The Police Women of Cincinnati series aired an episode involving Curfiss which later on prompted calls for her resignation only to find out that the incident was staged.
Police Women of Cincinnati is the fifth installment of TLC's Police Women reality documentary series, which follows four female members of the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) in Cincinnati, Ohio. Video footage of this incident taken from the episode was posted on numerous websites, calling for Curfiss's resignation. Two years after the airing of the episode, the present Chief of Police, James Craig, launched an investigation into the incident, which discovered that the scene was staged. Episode 4 of the show, airing on February 3, 2011, appeared to show Curfiss handcuffing and arresting an African American male who refused the officer entry into his home for an unwarranted search. 
