The poison at the top of the Victoria police again
Former top cop Simon Overland harmed career of Sir Ken Jones, Ombudsman finds. However Mr Overland has been cleared of allegations of "detrimental action involving Victoria Police".
A long-awaited report tabled in State Parliament this morning probed Sir Ken's controversial exit from the police force last year.
It found that Mr Overland's actions in sending Sir Ken on "gardening leave" in October last year, from which he did not return, was "at least significantly detrimental to Mr Jones".
Ombudsman George Brouwer said: "I think it is fair to state that the stigma associated with a senior officer being directed to take leave from work and exit the building by close of business, including having their building and email access withdrawn on the same day, could reasonably be perceived as detrimental to their reputation and personal standing."
He also said: "Mr Overland's actions had adverse consequences for Mr Jones."
But Mr Brouwer did not believe Mr Overland's actions constituted "detrimental action".
"Rather, Mr Overland had formed the view that Mr Jones had engaged in serious misconduct by leaking information to the media," he said.
"I consider this was the driving force for the action he took in relation to Mr Jones.
"I am therefore not of the view that Mr Overland's actions were taken as reprisal for any disclosure that Mr Jones was suspected to have made."
The report states Mr Overland believed Sir Ken was a source of leaks to the media and said he had a "fear of being set up by Mr Jones".
Current top cop Ken Lay said in the report he may have had his own suspicious of Sir Ken leaking but was not certain.
"I can't remember sitting in this meeting and saying ‘it was Ken Jones’," he said.
"There is no way known that I would have looked Ken in the eye and said, ‘you're leaking Ken’... the truth is I may well have suspected... I have no evidence at all to indicate that that is the case."
The Ombudsman revealed he had received a further allegation of "detrimental action" but was unable to make it public because of the Whistleblowers Act.
He recommended new legislation be introduced to allow the Ombudsman to identify a whistleblower where there is a public interest.
Mr Brower interviewed 18 witnesses and accessed secret police files and emails, including evidence from the Office of Police Integrity.
The report reveals a culture of mistrust and suspicion developed in the lead-up to Sir Ken's departure from Victoria Police.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has called on the Baillieu Government to "fast-track" legislation so details of the additional allegation can be publicly aired.
"The Ombudsman wants to talk about it. He wants to serve the public interest by getting more information into the public domain and the Government have nothing to accede to the request that the Ombudsman has reasonably made," he said.
The Ombudsman's report states: "Mr Overland took some of the actions regarding Mr Jones that have been alleged.
"At least one of those actions was detrimental to Mr Jones and had an adverse effect on his professional reputation.
"However, I do not consider that the actions taken by Mr Overland were taken in reprisal for Mr Jones having made or having been believed to have made a disclosure, but were taken for other reasons.
"Accordingly, those actions do not constitute ‘detrimental action’ as defined in the WPA (Whistleblowers Protection Act).
In his final conclusions, the Ombudsman further states: "Mr Overland’s fear of being ‘set-up’ by Mr Jones because of an email exchange on the parolee issue is indicative of a Chief Commissioner who was concerned about Mr Jones’ motives and allowed this to influence his decision making."
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Lying Top cop let off by another discredited cop
What on earth were they thinking of in getting the bungling Mick Keelty to head the inquiry?
THE senior command of WA's police service is in turmoil despite Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan being cleared by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
The Sunday Times understands that the relationship between Mr O'Callaghan and several of his senior officers is extremely strained and unlikely to improve after Friday's release of the CCC report that found the Police Commissioner didn't engage in misconduct, as strictly defined by the CCC Act.
"Absolutely, there's tensions at the top . . . It's between very senior people," one source said.
The CCC investigated allegations that Mr O'Callaghan provided false or misleading statements about his knowledge and actions on the day of the Perth Hills bushfires, which destroyed 71 homes in February last year.
Though Mr O'Callaghan is hoping Friday's report draws a line under the saga, sources reveal there is also discomfort in the Barnett Government about the contents of the CCC report.
The Sunday Times understands there is a strong resistance in some parts of Government to Mr O'Callaghan's reappointment as the state's top cop. Sources indicated the Government would certainly take its time before reaching a decision, despite Mr O'Callaghan's term expiring in August.
Government figures are carefully monitoring tensions in the police hierarchy and are worried about the extent to which confidence in Mr O'Callaghan has been undermined.
Deputy Commissioner Chris Dawson last night said both he and Mr O'Callaghan had been able to perform their duties despite difficulties imposed by the CCC probe.
