(CNN) Los Angeles Police Department officer David Rojas was charged Thursday with one felony count of having sexual contact with human remains without authority, officials said, after he allegedly fondled a dead woman's breast.

The October 20 incident was recorded by Rojas' body camera when he and his partner were responding to a call about a possible dead body, Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a news release.

Rojas, 27, was alone in a room with the deceased woman while his partner went to get paper work from a patrol car, CNN affiliate KCBS-TV reported. At that point, Rojas turned off the body camera and inappropriately touched the woman, LAPD officials told the news station.

A two-minute buffer on the camera captured the incident even though Rojas had turned it off, sources told the affiliate.

A source familiar with the investigation called the incident "way beyond the pale" and "unacceptable." He says footage of the incident was found in a random check of bodycam footage.

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