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A Madison police officer told an employee at a local hotel he needed its security footage as part of a police investigation, when in fact he was trying to see if a woman he had a relationship with was cheating on him, according to documents released Friday.

Officer Anthony Ward resigned from the department in January after an internal investigation found that in 2011, he used his authority as an officer to get the video, then lied to investigators about doing so, the department said.

A woman complained about Ward’s conduct in February 2013, according to reports from the department’s investigation.

According to the reports:

After Ward returned from extended leave, he talked with investigators in August and denied telling anyone at the hotel he was an officer.

In another interview two months later, Ward claimed to have known a man named Jimmy who worked at the hotel and helped him get the video.

After being confronted about inconsistencies in his story, Ward admitted that he went to the hotel in his police uniform and told an employee he needed the video for an investigation.

The video showed a woman he had a relationship with entering the hotel with another man.