On Friday, Mr O'Callaghan said he couldn't answer detailed questions about his evidence before the commission, saying: "As far as I'm concerned this is the end of the matter and I am getting on with the business of being the Commissioner of Police."
But the state's former chief firefighter, Craig Hynes, who resigned after the Perth Hills bushfires, broke his silence yesterday, saying he was disappointed with the conclusions of the CCC report.
Mr Hynes, who was the chief operations manager at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority until last September, said the report supported evidence that Mr O'Callaghan had been kept fully informed during the emergency despite his public assertions that FESA had let him down.
The Sunday Times revealed in August that Mr O'Callaghan was at the WACA Ground watching an international cricket match from a corporate box while Roleystone and Kelmscott burnt on February 6.
At the time, Mr O'Callaghan was insistent he was first made aware of the fires by a phone call from FESA official John Butcher about 2.30pm.
He said the call did not reveal the extent of the unfolding catastrophe.
Mr O'Callaghan said, as a result, he stayed at the cricket until 4.40pm when he received a phone call from his deputy Mr Dawson, saying homes had been destroyed.
He claimed he then left the cricket "immediately" to walk "across the road" to the police headquarters to organise a meeting of the State Emergency Co-ordination Group, which he chairs. But the CCC report revealed swipe card records showed he did not enter headquarters until 6pm.
An official inquiry into the Perth Hills inferno was conducted by former federal police commissioner Mick Keelty. In his findings, Mr Keelty said he was concerned that the SECG meeting was not held until 6.30pm.
The CCC reported there was "no doubt" that Mr O'Callaghan received earlier phone calls from assistant police commissioner Wayne Gregson, now the FESA boss.
Mr Gregson told the CCC that he could "say with some certainty" that he told Mr O'Callaghan the fires had destroyed houses in Roleystone by phone at 2.13pm.
Mr O'Callaghan said it was possible noise and wind at the WACA meant he didn't hear Mr Gregson properly.
Asked by the CCC why he didn't move to hear better, Mr O'Callaghan said: "I was not at a place where I could just disappear up an alley or into a corridor, so I would have had to get a whole row of people to move."
The CCC report said it would have been prudent and more open for Mr O'Callaghan to have revealed his conversation with Mr Gregson when giving evidence to a parliamentary committee.
Despite discrepancies, the CCC found the evidence "does not support a misconduct opinion" under the CCC Act.
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What on earth were they thinking of in getting the bungling Mick Keelty to head the inquiry?
THE senior command of WA's police service is in turmoil despite Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan being cleared by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
The Sunday Times understands that the relationship between Mr O'Callaghan and several of his senior officers is extremely strained and unlikely to improve after Friday's release of the CCC report that found the Police Commissioner didn't engage in misconduct, as strictly defined by the CCC Act.
"Absolutely, there's tensions at the top . . . It's between very senior people," one source said.
The CCC investigated allegations that Mr O'Callaghan provided false or misleading statements about his knowledge and actions on the day of the Perth Hills bushfires, which destroyed 71 homes in February last year.
Though Mr O'Callaghan is hoping Friday's report draws a line under the saga, sources reveal there is also discomfort in the Barnett Government about the contents of the CCC report.
The Sunday Times understands there is a strong resistance in some parts of Government to Mr O'Callaghan's reappointment as the state's top cop. Sources indicated the Government would certainly take its time before reaching a decision, despite Mr O'Callaghan's term expiring in August.
Government figures are carefully monitoring tensions in the police hierarchy and are worried about the extent to which confidence in Mr O'Callaghan has been undermined.
Deputy Commissioner Chris Dawson last night said both he and Mr O'Callaghan had been able to perform their duties despite difficulties imposed by the CCC probe.
On Friday, Mr O'Callaghan said he couldn't answer detailed questions about his evidence before the commission, saying: "As far as I'm concerned this is the end of the matter and I am getting on with the business of being the Commissioner of Police."
But the state's former chief firefighter, Craig Hynes, who resigned after the Perth Hills bushfires, broke his silence yesterday, saying he was disappointed with the conclusions of the CCC report.
Mr Hynes, who was the chief operations manager at the Fire and Emergency Services Authority until last September, said the report supported evidence that Mr O'Callaghan had been kept fully informed during the emergency despite his public assertions that FESA had let him down.
The Sunday Times revealed in August that Mr O'Callaghan was at the WACA Ground watching an international cricket match from a corporate box while Roleystone and Kelmscott burnt on February 6.
