[kellyhound]

A Fort Oglethorpe police officer has resigned after an investigation into allegations that he had sexual relations behind a business while on duty.

A video recording from security cameras at Keith Heating & Air, Inc. in Walker County shows officer Keith Robertson around midday Saturday, pull up in his patrol car in uniform, meet with a woman, and begin kissing her.
Later, the video shows her pulling up her pants and him fixing his uniform.

City Manager and City Attorney Ron Goulart said the officer admitted to having sex was with a consenting adult while on duty.

He said Robertson resigned about 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, and no additional action would be taken.

“It’s just something we don’t condone,” he said. “It’s just conduct unbecoming an officer.”

Police Chief David Eubanks said he confronted Robertson after kellyhound from Documenting the Strange, Bizarre, and Unusual Formerly NTFU. brought him the surveillance tape, which someone had given them.

He said the officer admitted to the allegations, apologized repeatedly, and asked to resign.
His actions weren’t against the law, Eubanks said, but they clearly violated department policy.

“It was behind a business in the middle of the day in the middle of his shift (and outside his jurisdiction),” he said. “Certainly, that conduct was unacceptable and will not be tolerated under any circumstances or conditions.”

Keith Heating & Air co-owner Lee Keith said a service technician who works for the business came up on Robertson and the woman and asked him what he was doing.

He said he didn’t believe Robertson’s reason and decided to check the surveillance videos for himself.

By the following Monday, Keith said, the news had “spread like wildfire.”

She said that while she feels bad for Robertson and his family, she doesn’t mind sharing the story since the officer was on taxpayer money.

“No. 1, we have a murder in Walker County that has not been solved yet,” she said. “If this is what the cops are doing when they’re on duty, we’re never going to solve a crime.”

Goulart said the officer has been with the department for at least a few years, and has done a good job overall.

“We’ve got an excellent department and we’ll work through it,” he said. “You’re going to have issues from time to time.”

Robertson has been investigated before on allegations that he mistreated a terminally ill cancer patient who was traveling with a Flintstone man he arrested in September on a suspended registration charge.

When the investigation finished in November, Goulart said “there was perhaps some insensitivity to the lady’s condition,” but Robertson did not violate policy and wouldn’t be punished.

Goulart said the police department was forced to investigate and act on the most recent issue quickly when Kellyhound produced the evidence with plans to air the story the same evening.
He said that was the first he had known about the matter.

Eubanks said he’d since received calls from several news media outlets, including documentingreality.com.

While he said the matter is probably getting more attention than it deserves, “the important thing is that we had a problem and it’s been resolved.”

City officials initially withheld Robertson’s name to first give the family time to learn about the incident from him.

Eubanks said it’s possible the officer won’t be replaced because of a tight budget, but he expects no hardships from losing a position.

“We’re probably overstaffed in a couple of areas anyway,” he said.

As for Keith, she said she believes Robertson has been punished enough and hopes he’s able to get his life back on track.

If anything good comes out of the case, she said, perhaps it will be more awareness that they have surveillance cameras.

She said there have been several robbery attempts in the nine years the business has been off of Schmitt Road.

Too bad the guy didn't turn up 5 minutes later.

[chris]

hah, I remember this, I think you posted this before... lol.. or maybe I saw it somewhere else, but anyway.. too funny

[SamMcCall]

What an idiot. This is what hotel rooms are for. Ha Ha. I actually live about 30 to 40 minutes away from there.

[chris]

This is so funny, talk about bad luck.. I mean really, all he's trying to do is get a little something on the side

[kastonas]

[AmericanIllusions]

Originally Posted by SamMcCall ↗

What an idiot. This is what hotel rooms are for. Ha Ha. I actually live about 30 to 40 minutes away from there.

Right. The idiot could of spent 40 bucks for a short stay (know much about those;) and kept a job that feeds his family and puts a roof over their heads but instead he wen't the cheap route and lost it all. I'd NEVER try that in a police cruiser, EVER

[grimekeepa]

he found her purse in her trunk

[chizdog]

How many people can say thay fucked in the back og a police car Seriously anyone

[Number5ive]

[indybob]