A South Carolina police lieutenant who believed he was a cuckold was reportedly demoted from his position after using the city’s surveillance camera network to spy on his wife.
Former lieutenant Ryan Terrell of the North Charleston Police Department allegedly abused his access to the city’s camera system to monitor his wife, whom he believed to be unfaithful on at least three occasions, a disciplinary report from the police reportedly revealed. South Carolina Academy of Criminal Justice, obtained by local television station WCSC-TV.
The police officer who feared being cuckolded had direct access to said City-owned cameras, since he was responsible for supervising them.
It is in this context that on April 11, he allegedly surprised his wife with a sergeant from the same police force, in the parking lot of a Target.
Angry, he then lost his temper in front of several colleagues, who reported him to the Office of Professional Standards, according to local media.
Further analysis would then have revealed that the man would have used the cameras excessively to stalk his wife. He also allegedly admitted to telling his wife that if he caught her, he would end up in jail.
Despite this, his wife and the sergeant involved in the case reportedly indicated that they did not feel threatened by the police officer’s words, so much so that Ryan Terrell got away with six months of probation.
He was also allegedly demoted to senior patrol officer and transferred to the patrol division, while his access to surveillance cameras was taken away, according to WCSC-TV. The police officer joined the department in September 2008.
