{"id":492868,"date":"2026-02-20T17:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492868\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:36:15","slug":"senior-constable-stuart-parsonage-charged-with-illegal-surveillance-by-wa-police-sex-crime-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/492868\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior Constable Stuart Parsonage charged with illegal surveillance by WA Police sex crime division"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">A WA Police officer charged with computer crime and illegal surveillance offences by the force&#8217;s sex crime division has been unable to face court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">Geraldton-based Senior Constable Stuart Parsonage has been stood down since February 6, when detectives charged him with three counts of unlawful use of a computer and two counts of unlawfully installing an optical surveillance device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">He has also been charged with the illegal possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man with short spiky hair smiles at the camera.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bc1d0d7473cbc7f53b2288f39d0b9356.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Stuart Parsonage is facing a number of charges.\u00a0 (Facebook)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">WA Police said it would be alleged while some of these offences occurred at the workplace, others occurred at a private residence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The 46-year-old had been due to face court in Geraldton on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A blue and white police station sign with an Aboriginal and Australian flag behind it\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6ba4723cee1827168eb7daeef43821c4.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Midwest Police senior constable has been stood down from all duties. (ABC News: Sissy Reyes)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">However, Senior Constable Parsonage&#8217;s lawyer George Giudice presented a medical certificate to the court explaining his absence, and requested the matter be adjourned until April 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The officer has been stood down from all duties with the Western Australia Police Force.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\">The investigation into Senior Constable Parsonage is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A WA Police officer charged with computer crime and illegal surveillance offences by the force&#8217;s sex crime division&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,43674,176113,248796,56193,248794,248795,108326,44,45,7977],"class_list":["post-492868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cyber-crime","tag-cyberstalking","tag-geraldton-cop-stood-down","tag-geraldton-news","tag-geraldton-police","tag-illegal-surveillance","tag-midwest-news","tag-news","tag-wa-news","tag-wa-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}