NYPD officer who worked in youth program sexted undercover cop posing as 14-year-old: complaint

An NYPD serviceman moving with the department’s younker “Police Explorers” programme is accused of trying to onslaught up a intersexual speech with an undercover serviceman helium thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Travis DeSouza, 35, a 13-year NYPD seasoned assigned to Brooklyn’s 75th Precinct, was busted connected Friday connected attempted disseminating indecent materials to minors and attempted kid endangerment.

DeSouza’s behaviour moving with the Police Explorers younker programme for youngsters betwixt 14 and 20 funny successful instrumentality enforcement had sparked concerns. So authorities sent a young-looking undercover serviceman to attack him successful person. She identified herself arsenic a 14-year-old miss and expressed involvement successful the program, according to sources and the complaint.

She gave him her interaction info, and connected Oct. 16, portion helium was wrong the 75th Precinct presumption location successful East New York, helium texted her descriptions of intersexual acts, according to the complaint. He besides sent her a photograph of what appeared to beryllium an aroused penis covered successful clothing, the ailment says.

NYPD records amusement DeSouza completed a “rape is rape” grooming league arsenic portion of his occupation conscionable a period anterior to his alleged conduct. He besides had intersexual harassment grooming successful April, and successful July completed a grooming league connected assisting survivors of sexual-based violence.

DeSouza was arraigned successful Brooklyn transgression tribunal Friday and released without bail until his adjacent tribunal quality successful January.

He’s been suspended without pay, an NYPD constabulary spokesperson said.

His lawyer did not instrumentality a connection seeking remark Monday.