A substitute teacher who was banned from teaching in Washington County after allegedly using a student to reenact the police killing of George Floyd lost his job as a police officer in western Wisconsin.

Steven Williams, an officer with the Prescott Police Department, had been on administrative leave since last month when allegations regarding his conduct at Woodbury High School came to light last month.

As part of a separation agreement between Williams, the police union and the city set to take effect Friday, Nov. 15, Williams will resign from the department rather than be fired. He will receive payment for his vacation and can keep his health insurance until the end of the month.

Williams’ reenactment of Floyd’s 2020 killing by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was just one of several “inappropriate and racist” actions he took in class on Oct. 14, according to county schools officials from South Washington.

He allegedly pretended to point a gun at a student, told sexist jokes, spoke in detail about the bodies he saw, shared explicit details about two sexual assault cases he investigated and said that “the “police brutality is not real,” according to the district.

Students had shared audio and video recordings of Williams with school administrators, who then removed Williams from the classroom and escorted him off the premises, Superintendent Julie Nielsen said.

Williams, who had served two years in the Prescott Police Department, had replaced teachers seven times in South Washington County since he took office in March 2024, according to the district.

Williams was hired by Teachers On Call, a third-party vendor that supplies the district’s substitute teachers.