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Durham Police Constable Charged With Multiple Child Sexual Exploitation Offences A 31-year-old Durham Regional Police constable has been charged with multiple offences following a child sexual exploitation investigation in Northumberland County. Northumberland OPP said officers received a report of the alleged sexual exploitation of a young person on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, prompting an investigation involving several OPP crime units. The investigation involved the Northumberland, Peterborough County and Haliburton Highlands OPP crime units, with assistance from the OPP Regional Support Team and Emergency Response Team. Search warrants were subsequently executed in Whitby and Ajax, with assistance from the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) Digital Forensics Unit. On Sunday, October 25, police arrested Constable Tre-Jamal Hamad, 31, of Ajax. He faces the following charges: -Possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material -Making sexually explicit material available to a person under 18 -Two counts of making sexually explicit material available to a person under 16 -Luring a person under 18 by means of telecommunication -Two counts of luring a person under 16 by means of telecommunication -Indecent exposure to a person under 16 -Making, publishing or possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material for the purpose of publication Hamad was held for a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg on Thursday, October 29. Investigators are urging anyone who may have had contact with the accused or experienced similar circumstances to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact Northumberland OPP at 1-888-310-1122. In a statement, Durham Regional Police said it takes the allegations against Constable Hamad very seriously. He has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of the court proceedings.