Cop Arrested for Offering to Pay 16-Year-Old Girl $50 to Pose Topless

Assigning police officers to high schools to control classroom violence has been affective in many parts of the United States. In fact, it also allows the officers to get to know students on a more personal level, making them less fearful of the police. But George Wesley Helms, 35, a cop at Hutto High School may have taken that a little bit too far. More from The Statesman:

A police officer assigned to Hutto High School asked a 16-year-old student last month to take off her clothes while he photographed her in his office and even paid her $50, according to an arrest affidavit.
George Wesley Helms, 35, was fired from the Hutto Police Department last month after police were tipped off that he had taken inappropriate photos of the girl, Hutto police said. After a monthlong investigation, police arrested Helms on Tuesday and charged him with sexual performance of a child, a second-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The affidavit said that Helms took several dozen photos of the girl in his office March 6 but that she was clothed.
The next day, the student returned, and Helms asked again if he could photograph her, according to the affidavit.
This time, according to court documents, Helms put a chair in front of his office door and asked the girl to remove her shirt, bra and pants.
He then photographed her topless and gave her $50 "to induce her to stay a little longer," the affidavit states.
A third party told police about the photos later that day, and Helms was fired from the department on March 9.