LOUDON, Tenn. (WVLT) — According to the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, a lieutenant was demoted after a TikTok video surfaced online.

Lieutenant Patrick Upton was demoted to detective according to a statement from the sheriff's office.

"Lieutenant Upton’s decision to post a video that contained very offensive and inappropriate lyrics, while on-duty, while displaying sheriff’s office insignia, in his assigned office, was an extremely poor representation of this agency and the values that we expect of our employees," Sheriff Tim Guider said.

The sheriff's office said the video was removed from social media.

Upton was a supervisor over the Criminal Investigations Division. That department is now supervised by Chief Deputy Jimmy Davis.

"I have been a full-time officer since 1986. I did not intend to do anything detrimental and I think everyone knows me knows that’s true including the person or persons that has pushed this to this point," said Upton. "I made some videos that weren’t meant to harm anyone but I should have used better judgment but I’m human. I have a lot of support from people even from ones I’ve have arrested. I’m going to move on and keep on doing what I do best and that’s investigations. I would like to thank everyone that has called or texted in support of me. Now the part about me making fun of domestic violence is not true. It’s just the opposite. I have never seen anything take off like this but Again I should have never done any of them and tried to get them off earlier. But other than that I’m moving on thank you. Also if anyone is wondering I’ve had one write up in 32 years. No other demotions, suspensions firings at all."