At the time, Mr O'Callaghan was insistent he was first made aware of the fires by a phone call from FESA official John Butcher about 2.30pm.
He said the call did not reveal the extent of the unfolding catastrophe.
Mr O'Callaghan said, as a result, he stayed at the cricket until 4.40pm when he received a phone call from his deputy Mr Dawson, saying homes had been destroyed.
He claimed he then left the cricket "immediately" to walk "across the road" to the police headquarters to organise a meeting of the State Emergency Co-ordination Group, which he chairs. But the CCC report revealed swipe card records showed he did not enter headquarters until 6pm.
An official inquiry into the Perth Hills inferno was conducted by former federal police commissioner Mick Keelty. In his findings, Mr Keelty said he was concerned that the SECG meeting was not held until 6.30pm.
The CCC reported there was "no doubt" that Mr O'Callaghan received earlier phone calls from assistant police commissioner Wayne Gregson, now the FESA boss.
Mr Gregson told the CCC that he could "say with some certainty" that he told Mr O'Callaghan the fires had destroyed houses in Roleystone by phone at 2.13pm.
Mr O'Callaghan said it was possible noise and wind at the WACA meant he didn't hear Mr Gregson properly.
Asked by the CCC why he didn't move to hear better, Mr O'Callaghan said: "I was not at a place where I could just disappear up an alley or into a corridor, so I would have had to get a whole row of people to move."
The CCC report said it would have been prudent and more open for Mr O'Callaghan to have revealed his conversation with Mr Gregson when giving evidence to a parliamentary committee.
Despite discrepancies, the CCC found the evidence "does not support a misconduct opinion" under the CCC Act.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
I am DEEPLY suspicious of this prosecution
If you are unlucky enough to be in the vicinity when a murder is committed, the Qld. cops are likely to say you did it. The thoroughly reprehensible prosecutions of the unfortunate Barry Mannix and Graham Stafford are evidence enough of that. And the crooked cops who fitted up both men have never been punished
And it's sheer laziness behind such practices. I have twice supplied police with precise ID for people who have committed offences against me but no discernible action was taken in either case. In one case the ID was simply thrown into the bin on the apparent grounds that car thefts are too minor to be taken seriously.
And I don't mind naming the irresponsible police constable who "lost" the ID concerned. It was the Virgin Turgeon of Dutton Park cop shop, who still works there but who has since been promoted. If she sues me for defamation, I would be overjoyed to air the whole matter in court. And I have the means to do so.
And the Baden-Clay case fits the laziness mould. He was the husband of the deceased so suspicion automatically fell on him. The fact that they could find nothing to pin on him for months and the fact that the forensic science results turned up nothing show how weak the case is
And although he is a man of known good character with only the normal quantum of human weaknessess, that apparently did not count either.
The chief thing that made him "suspicious" appears to be that he appeared insufficiently emotional about his wife's death. Those who know anything about Australian judicial history will however recall that as being the chief charge against Lindy Chamberlain -- and we all know how that turned out. Hollywood even made a movie out of it
GERARD Baden-Clay spent last night behind bars after being charged with the murder of his wife Allison.
Nearly two months after phoning police to say the woman he called his "angel" had disappeared, he was taken into police custody on Wednesday and charged with causing her death. He was also charged with unlawfully interfering with a corpse.
The real estate agent arrived at Indooroopilly police station yesterday afternoon where he met head of homicide Detective Superintendent Brian Wilkins and the top cop in charge of the drawn-out investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth.
The detectives left the station at about 5.20pm, refusing to comment.
It is understood Baden-Clay was in the police station for several hours before his lawyer Darren Mahony arrived. On his way in, Mr Mahony confirmed his client was inside. About an hour later he emerged and said his client was about to be charged. "Police have indicated the intention to charge my client with murder," Mr Mahony said. "He's devastated."
He said Baden-Clay would "defend the charge vigorously".
Members of the public watched as media waited for Baden-Clay's departure. Shortly after, the 41-year-old was bundled, handcuffed, into a police car and driven to the Brisbane watchhouse by detectives. Upon arrival at the watchhouse, Baden-Clay looked shocked but just stared straight ahead.
Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing by her husband at 7.30am on April 20 when he told police she had left the house the previous night and not returned.
Her disappearance sparked a massive search, with police turning up on their days off to join dozens of investigators and State Emergency Services volunteers to scour the bush around the family's Brookfield home.
