Former Humberside Police officer charged with child sex offences

A former Humberside Police officer is due to make his first appearance in crown court charged with child sex offences, following a directed Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation.

Former PC Richard Cammidge, who was based in Bridlington, is alleged to have engaged in sexual communication with a child between May 2018 and June 2018 and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child in October 2021. He is also charged with making an indecent photograph of a child. He was arrested in November 2021 by officers from Humberside Police.

On conclusion of the investigation, carried out by Humberside Police under our direction, we referred a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service in September 2022, which authorised the following charges:

• Making an indecent photograph of a child
• Failing to comply with a section 49 notice to disclose the key to protected information
• Engaging in sexual communication with a child
• Attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child

Cammidge is due to appear before Hull Crown Court on Thursday 9 February.