CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A dirty doodle left on a traffic ticket landed a Cleveland police officer a 10-day unpaid suspension.

Chief Calvin Williams suspended Officer Vincent Schneider Aug. 28. after the patrolman was found guilty of violating division rules.

Schneider "drew sexually explicit pictures" on a citation June 14, according to a disciplinary letter sent to the officer.

It is unclear what was depicted in the offending drawing. Northeast Ohio Media Group has requested a copy of the citation.

Police spokesman Sgt. Ali Pillow said Schneider didn't make the drawing in the citation book, but the pen pressure transferred the lewd sketch onto a blank citation's carbon copy. Another officer issued a traffic ticket that contained the lewd impression.

Schneider confessed when the lingering image surfaced, Pillow said.

Jeff Follmer, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen's Association, said the suspension is severe.

"The punishment is outrageous," Follmer said. "I think this administration is more about discipline. They are giving out harsher punishments than they have in the past. You have a good officer coming forward about a joke that was never meant to be seen in public. He learned his lesson. He'll never do it again."

Schneider is assigned to the Third District and joined the division in 2008. He apologized to the woman who received the citation, Follmer said.