An officer from the New York Police Department (NYPD) who was involved in the department’s youth “police explorer” program was arrested and charged with attempting to have a sexual conversation with an undercover police officer he thought was a 14-year-old girl.
Travis Desouza, 35, assigned to Brooklyn’s 75th District, was taken into custody for allegedly having sex with a secret police officer pretending to be a young girl in the program. New York Post It has been reported.
Desouza, a 13-year NYPD veteran, was accused of child risk for sending sexually explicit content to a secret officer on Thursday, officials said.
In Brooklyn, he was charged with first-degree dissemination of explicit content to minors, attempting to risk the welfare of a child for a third time, and third-degree indecency, the report added.
Last October, Desouza’s actions were scrutinized in collaboration with the Police Explorer Program, which prepares young people interested in law enforcement between the ages of 14 and 20.
According to the complaint, an adult undercover police officer approached Desouza and asked for his phone number, pretending to be a young participant in the Police Explorer program.
Officials said Desouza openly admitted that she was a minor but continued to make explicit sexual advances and allusions through texts and social media.
According to the lawsuit, the officer sent a photo of himself with an erection in his boxer shorts to “teen girls.”
“And I don’t even know why we shouldn’t think about how old we are.
But your maturity and how you behave will differ, he added.
On Thursday, the NYPD announced that Officer Desouza had taken unpaid leave.
The charges against him include third-degree obscene, official misconduct, attempts to endanger the welfare of the child, and first-time attempts to lewd material against children at Queens Court.
The former police officer was released Thursday without bail, according to court documents.