Search crews checked dams and abandoned mine shafts in the densely wooded suburb, pleading with locals to conduct searches of their own properties.
Her body was found 10 days later by a kayaker on the banks of the Kholo Creek at Anstead. At the same time, homicide detectives and scientific investigators arrived at Baden-Clay's Brookfield Rd home.
Police asked The Courier-Mail to move back and blocked the driveway with their cars while investigators scoured the property with torches.
Yesterday, the couple's three daughters, aged 10, 8 and 5, were taken into police care at a separate station before being collected by Allison's parents, Geoff and Priscilla Dickie.
Baden-Clay's parents, Nigel and Elaine, made no comment to media when they arrived at their Kenmore home yesterday evening.
Allison Baden-Clay was an accomplished ballerina who travelled Australia and the UK as a girl with the Australian Youth ballet.
As an adult, she spoke six languages and rose through the ranks from a Flight Centre sales assistant to the company's national human resources manager.
It was while working at Flight Centre that she met Gerard Baden-Clay. She left her career behind to care for her family of three daughters.
Her husband's great-grandfather, Lord Baden-Powell, started the scouting movement, a fact Baden-Clay mentioned often in his online business profiles.
He was regularly quoted in media reports about the real estate market. "In business, it's simple: never lie," he said in 2008. "For starters, it's the wrong thing to do but secondly you will always get caught out and usually when you least expect it. "There are just too many people, too many personalities, too many trails ... and too much to lose."
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If you are unlucky enough to be in the vicinity when a murder is committed, the Qld. cops are likely to say you did it. The thoroughly reprehensible prosecutions of the unfortunate Barry Mannix and Graham Stafford are evidence enough of that. And the crooked cops who fitted up both men have never been punished
And it's sheer laziness behind such practices. I have twice supplied police with precise ID for people who have committed offences against me but no discernible action was taken in either case. In one case the ID was simply thrown into the bin on the apparent grounds that car thefts are too minor to be taken seriously.
And I don't mind naming the irresponsible police constable who "lost" the ID concerned. It was the Virgin Turgeon of Dutton Park cop shop, who still works there but who has since been promoted. If she sues me for defamation, I would be overjoyed to air the whole matter in court. And I have the means to do so.
And the Baden-Clay case fits the laziness mould. He was the husband of the deceased so suspicion automatically fell on him. The fact that they could find nothing to pin on him for months and the fact that the forensic science results turned up nothing show how weak the case is
And although he is a man of known good character with only the normal quantum of human weaknessess, that apparently did not count either.
The chief thing that made him "suspicious" appears to be that he appeared insufficiently emotional about his wife's death. Those who know anything about Australian judicial history will however recall that as being the chief charge against Lindy Chamberlain -- and we all know how that turned out. Hollywood even made a movie out of it
GERARD Baden-Clay spent last night behind bars after being charged with the murder of his wife Allison.
Nearly two months after phoning police to say the woman he called his "angel" had disappeared, he was taken into police custody on Wednesday and charged with causing her death. He was also charged with unlawfully interfering with a corpse.
The real estate agent arrived at Indooroopilly police station yesterday afternoon where he met head of homicide Detective Superintendent Brian Wilkins and the top cop in charge of the drawn-out investigation, Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth.
The detectives left the station at about 5.20pm, refusing to comment.
It is understood Baden-Clay was in the police station for several hours before his lawyer Darren Mahony arrived. On his way in, Mr Mahony confirmed his client was inside. About an hour later he emerged and said his client was about to be charged. "Police have indicated the intention to charge my client with murder," Mr Mahony said. "He's devastated."
He said Baden-Clay would "defend the charge vigorously".
Members of the public watched as media waited for Baden-Clay's departure. Shortly after, the 41-year-old was bundled, handcuffed, into a police car and driven to the Brisbane watchhouse by detectives. Upon arrival at the watchhouse, Baden-Clay looked shocked but just stared straight ahead.
Allison Baden-Clay was reported missing by her husband at 7.30am on April 20 when he told police she had left the house the previous night and not returned.
Her disappearance sparked a massive search, with police turning up on their days off to join dozens of investigators and State Emergency Services volunteers to scour the bush around the family's Brookfield home.
Search crews checked dams and abandoned mine shafts in the densely wooded suburb, pleading with locals to conduct searches of their own properties.
Her body was found 10 days later by a kayaker on the banks of the Kholo Creek at Anstead. At the same time, homicide detectives and scientific investigators arrived at Baden-Clay's Brookfield Rd home.
