Some Troy police officers are in trouble for hitting up a fire station for late-night snack runs.

Twenty officers have received written reprimands for taking snacks from a locked walk-in food pantry at Station No. 4 on Maple Road, said Sgt. Meghan Lehman, a spokeswoman for the police department.

An internal investigation began Jan. 15 when fire administrators alerted their police counterparts about the missing munchies.

Officials said police officers have been allowed key fob access "to all fire stations within the city, which officers use for meal and restroom breaks."

Fire Station No. 4 has been recently remodeled, and the snacks were moved from an open area in the kitchen to the locked pantry. Officers believed they could still swipe the snacks as they had in the past.

"The Troy Police Department holds our police officers to the highest standards and entering an unauthorized area of another city department, no matter what the rational, is unacceptable," reads a joint statement released Friday by the police and fire departments.

The hungry officers admitted to taking the snacks, officials said. The case was closed.

"The Troy Police and Fire Departments continue to enjoy a positive work relationship, as we have historically. Many Troy police officers also serve as Troy volunteer firefighters," the joint statement said.

"The Police and Fire Departments look forward to moving ahead with the same outstanding working relationship."

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