
A Corrective Services NSW officer has been charged over an alleged intimate relationship with a parolee in the Hunter.
Earlier this month, detectives from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit commenced an investigation following reports a community corrections officer and a parolee had been in an intimate relationship.
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Following inquiries, detectives arrested a 30-year-old woman at Maitland Police Station at about 10am, Monday October 28.
She was charged with engage in sexual conduct, compromise sentence/order.
Police will allege in court that the woman, who is a community corrections officer, was involved in a romantic relationship with a 29-year-old male parolee.
The woman was granted strict conditional bail to appear at Maitland Local Court on Wednesday 11 December 2019.
She has been suspended by Corrective Services NSW.
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