SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — A western Nebraska police chief accused of not pursuing a case against another city employee has been charged with obstructing government operations.

The charge against Sidney Police Chief Byron “B.J.” Wilkinson Jr. was filed by Doug Warner, an assistant attorney general. He’s been named special prosecutor at the request of Cheyenne County Attorney Paul Schaub.

Sidney City Manager Gary Person says the allegation against Wilkinson stems from an allegation against city Public Works Director John Hehnke, whom Warner has charged with viewing a person in a state of undress and with disturbing the peace.

Wilkinson and Hehnke didn’t immediately return phone calls Thursday from The Associated Press. Online court records don’t list the names of attorneys who could be contacted to comment for them about the allegations.