Officers in the California Highway Patrol were caught sharing explicit pictures of female suspects in a twisted "game" according to court records.

CHP officer Sean Harrington, of Martinez, California, told Contra Costa County prosecutors that he had sent photos from the cell phone of a woman he had arrested in a DUI case. Harrington said he forwarded the images to his own phone and had shared them with two other CHP officers, according to search warrant records.

Harrington admitted that he had taken photos from at least six other female arrestees over several years. Authorities said that after obtaining the women's photos, the officers would compare opinions on each woman's looks with each other.

Harrington was first exposed to this practice when he began working for the CHP in Los Angeles, according to investigators.

A senior inspector in the case, Darryl Holcombe, said that "Harrington described this scheme as a game."

One alleged instance involved a 19-year-old woman, who has been identified in records only as Jane Doe 2, who was involved in a DUI crash on Aug. 7. While the teen was undergoing X-rays, Harrington shared two pictures of her in a bikini from her phone.

"Taken from the phone of my [arrestee] while she's in X-rays," Harrington texted to fellow CHP Officer Robert Hazelwood.

Hazelwood responded, "No f-----g nudes?" according to court affidavits.

The court case originated from an Aug. 29 arrest of a woman in a San Ramon DUI case. Referred to in records as Jane Doe 1, when the 23-year-old was released from jail, she discovered that six photos of her somewhat or fully nude had been forwarded from her iPhone while she was still in custody.

Upon investigating Harrington's text message history, authorities said he and Hazelwood exchanged texts referring to the woman within a half-hour from forwarding the pictures.

"Nudes are always better with the face," Hazelwood allegedly said.

Jane Doe 1's attorney Rick Madsen said Friday, "This is the worst-case scenario come true."

"Once [the photos are] out there, they're out there for good," Madsen said. "The trauma that has been inflicted by these officers could be lifelong. It's almost akin to a chronic disease -- you don't know when it's going to manifest itself again and take over your life again, and so the anxiety that's associated with it is incalculable."