A judge released Dartmouth Police Officer Shawn Souza, who has been charged with child rape, on $10,000 cash bail Monday.

Judge Robert S. Ovoian deemed the 37-year-old police officer dangerous, but denied the Bristol District Attorney’s request to hold him without bail for four months, according to South Coast Today.

The judge ordered Souza to not come within a mile of the two alleged victims’ school, homes or places of employment. Ovoian established a curfew from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. and ordered Souza to wear a GPS monitoring device at the dangerousness hearing in New Bedford District Court, according to the newspaper.

Souza is charged with rape of a child by force, rape of a child aggravated by age difference and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person under 14 years old by a mandated reporter. He was arrested Thursday by a Massachusetts State Police Trooper.

The alleged the abuse happened in Dartmouth, according to Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn III’s office. The alleged incidents did not occur while Souza was on duty, police said.

Souza was hired in October 2008.

Police said Souza is on paid administrative leave, as is required by the department’s collective bargaining agreement. Souza’s department-issued badge and firearm were seized.

The investigation began after Dartmouth police received a report from the state Department of Children and Families, Quinn’s office said. Dartmouth police reached out to Quinn’s Special Victims Unit, which conducted the investigation.