A police officer who filmed a sex act between him and a female colleague without her consent then shared it on Snapchat will likely avoid being jailed over his actions.

Downing Centre Local Court magistrate Clare Fernan on Thursday ordered Timothy Michael Patterson, 28, to undergo an assessment for an intensive supervision order for secretly filming the rendezvous between himself and the female officer and sending it to his friends.

Timothy Patterson is likely to avoid jail. Credit:Nick Moir

Patterson was able to make three videos while the woman performed a sex act on him during the brief hotel room tryst during a NSW Police function.

The pair had consensual sex and then Patterson left to continue drinking with his male colleagues at the Harbour View Hotel on July 20, 2017.