Police asked The Courier-Mail to move back and blocked the driveway with their cars while investigators scoured the property with torches.
Yesterday, the couple's three daughters, aged 10, 8 and 5, were taken into police care at a separate station before being collected by Allison's parents, Geoff and Priscilla Dickie.
Baden-Clay's parents, Nigel and Elaine, made no comment to media when they arrived at their Kenmore home yesterday evening.
Allison Baden-Clay was an accomplished ballerina who travelled Australia and the UK as a girl with the Australian Youth ballet.
As an adult, she spoke six languages and rose through the ranks from a Flight Centre sales assistant to the company's national human resources manager.
It was while working at Flight Centre that she met Gerard Baden-Clay. She left her career behind to care for her family of three daughters.
Her husband's great-grandfather, Lord Baden-Powell, started the scouting movement, a fact Baden-Clay mentioned often in his online business profiles.
He was regularly quoted in media reports about the real estate market. "In business, it's simple: never lie," he said in 2008. "For starters, it's the wrong thing to do but secondly you will always get caught out and usually when you least expect it. "There are just too many people, too many personalities, too many trails ... and too much to lose."
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Another NSW thug cop
A SYDNEY riot squad officer has been accused of using a dangerous ''take down'' manoeuvre that seriously injured a Gold Coast property developer, and then falsely claiming the middle-aged man had swung at him with a clenched fist.
But Constable Jared Mildenhall told a Sydney court yesterday that he thought developer Richard Hamilton, 62, had just assaulted a taxi driver and feared he would be next.
Constable Mildenhall, 33, is facing allegations in the Downing Centre Local Court that late one night in December 2009, he used an ''arm bar take down manoeuvre'' on Mr Hamilton and threw him head first into a granite wall.
The riot squad officer allegedly followed up with a ''leg sweep'' that sent Mr Hamilton crashing to the ground with another officer on top of him.
Mr Hamilton suffered multiple rib fractures and head injuries in the incident, and has reportedly launched civil action against NSW Police.
Giving evidence before magistrate Janet Wahlquist yesterday, Constable Mildenhall said that on the night of the incident, a taxi driver had approached his vehicle near The Rocks and claimed that Mr Hamilton had just assaulted and racially vilified him.
He said Mr Hamilton had begun walking swiftly from the scene and he had given chase. ''I yelled: 'Stop, police!' … and then I came up behind and grabbed his left shoulder,'' he said. ''Almost immediately he's swung around … then I've seen his clenched fist extend and his arm come around in my direction … I feared I was going to be assaulted. I've moved my hand down and grabbed his left wrist … and commenced the arm bar take down.''
But the prosecutor, Andrew Wong, put it to Constable Mildenhall that he had not yelled ''stop police'' nor seen Mr Hamilton with a clenched fist, noting that neither of these alleged occurrences were recorded in his police notebook. ''The first mention of 'stop police' came four months after the events occurred, didn't it, Constable?'' he said. ''I'm suggesting that you included that in your statement four months later because you needed an excuse to justify what you did.''
Constable Mildenhall denied this. The prosecutor also suggested Constable Mildenhall had no justification for using the ''take down manoeuvre'', which he knew had a ''high risk of causing of causing injury''. ''You put the clenched fist [in your statement] because you knew that you would look better and to justify why you hit Mr Hamilton into the wall,'' Mr Wong said. Constable Mildenhall denied it.
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A SYDNEY riot squad officer has been accused of using a dangerous ''take down'' manoeuvre that seriously injured a Gold Coast property developer, and then falsely claiming the middle-aged man had swung at him with a clenched fist.
But Constable Jared Mildenhall told a Sydney court yesterday that he thought developer Richard Hamilton, 62, had just assaulted a taxi driver and feared he would be next.
Constable Mildenhall, 33, is facing allegations in the Downing Centre Local Court that late one night in December 2009, he used an ''arm bar take down manoeuvre'' on Mr Hamilton and threw him head first into a granite wall.
The riot squad officer allegedly followed up with a ''leg sweep'' that sent Mr Hamilton crashing to the ground with another officer on top of him.
Mr Hamilton suffered multiple rib fractures and head injuries in the incident, and has reportedly launched civil action against NSW Police.
Giving evidence before magistrate Janet Wahlquist yesterday, Constable Mildenhall said that on the night of the incident, a taxi driver had approached his vehicle near The Rocks and claimed that Mr Hamilton had just assaulted and racially vilified him.
