Los Angeles- from www.dailymail.co.uk – A Los Angeles traffic cop has been fired after he was caught in appearing in a porn film while on duty and in uniform.

John K. Dancler, who has worked in the role for 23 years, was stripped of his role for ‘misconduct on the job and engaging in indecent acts that reflected poorly on the city workforce’.

The officer’s discharge notice said his indecent acts included ‘groping the bare breasts, spanking the bare buttocks, and being straddled by an adult video actress [Kylee Reese] in public,’ around March 2008.

Mr Dancler, who had worked at the Department of Transportation, challenged his firing on the same day, and has filed an appeal with the city’s Civil Service Commission.

Mr Dancler and another traffic officer came under investigation three months ago after KNBC reported they appeared in a video showing a uniformed officer spanking and fondling an actress [Reese].

While Mr Dancler has been fired, the other officer in the movie, Vaughn Dorsey, has been allowed to return to his job as a parking enforcement officer in the Valley Division after being disciplined, NBC reported.
Stripped of his role: The pornographic film circulated on the internet before authorities discovered Mr Dancler’s role in the movie.

In the film, Mr Dorsey stood by while a porn actress got into his official police car and performed lewd acts on herself on camera, according to NBC.

Mr Dorsey received appropriate discipline and is still working, a transportation department spokesmansaid.

He declined to elaborate on the discipline because state law protects the privacy of employees when they don’t appeal a disciplinary action.

Mt Dancler was hired in 1988 by the department and earned nearly $56,000 annually.

His lawyer, Bobby Samini, called the termination unwarranted and claimed to the Los Angeles Times that city officials had made his client a ‘convenient scapegoat.’

Mr Samini said the public has not been given an accurate depiction of Dancler and warned that, depending on the outcome, the termination proceedings could result in a lawsuit.

‘There are going to be a lot of facts that are going to come out regarding what happened after the incident that will paint a very unpleasant picture for the city,’ he told the LA Times.

Traffic officers are assigned to issue parking tickets and guide motorists at heavily congested intersections, among other duties.