A former West Midlands Police officer was jailed for just 12 months after admitting possessing thousands of indecent images of children. He was employed personal Chauffeur to the CHIEF CONSTABLE and was a school governor, at the time of his arrest in October 2016, responsible for publishing literature and giving direction to Baskerville School about how children can stay safe online.
Peter Hogan, aged 62, from Birmingham previously admitted three separate offences of MAKING indecent images between 2009-2016 and was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court today (30 March).
Peter Hogan was arrested by officers from the force’s online child sexual exploitation team on 13 October 2016 and computer equipment seized from his address.
His lap top and phones were forensically analysed to reveal he had amassed over 3,965 indecent images and 209 videos of children.
The disturbing library included 243 category A level images of children and 91 category A movies. This is based on an internationally agreed police scale of indecency where category A is the most disturbing.
Police found a further 213 category B images and 76 videos of children and a total of 3,510 category C images together with 42 videos showing indecent images of children, the youngest believed to be six years old.
Peter Hogan served as a police officer for 28 years in Birmingham, before retiring in October 2009. He was later employed as a staff police driver by the force and has since been dismissed.
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