He said Mr Hamilton had begun walking swiftly from the scene and he had given chase. ''I yelled: 'Stop, police!' … and then I came up behind and grabbed his left shoulder,'' he said. ''Almost immediately he's swung around … then I've seen his clenched fist extend and his arm come around in my direction … I feared I was going to be assaulted. I've moved my hand down and grabbed his left wrist … and commenced the arm bar take down.''
But the prosecutor, Andrew Wong, put it to Constable Mildenhall that he had not yelled ''stop police'' nor seen Mr Hamilton with a clenched fist, noting that neither of these alleged occurrences were recorded in his police notebook. ''The first mention of 'stop police' came four months after the events occurred, didn't it, Constable?'' he said. ''I'm suggesting that you included that in your statement four months later because you needed an excuse to justify what you did.''
Constable Mildenhall denied this. The prosecutor also suggested Constable Mildenhall had no justification for using the ''take down manoeuvre'', which he knew had a ''high risk of causing of causing injury''. ''You put the clenched fist [in your statement] because you knew that you would look better and to justify why you hit Mr Hamilton into the wall,'' Mr Wong said. Constable Mildenhall denied it.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Surfers Paradise police stood down over alleged bashing of Noa Begic at station
Good to see this disgraceful situation nearing a resolution. The victim has had a struggle to get the cops this far, despite the video. The Gold Coast cops really are scum
TWO police officers have been officially suspended over the alleged bashing of a young chef in the basement of a Gold Coast police station.
Noa Begic was arrested in January on a charge of public nuisance before he was taken to Surfers Paradise police station. CCTV footage obtained exclusively by The Courier-Mail showed the 21-year-old, with his hands cuffed behind his back, on the receiving end of a flurry of punches as he was restrained by a group of officers.
The Ethical Standards Command launched an investigation in to the incident in February and police this afternoon confirmed a 35-year-old senior constable and a 53-year-old senior sergeant have now been stood down from official duty.
The senior constable is under investigation for excessive use of force, while the senior sergeant, who is shown on the video footage using a bucket of water to wash away what looks like a pool of blood, is being investigated on allegations of excessive use of force and failing to supervise junior officers.
The announcement comes with charges against Mr Begic set to be dropped by police prosecutors in a court appearance tomorrow. Mr Begic faced Southport Magistrates Court last week, where prosecutors indicated they would drop charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.
His legal team will tomorrow seek court costs from police while the young Nerang father is also considering suing the Queensland Police Service.
A Surfers Paradise officer accused of leaking footage to The Courier-Mail has been re-assigned. [He deserves a medal!]
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Good to see this disgraceful situation nearing a resolution. The victim has had a struggle to get the cops this far, despite the video. The Gold Coast cops really are scum
TWO police officers have been officially suspended over the alleged bashing of a young chef in the basement of a Gold Coast police station.
Noa Begic was arrested in January on a charge of public nuisance before he was taken to Surfers Paradise police station. CCTV footage obtained exclusively by The Courier-Mail showed the 21-year-old, with his hands cuffed behind his back, on the receiving end of a flurry of punches as he was restrained by a group of officers.
The Ethical Standards Command launched an investigation in to the incident in February and police this afternoon confirmed a 35-year-old senior constable and a 53-year-old senior sergeant have now been stood down from official duty.
The senior constable is under investigation for excessive use of force, while the senior sergeant, who is shown on the video footage using a bucket of water to wash away what looks like a pool of blood, is being investigated on allegations of excessive use of force and failing to supervise junior officers.
The announcement comes with charges against Mr Begic set to be dropped by police prosecutors in a court appearance tomorrow. Mr Begic faced Southport Magistrates Court last week, where prosecutors indicated they would drop charges of public nuisance and obstructing police.
His legal team will tomorrow seek court costs from police while the young Nerang father is also considering suing the Queensland Police Service.
A Surfers Paradise officer accused of leaking footage to The Courier-Mail has been re-assigned. [He deserves a medal!]
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Victoria Police don't want to be recorded
Funnily enough! Switching the recorder off while you take a "bung" would be a bit sus, wouldn't it?
VICTORIAN police will trial using recording equipment attached to their uniforms to tape their interactions with the public.
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The uniform cams will be tested out by police in Melbourne's southern region, Fairfax reports.
The police union criticised the trial, fearing it could make people reluctant to share information with police, and said information gathered could be used against officers in court.
Police Association assistant secretary Bruce McKenzie called on members not to volunteer for the trial, which he said was the first of its kind in Australia.
