The following statement can be attributed to the Acting Commander, Ethical and Professional Standards Command, Bruce Porter:

“A 46-year-old male Police Officer has today been suspended from duty following an internal disciplinary and criminal investigation.

He has been summonsed to appear in the Darwin Magistrates Court on 11 November 2011 to face the following charges:

• ‘Possession of child abuse material’ (contained on a USB memory stick).
• ‘Install, use and maintain an optical surveillance device’ - contrary to the Surveillance Devices Act.
• ‘Fail to meet storage requirements’ - Contrary to the Firearms Act.

This information is released in accordance with the NT Police Transparency Guidelines and no further information will be provided at this stage.”

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