Senior police officer charged with stalking, installing tracking devices

A senior police officer has been charged with stalking and tracking offences after months of alleged offending was allegedly uncovered in an internal police investigation.

Police on Friday afternoon confirmed a 40-year-old senior constable from the North West Metro region was charged with stalking, installing a tracking device to locate a person, and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

He was further charged with two counts of unauthorised access to police information.

Police said the alleged offending occurred “both on and off-duty” between March and October last year.

He was charged on summons and is expected to appear in court at a later date.

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