Many things in life happen below the radar, but not all stay there. A Nov. 13 divorce hearing settled out of court in Fayette County, combined with documentation compiled in an investigation by Fairburn City Clerk Nancy Faulkner revealed past sexual liaisons between former Officer Sanita Hampton and several current or former Fairburn officers.

In all, three Fairburn officers during a December 2006 sexual harassment investigation admitted to having sexual relations with Hampton, including former Capt. Jeremy Rogers, then-Officer Chris Clark and former Sgt. Quenton Garrett, according to city records. Additionally, more than a half-dozen other officers surfaced during the investigation, though those individuals were not interviewed since they held no supervisory capacity and were not related to complaints of supervisory harassment. In all cases, it was Hampton whose name was mentioned.

The matter came to light when Hampton initially approached a city employee on Nov. 29, 2006 saying she and Rogers had had an affair for more than a year. Hampton said that, more recently, she believed she had been turned down for a job with the city of Smyrna after comments Rogers allegedly made to her perspective employer, a claim found later to be baseless. Though Hampton was upset with the employee for relaying her comments, Faulkner was told of the conversation and subsequently began the internal investigation.

During interviews with Hampton, Rogers, Garrett and Clark, Hampton admitted to having sexual relations only with Rogers, city documents said. But Rogers, Garrett and Clark all admitted to sexual relations with Hampton. During her interview, Hampton said she expected special favors and protection from Rogers due to their relationship and that Rogers had told her he needed to be extra careful not to show favoritism towards her, according to reports. During the period of the sexual relationships, spanning more than a year, former Chief Charles Long was not made aware of the liaisons by his officers, though Clark later told Long of his role.

The city’s investigation also showed Hampton’s complaints about retaliation relating to her work schedule were without merit, investigation documents said.

Documents from the Fairburn investigation were obtained prior to the divorce hearing by Hampton’s husband, Mike Hampton, under the Georgia Open Records Law. Identical documents were obtained by The Citizen.

Hampton said in the investigation that her husband filed for divorce in November 2005 and she was worried about losing custody of her daughter. Hampton also said her husband had found phone records of calls to and from Rogers and brought his concerns to Long. When asked by Long about a sexual relationship, Hampton denied it.

Mike Hampton said outside the court room Tuesday that Long and the city of Fairburn had conducted a fair and thorough investigation of the confusing and convoluted series of affairs.

Sanita Hampton effectively resigned from Fairburn Police in March 2007 after twice refusing to return original files she had mistakenly received from city hall. Hampton filed an EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) complaint in April 2007 for sexual harassment and retaliation.