A police sergeant has appeared in Mandurah Magistrates Court accused of using Facebook to send a child an indecent video and then encouraging the child to do an indecent act.
The man cannot be named because the court ordered his identity, address and image be suppressed to protect the identity of the victim.
Magistrate Anne Longden said at the brief appearance on Friday it was in the interests of justice to protect the child in the case, who was known to the accused.
The man's lawyers successfully applied to have the conditions on his bail varied so he could have unsupervised access to his own children.
His bail required him to resign from sports and community groups involving children.
The offences were alleged to have occurred on October 2 and 3 this year.
The man was charged as a result of an investigation into allegations of child sex offences by the Child Abuse Squad.
Child Abuse Squad detectives charged him with: Using an electronic communication with intent to expose a person aged under 13 years of age to an indecent matter and encourage a child to do an indecent act.
The police officer was granted an adjournment to seek legal advice and was remanded to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on December 8.
He was not required to plead.
