March 2022 West Midlands Police student officer sentenced over child images A former student police officer who admitted making indecent images of children has been put on a sex offender scheme and had his phone and iPad confiscated. Keel Walker joined West Midlands Police in March 2021 but devices he owned were seized by officers the following month. Prosecuting, said a warrant was executed on his home, Walker was then arrested and officers found indecent images after seizing his iPad and iPhone. The iPad was found to have the most severe Category A moving images as well as Category B images while the iPhone had Category C images on it. Category A images show the rape, torture and abuse of children Ms Cockitt told Dudley Magistrates’ Court on Monday that an investigation into Walker’s web history found various searches for the dark web, Dropbox, and other sites. He was sentenced on Monday at Dudley Magistrates’ Court where he was also handed a 24-month community order. He had pleaded guilty before the same court in January. Depriving him of his electronic devices, magistrates additionally made Walker subject to a sexual harm prevention order until 2027 and ordered him to complete 150 hours of unpaid work. He has also been placed on the sex offenders register. Student officer would have faced sack over indecent images of children A former student police officer who admitted making indecent images of children would have been sacked had he not resigned, a misconduct hearing concluded. Devices owned by Keel Walker, 21, were seized soon after he joined West Midlands Police last year. He was immediately suspended from duty, the force said. Walker, from Dudley, who has been placed on the sex offenders register, is due to be sentenced on Monday. He pleaded guilty at the town’s magistrates’ court in January. Walker joined the force in March last year, but a warrant was executed at his home address by officers the following month and a number of devices were seized, police said. Chief Constable Sir David Thompson commented that it was “unacceptable for police officers to break the law” and Walker was “unsuitable for policing”. He has been placed on the barred list, “meaning he will not be allowed to work in a regulated activity with children”, the force said.