Slidell Police Chief Daniel Seuzeneau says a corrections officer in his department has "tarnished this badge, this uniform" of the Slidell Police Department.
His comments come the day after the FBI arrested 31-year-old Slidell Police Corrections Officer Nicholas Engolia on charges of sending obscene material to a minor and coercion and enticement of a minor.
"I am beyond pissed off right now," Chief Seuzeneau said in a video statement. "That is really an understatement on how I feel."
The chief said all the men and women of the Slidell Police Department feel the way he does about one of their own being arrested on such charges.
Seuzeneau said people who get into law enforcement must do better.
"He will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. He will receive no favors," said Seuzeneau. "In fact, he should be held to a higher standard because of what he chose to do as a profession."
According to Seuzeneau, Engolia engaged in online communication with a supposed 15-year-old girl, and agreed to meet the girl at a park in Covington. The chief said that's where Engolia learned that he had actually been chatting with an undercover FBI agent.