Three officers accused of sharing nude photos of woman arrested on DUI charges

Three officers accused of sharing nude photos of woman arrested on DUI charges

The chief of the CHP's Golden Gate Division told reporters that the allegations are "disappointing" and "disgusting."

A CHP officer is in some serious hot water after being accused of stealing nude and racy photos from a woman’s phone while she was being arrested on DUI charges. Officer Sean Harrington is also accused of sending the photos to other officers.

Harrington told prosecutors that he sent stolen nude and racy photos to fellow officers on multiple occasions.

According to The AP, CHP officers Robert Hazelwood and Dion Simmons are named in a search warrant affidavit. They have been accused of receiving the nude and racy photos form Harrington. The AP notes that in response to a text from Harrington containing one of the photos, Simmons texted back, “Nice.”

Harrington reportedly told prosecutors that started stealing nude and racy photos and sharing them with fellow officers at the CHP Los Angeles office.

“The allegations that have been brought forward are disappointing,” Avery Browne, chief of the CHP’s Golden Gate Division, told reporters at a news conference on Saturday. “They are disgusting, and they have angered my staff, top management, executive management of the California Highway Patrol. The callousness and depravity with which these officers communicated about women is dehumanizing, horribly offensive and degrading to all women.”

According to the Contra Costa Times, the investigation into Harrington’s conduct began when a woman arrested on DUI charges found that photos had been taken from her phone. She also discovered that the photos had been sent to an unknown number. During the investigation, senior Contra Costa district attorney inspector Darryl Holcombe learned that Harrington had been in possession of the woman’s phone when the photos were sent to the unknown number.

“The callousness and depravity with which these officers communicated about my client is dehumanizing, horribly offensive and degrading to all women,” Rick Madsen, the Danville attorney for the 23-year-old woman whose photos were stolen, told the Contra Costa Times. “It’s going to lead to another level of mistrust and skepticism to the motive of law enforcement in general.”

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