A male Victoria Police officer has been granted bail after being charged with child abuse material offences, which were allegedly committed while he was off duty.
The 32-year-old first constable was arrested following a Professional Standards internal investigation, police said in a statement on Friday.
On Thursday he was charged with one count each of possess child abuse material and access child abuse material, and was bailed to appear in an unspecified magistrates court.
Police allege the offences occurred in August this year, while the first constable was off duty, but have not revealed whether he has been suspended from duties.
The officer is based in the Southern Metro Region, which covers Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs, the Mornington Peninsula, and surrounds.
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