Peter Whitehouse, 56, has been jailed for three years, after pleading guilty to seven counts of possession of indecent images of children.
He was arrested and charged in April with downloading the most severe level of indecent child abuse images.
A retired Jersey Police officer has today appeared in court charged with downloading the most severe level of indecent child abuse images.
56-year-old Peter Whitehouse was arrested and charged last month with making hundreds of indecent images of children.
The court was today told that so far 908 illegal images and movies of children have been found, ranging from Level 1 to Level 5, which is the most severe.
Police are continuing their forensic analysis of a number of IT devices.
Peter Whitehouse was a police Youth Affairs Officer, and was involved in the “Prison! Me! No Way!!” initiative. He retired from the force in 2009.
He has been remanded in custody and will reappear at the Magistrates' court on the 17th June.
The weekend event coincides with International Pride Month and the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall riots.
The scheme has been backed by the island's Lieutenant-Governor, and is the first of its kind in the Channel Islands.
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