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A FORMER police officer has today been jailed for making indecent images of children.
Thomas Peter Simmons, 61, worked for Kent Police in Folkestone before moving to Dover District Council to work as a fraud officer.
The Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone, resident left DDC following his arrest on suspicion of child porn charges last year.
Simmons, 61, pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children and was today,Thursday 12th March, sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court to a year in prison.
Detective Chief Inspector Paul Fotheringham, of Kent Police's Public Protection Crime Unit, said: "Downloading images of children being subjected to real time abuse is as severe an offence as the real time abuse those children are suffering
This chap was also a Port Unit Special Branch Officer and was often featured in the local rags as a champion against benefit fraud.
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