A FORMER Kidderminster police officer has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children.

West Mercia Police officer Jamie Bunting, aged 26, admitted three counts of making indecent images when he appeared at Telford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, August 6.

The charges follow an investigation, which started in September 2023, by West Mercia Police’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation Team and relate to non-contact offences, police said.

The officer, of Westminster Close, Bromsgrove, who resigned from the force earlier this year, was formerly based at Kidderminster Police Station and was a cadet leader for North Worcestershire Volunteer Police Cadets.

He has been remanded on conditional bail until his sentencing date on September 17.

A police spokesperson said: “West Mercia Police works closely with the National Volunteer Police Cadet Safeguarding and Standards hub and the force strictly adheres to policies and procedures in relation to safeguarding volunteer police cadets. We do not believe this has been compromised.

“A charge of making indecent images can include downloading an image from a website, receiving an image from a social media app or opening an email containing such an image.”