Bridget Andrews was a Sergeant for the Denver Sheriff’s Department and served for almost 10 years when a traffic stop ended her career. An officer pulled her over after flagging her car on the radar traveling at 90 mph last April.

When the officer approached her passenger’s side window, she pulled out her leather badge case without saying a word. The officer’s body camera captured the entire thing – and a driver’s license was never shown.

“So, you’re at 90 miles an hour, I come up and I stop you, and you immediately throw your badge into my face,” the officer was recorded saying, quoted by 9 News. “I don’t need that.”

Andrews tried to defend herself by saying her license was in the same case as her badge.

“I keep my badge, my thing, in my wallet,” she said.

The Sheriff’s Department didn’t buy her excuse

An internal investigation was launched, and both city and department heads felt the real offense was her being “deceptive” about hiding her badge.

Carl McEnroe, the Civilian Review Administrator for the City of Denver, said the video evidence was damning.

“It is clear that Sergeant Andrews not only departed from the truth verbally but did so knowingly,” he wrote. “She was given multiple opportunities to acknowledge her actions, but instead of doing so, she distorted the facts and attempted to minimize her actions.”

After the three-week investigation, the Sheriff’s Department relieved Andrews from her post. Permanently. If she admitted to flashing her badge, the city says she would have been suspended for 40 days.

The outlet says she’s trying to appeal the termination, saying the ruling was unfair.

Viewers say the firing was deserved

Viewers pointed out the flashing seemed rehearsed.

“I wonder how many times she’s used her badge in similar situations,” they wrote.

More praised the officer who pulled her over for continuing with the citation.

“Good on the cop who pulled her over, and then called her out for flashing her badge,” they wrote.

Another was glad to see a department hold its officers accountable.

“Nice to see a department holding their officer accountable for a change, and good integrity from the officer who pulled her over,” they said. “It’s one of those situations where lying about what you did is worse than the actual offense. If she’s going to lie about something simple, she could easily lie about other things.”