High price of frisky farewell

A policeman and his wife have filed a lawsuit over an investigation into his farewell party at a steak house featuring two strippers.

Omar and Billie Shankle say that as a result of the probe into the surprise party, the police officer lost a transfer to a vice unit and he and his wife were both deprived of their constitutional right to free expression.

"Omar has a right to view exotic dancers at a private party in his honour where no laws were broken," according to the lawsuit filed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, federal court.