Fairfield police have released a statement clarifying James Louis — the school resource officer at Rodriquez High School booked into Solano County Jail Saturday for allegedly exchanging sexually explicit material with two teenage girls — 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.
Parents of a student told police Friday that Louis exchanged inappropriate text messages and photos with two girls under the age of 18. Police have requested an independent investigation by the district attorney.
Louis is accused of 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, police said.
“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 posting. “Acts like these violate that trust, are wholly inexcusable, and fail to exemplify what Fairfield Police Department stands for.”