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Police: CHP sergeant downloaded child porn while on-duty Police said a California Highway Patrol sergeant has been arrested in connection with a child pornography investigation. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT I'LL SHE YOU WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LAW, CHP SERGEANT ARRESTED ON CHILD ONOGRAPHY CHARGES. FLABES STUNNED AND THEY ARE NOT -- NEIGHBORS ARE STUNNED AND THEY ARE NOT ALONE. THIS IS HIS MUG SHOT WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU THAT WE JUST GOT INTO OUR NEWS ROOM. RICHARD SHARP JOINS US LIVE FROM FAIRFIELD AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS DOWNING THIS STUFF ON DUTY AND OFF DUTY THROUGHOUT THIS REGION. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA SAY THEY ARE STUNNED AND DISAPPOINTED AS WELL. BY TRACKING DOWN DOWNLOAD S THAT HAPPENED OVER WIFI, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS LED TO THIS CHP. A SERGEANT WHO WORKED OUT OF THIS FAIRFIELD OFFICE. INVESTIGATORS SAID HE DOWNLOADED AND SHARED VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WHILE ON AND OFF DUTY. HE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AT WORK. INVESTIGATORS SAID THEY FOUND A HARD DRIVE IN HIS PERSONAL CAR WITH VIDEOS OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. THE CHP WOULD NOT COMMENT ABOUT THE CASE BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA SAY THE NEWS IS DISHEARTENING. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS THAT KIND OF POWER IN THE COMMUNITY, THEY SHOULD BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD. UNBELIEVABLE. UNFORTUNATELY I'M NOT TOTALLY SURPRISED. HE HAS BEEN WORKING OUT OF THE FAIRFIELD OFFICE FOR LESS THAN A YEAR. HE LIVED IN CHICO WHERE HE WORKED FOR SEVERAL YEARS PRIOR. HE WAS CHARGED WITH 21 COUNTS. I HAVE FIVE KIDS. I DON'T LIKE HEARING ABOUT THAT. I ALWAYS HAD REALLY GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE FROM THEM SO I'M DISAPPOINTED. THE SERGEANT IS NOW UNADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND HIS POLICE POWERS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. HE WAS BOOKED LAST NIGHT AROUND 9:00. HE SPENT LESS THAN 12 HOURS IN JAIL. HE POSTED BAIL AT 3:30 THIS