MELBOURNE, VIC. — A 32-year-old first constable from the Southern Metro (police) region has been charged with one count each of possessing child abuse material and accessing child abuse material following a Professional Standards internal investigation.
Police allege the offences occurred in August this year while the member was off duty, and the unnamed officer was charged on Thursday, November 12 and bailed to appear at an undisclosed Magistrates Court on an undisclosed date.
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