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\u201cI\u2019m not a model, I\u2019m not an actor, I\u2019m a police officer, actually,\u201d Love Island season-eight contestant Sean Reifel said in his introduction<\/a>. \u201cI love my job. It\u2019s supercool. You feel like you made a difference,\u201d he went on to explain during the premiere. But Reifel isn\u2019t just a civil servant dedicated to the public good. He also happens to be a lightning rod of attention on his local police force. \u201cI get hit on when I\u2019m at work,\u201d he said. \u201cSomeone ran into me in the street, and she was like, \u2018Me and all my family forgot your name, so we call you Officer Sexy Pants.\u2019\u201d That\u2019s the type of nickname you\u2019d have to torture out of me, but I\u2019m happy Reifel has a moniker he can share with all of the bombshells. On the inaugural episode of the season, Reifel quickly wooed Team USA Paralympian Beatriz Hatz, with whom he bonded over similar sensibilities and smooches after the door challenge, for lack of a better phrase. She eventually, however, lost interest, in part because Reifel has a child, which is a red flag for her.<\/p>\n What may later become a red flag once the season is over is that Officer Sexy Pants might not actually be an officer anymore. Though Reifel is holed up in the villa for the summer, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, mayor J. William Reynolds said that Reifel resigned from his position<\/a> in order to go on Love Island. \u201cI never thought I\u2019d see the day in America where reality-show participation wins out over being a police officer,\u201d Reynolds said, which just goes to show how much reality television he\u2019s watching. Reifel was sworn in in August 2025<\/a>, which means he was only Officer Sexy Pants for less than a year. \u201cBest of luck for a safe, rewarding career,\u201d read one of the comments on the post of Reifel\u2019s swearing in. Here\u2019s hoping that extends to the villa, where he might be in more danger of the wrath of the bombshells than he ever was in the line of duty.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n