A Taipei City police officer worked as a male host while on unpaid leave, prompting outside curiosity as to whether his status as a police officer had become a selling point for the establishment to attract customers. But the view within the industry is that this is, on the contrary, a hot potato.

• A police officer surnamed Chuang from the Wenshan Precinct worked as a male host at a male-model club while on unpaid leave, and the matter sparked discussion after it came to light.
• A hostess-club agent said that establishments choose people based only on physique and appearance, and almost never use a person's occupation as a promotional angle, still less advertise that a police officer works there.
• If word got out that someone with a police or public-service job was working on the premises, it would instead draw forceful police inspections and crackdowns, leaving the establishment worse off, and most legitimate establishments would simply refuse to take such a person on.
• In 2024, a policewoman in Hsinchu was rumoured to be moonlighting as a prostitute at a wellness parlour; although an investigation cleared her name, the parlour was consequently targeted by police and subjected to intensive inspections, and it closed down not long afterward.

Outlook: Incidents of this kind may make operators even more wary of applicants with police or public-service backgrounds, and the officer involved may also face internal disciplinary action from the police afterward.