Officer sacked for bonnet sex

A DECORATED New Mexico police officer has been sacked after security cameras caught him having sex with a woman on the bonnet of a car.

Surveillance photos of Officer Bert Lopez and the woman were taken from a motion-triggered security camera at the front gate of the county-owned La Bajada Ranch south of Santa Fe.

Lopez was named state police office of the year in 2009 and was awarded a Challenge Coin in July, an honour given to officers who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.