© KOB televisionA New Mexico State Police officer is under investigation after a surveillance camera at a remote Santa Fe ranch caught him allegedly having sex with a woman on the roof of a car.
"At this time we don't believe that any criminal acts occurred," New Mexico State Police Sgt. Tim Johnson said in a statement.
He said the officer involved in the encounter was currently on paid administrative leave and that the case was still "in the disciplinary process" in the department.
Johnson told Reuters that after speaking with the woman, investigators decided the trooper hadn't broken any laws.
"This officer made a horrible personal decision that will obviously reflect poorly on the whole organization," he said.
"The New Mexico State Police is very embarrassed by this incident and will work tirelessly to restore our good name and earn the trust of the citizens back," he added.
Johnson declined to identify the officer. The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper reported that the officer had received accolades for his police work prior to the incident.
Photos of the encounter, which took place in July or August near the entrance to a county-owned ranch south of Santa Fe, surfaced on Monday on the Internet.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department turned the photos, taken by a security camera, over to the state police.
So an officer does this in plain view of a video camera, out in the open, and obviously someone was able to view the footage, but they say he did nothing wrong? Since when are police exempt from common decency!?
Perhaps someone wants cops to think they won't be punished?