Officer Jessie Lunderby Could Get Fired After Sheriff Learns of Playboy Shoot

June 22, 2010 — -- A 21-year-old Arkansas correction officer might lose her job after her bosses discovered that she had ditched her department uniform for a nude photo shoot commissioned by Playboy.

Jessie Lunderby was put on administrative leave Sunday by the Washington County Sheriff's Office in Fayetteville, Ark., after officials learned that she had been featured on Playboy's website as the "June 7th Cyber Girl of the Week."

Some of the arresting images available online depict Lunderby wearing only sheer pink panties and a matching bra.

"What she did wrong is up for debate," said Washington County Sheriff Tim Helder. "We've got certain policies and a code of ethics that everyone signs off on."

"That includes bringing down the reputation of the law enforcement division in the eyes of the public," said Helder.

Lunderby criticized the sheriff's office for its handling of the situation, telling Fayetteville's KFSM-TV, "It's just kind of shady, the way they're doing the whole thing."

"It's like they waited for this to come out to make a big deal out of it and it's disgusting," said Lunderby, who did not respond to several messages left by ABCNews.com.

Helder said Lunderby violated department policy on proper conduct and outside employment, but that wasn't the only issue.

"The biggest thing is the distraction," he said. "It distracts us inside our department from performing our mission which is to arrest bad people and put people in jail."

"In my view, taking your clothes off and making a private issue a public one has done nothing to aid us in our mission," Helder said.