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Official Statement
On May 20, 2026, Fairfield Police Officer Bianca Camacho was recorded during the arrest of 16-year-old Fairfield High School student Maurice Williams following a campus incident. Publicly reported video, including body-worn camera footage released by Fairfield Police Department and bystander footage, shows Camacho grabbing Williams by the hair, forcing him to the ground, and repeatedly striking him in the head while he was pinned and while officers were attempting to handcuff him. Fairfield Police characterized the blows as “distraction strikes,” but public reporting states that the strikes were directed at Williams’ head while he appeared to be covering his face and while Camacho was shouting commands for his hands.
This incident creates a substantial Brady/Giglio concern because the recorded conduct bears directly on Camacho’s credibility, judgment, use-of-force reporting, escalation practices, truthfulness in official narratives, and conformity with law enforcement policy. The video evidence creates impeachment material in any case where Camacho authored reports, participated in arrests, used force, claimed resistance, described suspect conduct, or offered testimony concerning probable cause, officer safety, compliance, resistance, or use of force. The fact that the department publicly described the head strikes as “distraction strikes” does not cure the impeachment value of the video; it heightens the need for disclosure because a trier of fact is entitled to evaluate whether the force narrative is accurate, exaggerated, pretextual, or materially incomplete.
The matter is further aggravated by the public reports that Camacho was administratively reassigned and that Fairfield officials announced an outside investigation after community outrage. That reassignment and investigation are independently material because they confirm that the incident is not merely a private complaint but an official credibility and discipline concern known to the agency. Prosecutors relying on Camacho’s reports, arrests, observations, or testimony are therefore obligated to review all affected cases for Brady/Giglio disclosure and to provide defense counsel with all video, reports, internal review records, prior force complaints, supervisory findings, and related impeachment material.