He told 3AW police were already accountable and adhered to strict protocols.
"Surely there is no necessity for yet another layer of accountability over the difficult work that our members do on behalf of the community on a day-to-day basis," Mr McKenzie said.
"I don't think there is too many of us who come to work for our work and our conversations to be the subject of constant video and audio recording."
Mr McKenzie said the association was worried footage could be used against police in court and build mistrust with the community.
The public could also be reluctant to provide information if they were being recorded.
"It just adds another layer of suspicion and unnecessary accountability to the relationship between the police and the public which is so important," he said.
Liberty Victoria, which has a history of campaigning against the use of surveillance cameras, said it could see some benefits.
Some highway patrol cars are already fitted with video devices and cameras will be fitted to Tasers, which will become standard issue.
Victoria Police says the idea is still in development and there is no date yet for when the trial will start.
A spokeswoman said individuals would always be given notice when the cameras are switched on.
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Funnily enough! Switching the recorder off while you take a "bung" would be a bit sus, wouldn't it?
VICTORIAN police will trial using recording equipment attached to their uniforms to tape their interactions with the public.
Sign up for your free 2 month trial
The uniform cams will be tested out by police in Melbourne's southern region, Fairfax reports.
The police union criticised the trial, fearing it could make people reluctant to share information with police, and said information gathered could be used against officers in court.
Police Association assistant secretary Bruce McKenzie called on members not to volunteer for the trial, which he said was the first of its kind in Australia.
He told 3AW police were already accountable and adhered to strict protocols.
"Surely there is no necessity for yet another layer of accountability over the difficult work that our members do on behalf of the community on a day-to-day basis," Mr McKenzie said.
"I don't think there is too many of us who come to work for our work and our conversations to be the subject of constant video and audio recording."
Mr McKenzie said the association was worried footage could be used against police in court and build mistrust with the community.
The public could also be reluctant to provide information if they were being recorded.
"It just adds another layer of suspicion and unnecessary accountability to the relationship between the police and the public which is so important," he said.
Liberty Victoria, which has a history of campaigning against the use of surveillance cameras, said it could see some benefits.
Some highway patrol cars are already fitted with video devices and cameras will be fitted to Tasers, which will become standard issue.
Victoria Police says the idea is still in development and there is no date yet for when the trial will start.
A spokeswoman said individuals would always be given notice when the cameras are switched on.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012
Another Victorian charmer
Cop accused of threats to kill driver -- gets off free
A VICTORIAN police sergeant has been caught on tape making threats to kill a tow-truck driver who claims cops are running an illegal smash-repair racket in the Macedon Ranges.
Sunbury small businessman Peter Bondin recorded the conversation, which also includes a confession from the officer that police operate an allocation system allowing cops to decide which tow trucks attend accidents in breach of state legislation.
It is understood the sergeant makes clear threats against tow-truck operator Mr Bondin on the tape.
The Sunday Herald Sun has been told the officer threatens that he is not allowed to shoot people anymore but if he gets angry enough he could do anyone.
It is believed he later says he does not care who he shoots and it is of no consequence to him.
In a warning to the driver to act ethically at crash scenes, the officer threatens to knacker the driver, get mad and hound him until he dies.
Mr Bondin lodged a complaint with Victoria Police's Ethical Standards Department but received a response in June last year saying his claims of corruption and threats to kill were "unfounded" and no action would be taken.
Instead a ruling of "improper behaviour and language" was "substantiated" and the sergeant received "workplace guidance".
In regional and rural areas including the Macedon Ranges no legislation exists allowing police to allocate tow trucks to jobs, meaning any licensed towing service can attend an accident.
It's understood that during the conversation the sergeant said police had an allocation system, which was not legislated.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Natalie Webster said police had come up with their own non-official allocation system "in order to fairly distribute work among local tow-truck operators".
SOURCE
Cop accused of threats to kill driver -- gets off free
A VICTORIAN police sergeant has been caught on tape making threats to kill a tow-truck driver who claims cops are running an illegal smash-repair racket in the Macedon Ranges.
Sunbury small businessman Peter Bondin recorded the conversation, which also includes a confession from the officer that police operate an allocation system allowing cops to decide which tow trucks attend accidents in breach of state legislation.
It is understood the sergeant makes clear threats against tow-truck operator Mr Bondin on the tape.
The Sunday Herald Sun has been told the officer threatens that he is not allowed to shoot people anymore but if he gets angry enough he could do anyone.
It is believed he later says he does not care who he shoots and it is of no consequence to him.
