SOUTH GLENS FALLS -- The former Saratoga County sheriff’s officer who is was videotaped apparently smacking a young man has resigned his part-time position with the South Glens Falls Police Department.

Shawn Glans submitted his resignation on Thursday, South Glens Falls Police Chief Kevin Judd said.

Glans had worked for the village Police Department for more than 12 years.

He resigned his job as a Sheriff’s Office sergeant on Monday, two days after a video of his conduct toward two young men was made public.

Glans was charged with official misconduct, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a non-criminal violation, after he took car keys from a young man to illegally search his car. The keys were taken after he apparently slapped the man on the head.

Police had spotted a rifle in the vehicle in a Halfmoon store parking lot.

Glans, who lives in Moreau, had been suspended from the South Glens Falls position as of Monday. He worked one or two shifts a week for the department between Sheriff’s Office shifts.

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