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New Video Surfaces of Fairfield Officer Already Under Scrutiny for Teen Arrest

Police Chief Dan Marshall said the officer is on administrative reassignment as an outside agency reviews the campus arrest and public anger grows over a prior video.

  • Last Wednesday, Fairfield Officer Bianca Camacho was filmed striking 16-year-old Maurice Williams at Fairfield High School; cellphone video spread widely online, prompting Fairfield Police Chief Dan Marshall to announce Friday that Camacho had been administratively reassigned pending an outside investigation.
  • A lunchtime altercation between students at Fairfield High School prompted police to respond Wednesday, with Officer Camacho delivering several strikes to gain compliance and access to Maurice's hands for handcuffing, according to police body-camera footage.
  • Video from a July 2025 traffic stop shows Officer Camacho pulling 18-year-old Myah Hamilton from her vehicle by her hair while Hamilton screamed, "Stop! What the f—? She's pulling my hair!" Hamilton later said, "The same thing that happened to that poor boy was pretty much what happened to me."
  • Dozens of people packed a Fairfield City Council meeting Tuesday demanding accountability, with City Manager David Gassaway announcing an independent outside investigator would review the incident. Maurice's mother Rhamesha Stevenson said, "I was mortified that it has already happened before and that they had a chance to recognize it and correct it, and they didn't, but this time they will."
  • Officer Camacho began her law enforcement career with the Vallejo Police Department in 2019 before transferring to Fairfield in 2021. Fairfield Pastor William Harris called for de-escalation training "specifically involving adolescents and young people," while Police Chief Marshall stated the investigation could result in discipline, training, or policy changes.
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