Fairfield officer arrested after allegedly sending inappropriate texts to students
FAIRFIELD -- Parents of a student at Rodriguez High School reported to Fairfield Police Department on Friday that a school resource officer had been exchanging inappropriate text messages and photos with two minor female students.
Police say they immediately requested an independent investigation by the Solano County District Attorney's Major Crimes Task Force due to the nature of the allegations and information provided.
Upon the completion of an initial investigation, officer James Louis was booked into Solano County Jail Saturday morning.
He was charged with sending, distributing or exhibiting harmful or obscene material to a minor; contacting or communicating with a minor with the intent to commit a sex crime; and knowingly transporting, duplicating or possessing child pornography or other obscene material with the intent to distribute or show it to others.
Officer Louis has been placed on administrative leave. No other details can be released at this time as the investigation is currently ongoing.
Fairfield police on Sunday released a statement clarifying that Louis -- the school resource officer at Rodriquez High School -- is not the same person as James Lewis, the department's school resource officer at Armijo High School, also in Fairfield.
Police said it was "an important distinction."
Louis is currently on administrative leave after his arrest.
"This department holds our officers and professional staff to a high standard of care, and we are simultaneously disappointed, infuriated and saddened by this information," the department said on social media.
"This department values the trust instilled in us by our community, not only to keep you safe but to keep your children safe," according to the post. "Acts like these violate that trust, are wholly inexcusable and fail to exemplify what Fairfield Police Department stands for. "