, who was not a registered guest at the hotel. It was also discovered that Driggers allegedly was seen touching  himself while walking down the beach in front of the condo while  following teenage girls, along with taking video and photos of girls  rinsing off after coming off the beach.

The charges do not included exposing himself as police were not able  to determine if he actually pulled out his genitals during the sick  acts. However, police did describe the chief’s actions as “obscene” and  “sexually deviant in nature” after viewing the surveillance footage. Below is a statement released by the department explaining their investigation: 

On October 2, 2018, patrol officers responded to the Aqua  Condominiums, in reference to a suspicious person. Officers made  contact with security staff and were advised guests of the resort  observed a white male masturbating while watching females. Officers were  able to identify the male as Billy Maurice Driggers, 44, from  Daleville, AL. Investigators later learned Driggers was the Chief of  Police with the City of Level Plains, AL. It was discovered Driggers was  not a registered guest of the condo nor  did he have any valid reason to be on the property. Upon reviewing  surveillance video, security discovered Driggers utilized the buildings  elevator on several occasions. On at least three separate occasions,  Driggers was seen in the elevator, with his hand down his pants,  masturbating in the presence of women and children. Furthermore, it was  also discovered Driggers masturbated while walking behind teenage girls  on the beach. He was also observed filming or taking photos of the girls  rinsing off in the outside showers. During the course of the  investigation, Investigators were not able to locate an instance where  Driggers exposed his genitalia while masturbating. However, Driggers  actions were found to be obscene and sexually deviant in nature. Based  on all these facts, Investigators obtained arrest warrants charging  Driggers with four counts of Disorderly Conduct. Investigators with the  PCBPD, with the assistance of Special Agents with the Alabama State  Bureau of Investigations, and the Dale County Sheriff’s Office, Driggers  was arrested at his place of employment. Driggers was booked into the  Dale County Jail to await extradition to Bay County, FL. This  investigation is ongoing.

Driggers was arrested and held in the Dale County Jail as he awaited  extradition back to Alabama last week. According to the Level Plains  Mayor, Bruce Grantham, the chief has been placed on administrative leave  without pay pending the outcome of the case. 

One person made an ominous point on the Panama City Beach Police  Department’s post, noting that if this man was willing to do this in  public, imagine what may be on his computer at home. 

“Hopefully a warrant for his home to access his computer is issued. I  can only imagine if he’s blatantly doing this in plain view that he’s  got all kinds of stuff in his cell/computer,” the Facebook user wrote. 

We agree—especially considering the fact that police officers are caught all the time for horrific crimes against children. If these are the only crimes pinned on the chief, he only faces up to 60 days in jail and a fine of up to $500.