A Durham police officer is facing child sexual exploitation charges in connection with an investigation in a neighbouring Southern Ontario community.
The investigation was launched on Oct. 21 after the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report about the alleged sexual exploitation of a minor under the age of 16, the police service said in an Oct. 28 statement.
The crime units of the Northumberland, Peterborough County, and Haliburton Highlands OPP collaborated with the OPP’s Regional Support and Emergency Response teams on the investigation which resulted in search warrants being executed in Whitby and Ajax, with the assistance of Durham Regional Police Service’s (DRPS) Digital Forensics Unit….