Lewis Edwards, 24, of Bridgend, used fake Snapchat accounts where he posed as a 14-year-old boy to groom 210 girls aged between 10 and 16.
Cardiff Crown Court heard that, during a three-year period, Edwards forced his victims to make indecent videos and images of themselves, which he secretly recorded.
Detectives raided the home Edwards shared with his parents in Bridgend, South Wales, in February this year and seized mobile phones, a computer, USB sticks and a hard drive. In a victim impact statement, the girl described Edwards as a “paedophile” and added: “I was a little girl. I feel embarrassed, disgusted and abused. I lost my innocence.
"As soon as we knew that the suspect was a serving officer, Lewis Edwards was suspended and sacked at a misconduct hearing which was held at he very earliest opportunity to remove him from the service. Edwards also threatened to bomb the house of one of his victims and shoot her parents if she stopped sending him images, the court was told. Several victims said their trust in the police has been shattered.
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