Former Gulfport officer charged in prostitution solicitation investigation

GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV)- A former Gulfport police officer has been charged in a prostitution solicitation investigation.

Gulfport Police Chief Adam Cooper released a letter Friday about the matter, saying Kurwin Smith resigned from his position and is no longer employed by the department.

Cooper says the department was notified by the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office about the investigation on April 25.

Smith was immediately removed from all law enforcement duties and was taken into custody Friday on a procuring prostitution charge.

You can read the full letter from Chief Cooper below.