Memphis police say one of their own acted inappropriately after he offered to drive a teenager walking to school on a recent cold day.
According to an affidavit, Derrick Abdul-Wakil was wearing his uniform and driving a marked police car when he pulled up alongside a 14-year-old girl and offered her a ride.
The girl got in the front seat and the officer allegedly masturbated with “a jacket over his lap,” according to Fox 6.
Abdul-Wakil also allegedly touched the girl’s face, cheek and thigh while doing so.

The Commercial Appeal reports the officer dropped the girl off at school and police were called.
A surveillance video from a business near the location showed the girl getting into the police car and Abdul-Wakil was identified as the man driving, according to the affidavit.
The officer admitted to picking up the girl, driving with his coat over his lap, but denied masturbating.
He was arrested and charged with two counts of solicitation of a minor, was released on $10,000 bond.
It is unclear whether he was relieved of his duties.
“We will continue to do what I have always said we will do. We will take all criminal allegations seriously. Being a police officer will not exempt you from following the same laws that we require our citizens to follow,” says Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong.
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