ALERT said a Sherwood Park man was facing child pornography-related charges after their Internet Child Exploitation Unit arrested him at a home, where a dayhome was also operating.

Officials said on Tuesday, ALERT ICE investigators with help from Sherwood Park RCMP searched a home in central Sherwood Park – there, Adam Downing, 32, was arrested.

Downing has been charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

The mother of the suspect had been operating a dayhome at the residence investigators searched.

When the search warrant was executed, there were no children in the home, and the families of the children who used the dayhome were notified.

“You can imagine if you’re a parent and knowing your kid is in an environment that’s potentially unsafe,” Staff Sgt. Stephen Camp said. “I’m not talking specifically about this case, but any case where someone is loading child porn into a residence where your child should be safe is extremely unnerving.”

ALERT said there was no evidence to suggest offences were committed against any of those children.

It’s believed the suspect also worked as a camp counselor at Camp Van-Es at South Cooking Lake. ALERT said he worked with junior and senior high school students.

The investigation started in late July when the U.S. National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children passed on details on a social media user uploading child pornography to their counterparts in Ottawa.

CTV News has learned Downing was released on bail, under condition that he doesn’t live at that dayhome.

With files from Dan Grummett