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Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg won't seek charges against four State Police officers accused of being paid by a private contractor while on duty.

"We don't feel we have what we need to move forward with a criminal prosecution," Brandenburg said Thursday. "There's no evidence that there was any intention to commit a criminal act, and there's no evidence that the officers were trying to hide what they were doing."

The officers were accused of being paid by Wackenhut Services to teach law enforcement classes while State Police paid them to take classes.

State Police dismissed Officers Johnny Salas, 33; Chris Luttrell, 43; and Keith Sandy, 31. Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson said each has one week to appeal the firings.

A fourth officer, Sean Wallace, 30, resigned two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, State Police have begun investigating several supervisors to determine "what was known by whom, when it was known and how much money was known about," Olson said. He declined to identify the supervisors, citing personnel issues.

"It seems some supervisors did have some knowledge about what was going on, but they did not necessarily know there was any double-dipping," Olson said.

State Police had asked Brandenburg to examine the case for possible criminal violations. Olson said each of the officers made between $4,000 and $9,000 during the alleged double-dipping.