Jailer’s Sultry Playboy Pics Have Employer Steaming
(June 22) – An Arkansas sheriff’s office has put a female detention officer on administrative leave for posing nude on Playboy.com, saying her on-camera off-the-clock behavior is unbecoming of an officer of the law.
Jessie Lunderby is under review by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for posing as a “Cyber Girl of the Week” earlier this month, in a spread that features the 21-year-old blonde scantily clad in pink lingerie and, in some photos, entirely nude. But Lunderby, who has worked for the sheriff’s office for almost three years, is standing by the photos.
“I’m happy with what I did,” Lunderby told local news station KHOG.
Her bosses, however, are not.
“That’s what we talk about, ‘We’re gonna do the right thing all the time,’” Maj. Rick Hoyt of the Washington County Sheriff’s Office told local news station 40/29 TV. “And so it’s pretty hard when you see a situation like this to think that this is the right thing.”
Hoyt said he is particularly concerned that Lunderby’s Playboy debut will undercut her authority at her day job, where she works closely with prisoners.
“On any given day she has to be hands on, or giving directions, taking requests from prisoners,” he said.
The sheriff’s office is working to determine whether Lunderby violated any department policies, such as a rule that bars “conduct unbecoming of an officer or employee of the department” and another that prohibits employees from working in the sex industry.
On her Playboy profile, Lunderby says she wants to “be an undercover cop or work for the drug task force.” In an interview with 40/29 TV, she said she didn’t think the photos would cause such a sensation.
“I just thought I was gonna do the pictures and continue with my life,” she said.
Another example of incredibly poor judgment. Poor move for anybody who has a job more important that “Hooter’s waitress,” but in her case, what does she think is going to happen when her “clients” in detention get ahold of this issue? I’m sure whatever respect they had will evaporate pretty quickly, not to mention the effect it will have on how her professional peers view her.
Bad move. I hope they paid her enough to fund a career change.
It never ceases to amaze me the things people will do to fuck up a LE career. The article says she’s 21 and has been working for the department for 3 years. How does that happen?
Back East (to us Westerner’s), mostly in the South some states/jurisdictions allow folks to become LEO cerified at 18 or 19 years old. I do not agree with this. Hell, though I did it, I think 21years old is too young. There is a serious lack of maturity and life experience being so young.
That said, not all 18, 19, or 21 year olds are created equally either.
She is a Detention Officer, not a Police Officer. A Detention Officer is a civilian employee of a municipal and or county jail. They are not state certified peace officers so they can begin work in that proffession at the age of 18.
I’m all for freedom and if I gal wants to pose nude I sure as hell won’t complain but, in her chosen profession it will bite her in the ass. Future and present inmates that she will be dealing with will see those pictures.
Who cares… she is hot. She will find another better paying job I am sure.
She can come by and detain me! Anytime! lol
She should have known this was going to happen. This should not shock anyone. Other cases where people do not do anything wrong and get fired would piss me off. A while back Howard Stern had a contest where a woman who was a teacher participated in, it was a trivia contest and she did not take any cloths off or do anything sexual. She lost her job for being on the Howard Stern show.
I agree with rob_s…maybe its just the generation gap…but alot of the kids today seem to be desensitized to a degree that morality and modesty don’t play a part in their daily lives or thought processes. There are of course always exceptions but they seem to be fewer and farther apart.
Damn I feel old now after just turning 45.
As with any action a person takes there will be ramifications. I agree with others that her posing nude is really not that big of a deal. However, you have to have situational awareness. As she mentioned she figured she would take the pictures & continue life. I assume she did think people would find out. It seem like a complete lack of thinking on her part. But hey she is 21 & posed for Playboy. She’ll make money some how.
I find it quite humorous though she states she wishes a career in LE, more specific as a UC. Hmmm, how does that work considering you just opened the proverbial media pandora’s box. Guess she could move to some highly moral jurisdiction and hope no one reads porn mags or listens to the media. Stupid, simply stupid!
That is absolutely correct. I think a lot of the kids my age (20 years old) are pretty bad, but take it three years further, down to 17 years old, and it’s downright scary. As you said, there are always exceptions, but not many of them ( I’d like to think I’m one:p)
I dont think it is anyone business what she does when she isnt at work as long as it is legal. The comments about it affecting her job because of inmates seeing the pics, do you honestly believe that hot little girl didnt have to deal with comments from inmates before hand?
hah… i saw perna had posted in this thread, and i said to myself “perna is going to say he sees absolutely nothing wrong with it.” 'cause leftists like to go against the grain.
a man posing with his shirt off is QUITE a bit different than a woman posing nude, hones. seeing a man with his shirt off is about as sexually revealing as seeing a woman wearing shorts. and not revealing shorts.
i’m sure the biggest problem is that her “bio” on the playboy site lists her as being an LEO with WCSO- instantly bringing dishonor to the department. i bet she wouldn’t have been suspended if they’d left her job out of her porn.
Nice to see perna is only trolling for calendars with men in them. Wouldn’t want him eyeballing my daughter’s. Don’t need a left wing mind in my family.
