A police officer in Fall River, Massachusetts, was arrested Friday following allegations that he was in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl and that he received and was in possession of inappropriate photographs.
Fall River police said in a statement Friday that Officer Michael Morin was arrested by members of the department’s Major Crimes Division Friday morning. They did not say what he was accused of.
The department said Morin had been on paid administrative leave since May 29, when the department learned that he “was not only involved in an inappropriate relationship with a child under the age of 17, but had received, and was in possession of, inappropriate photographs in violation of the law.”
“Police officers, especially those who work for the Fall River Police Department, must be held to a higher standard in both their personal and professional lives,” the department said in its statement. “We do not condone any behavior that does not reflect the morals and values of the Fall River Police Department, or that violates the trust and respect that our officers work so hard for every day.”
Morin has not been fired from his job. The department said in its statement that Police Chief Paul Gauvin will evaluate his employment status once an administrative investigation is completed.
No further details were immediately released.
