If Hollywood has its Fappening scandal in which hacked nude photos of female and male celebrities are leaked online through messaging boards, the California Highway Patrol has its own version of such a disgraceful act.

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Sharing nude photos of arrested females is a "game" that the cops have been doing it for years, said SFGate " target="_blank">SFgate. Investigators said CHP Officer Sean Harrington, 35, admitted to Contra Costa County prosecutors that he forwarded the explicit images of a woman he arrested in a DUI case from his mobile phone to two other CHP cops.

It is not the first time that he had done the offense. Harrington said he had done it on at least six occasions over the past years, describing the practice as also being done among CHP Los Angeles officers.

Among their victims is a 19-year-old woman, identified in court records as Jane Doe 2. She was involved in a DUI accident on Aug. 7 in Livermore. While she was being X-rayed, Harrington took photos of her wearing only a bikini, probers disclosed.

After secretly snapping her photo, Harrington sent the image to Dublin CHP Officer Robert Hazelwood with the SMS: "Taken from the phone of my 10-15x while she's in X-rays." The term 10-15x is police code for a female arrestee.

Not happy with some clothing left on the 10-15x, Hazelwood texted Harrington back with the question: "No f- nudes?"

Darryl Holcombe, a senior inspector, in his search warrant affidavit, said that Harrington called the nude photo-sharing practice as a game. He added that besides sharing the naked images, the CHP officers illegally entered a computer system and stole data.

The "game" was discovered by investigators when a 23-year-old woman, identified as Jane Doe 1, was arrested on Aug. 29 in San Ramon for DUI. After her release from jail, she found that the officers had taken six photos of her in different stages of undress, using her iPhone while she was in their custody. She found out about the stolen shots because the same images were forwarded to her iPad.

The incident led CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow to launch an investigation, reports Fox News. Farrow said the allegations against CHP officers angered and disgusted him.

Again, like in the first case, Harrington sent the six photos to Hazelwood 30 minutes after the incident, according to Holcombe's affidavit. Hazelwood texted back: "Nudes are always better with the face," to which Harrington replied, "Let's see the dl," referring to the arrested woman's driver's license.

Harrington promised Hazelwood to also check her mug shots at the Martinez Detention Facility. Her complaint about the conduct of the CHP officers led prosecutors not to pursue DUI charges against the female driver.

Rick Madsen, lawyer of Jane Doe 1, described what happened as a "worst-case scenario come true." He said the trauma inflicted on victims of the CHP could last a lifetime and compared it to a chronic ailment.

"You don't know when it's going to manifest itself again and take over your life again," he added.

The CHP revoked Harrington's peace officer powers and gave him a desk assignment.

Similar misdeeds have been committed by other CHP employees. In 2006, the grisly images of an 18-year-old female driver who crashed her dad's Porsche were leaked by CHP dispatchers and eventually seen in the Internet. The CHP ended up settling with the family for $2.4 million.

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