In a warning to the driver to act ethically at crash scenes, the officer threatens to knacker the driver, get mad and hound him until he dies.
Mr Bondin lodged a complaint with Victoria Police's Ethical Standards Department but received a response in June last year saying his claims of corruption and threats to kill were "unfounded" and no action would be taken.
Instead a ruling of "improper behaviour and language" was "substantiated" and the sergeant received "workplace guidance".
In regional and rural areas including the Macedon Ranges no legislation exists allowing police to allocate tow trucks to jobs, meaning any licensed towing service can attend an accident.
It's understood that during the conversation the sergeant said police had an allocation system, which was not legislated.
Victoria Police spokeswoman Natalie Webster said police had come up with their own non-official allocation system "in order to fairly distribute work among local tow-truck operators".
SOURCE
Corrupt Victoria police again: Nightclub sues over 'revenge' raid
THE Victorian government faces a $2 million damages claim after a prominent Prahran nightclub was put out of business by an allegedly unlawful raid by liquor licensing inspectors, court documents reveal.
A former Responsible Alcohol Victoria (RAV) inspector has also stated that a senior Justice Department official admitted to staff that the raid on the club, White Charlie, was done "to f--- them over" after its owners clashed with inspectors on an earlier visit.
Nine RAV inspectors and four Victoria Police officers raided White Charlie on a busy Friday night in October 2010, after having obtained a search warrant from a magistrate on the basis that its owners were allegedly trading without a liquor licence.
The inspectors seized every drop of alcohol, surveillance cameras, cash registers, computers and entered an adjacent office to remove financial and personal documents. Although the club was not formally shut down, the seizures made it impossible for it to continue trading.
Documents lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria show Liquor Licensing Victoria director Mark Brennan had extended the venue's licence for 60 days shortly before the raid took place.
RAV, which has since been subsumed into the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, is alleged to have known about the extension before one of its inspectors swore an affidavit claiming the venue was trading without a licence in order to obtain a search warrant.
No charges have been laid against White Charlie's owners for trading without a licence in the 19 months since the raid. Despite this, alcohol, surveillance cameras, computers and other items seized have yet to be returned to the club's owners.
A statement of claim lodged by Cossari Smith Pty Ltd, the company which controlled White Charlie, accuses RAV inspectors of "misfeasance in public office", intentionally destroying its business and exercising power "with the knowledge that power did not exist".
The statement of claim also alleges:
* The search warrant was "invalidly issued" and "unlawfully executed".
* Inspectors seized items outside the scope of the warrant and trespassed "without lawful authority" on premises not identified in the warrant.
* Inspectors failed to bring seized items before an authorised court without delay as required by law.
* RAV told liquor suppliers after the raid and seizure of alcohol not to supply White Charlie because it did not have a licence, despite being aware its licence had been extended by Mr Brennan.
Although the claim does not nominate a specific figure, one of White Charlie's owners, Joe Cossari, told The Sunday Age he and his business partners were seeking up to $2 million in costs and damages.
Mr Cossari said RAV's actions had a "devastating financial impact" on the club's owners, as well as four full-time staff and 16 casual workers who lost their jobs as a result of the raid.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation declined to answer The Sunday Age's questions, with a spokeswoman citing the ongoing court action.
At the time of the raid, Cossari Smith Pty Ltd, owned by Mr Cossari and Victor Smith, had taken over the White Charlie business, including its liquor licence, via a mortgagee process after one of their other companies - which had previously operated the club and held the licence - went into voluntary administration.
White Charlie was in the process of being sold to third party, Nguyen Chapel Investments, when the raid occurred.
A former RAV inspector, who was aware of the planning process for the raid, has come forward to support Mr Cossari's allegations.
The former inspector, who requested anonymity, told The Sunday Age that RAV knew White Charlie's liquor licence had been extended for 60 days before the raid took place and therefore it was wrong to claim it was selling alcohol without a valid licence.
He also alleged the motivation for the raid was based on an earlier clash between a few RAV inspectors and White Charlie's owners.
In a meeting after the raid, the former inspector alleges a senior manager said to RAV staff: "Do you all know why we did this? It was because [an inspector] went there last week and they abused him and he came back to me and said, 'f--- them, they don't speak to me like that'. So, that's why we f---ed them over."
SOURCE
THE Victorian government faces a $2 million damages claim after a prominent Prahran nightclub was put out of business by an allegedly unlawful raid by liquor licensing inspectors, court documents reveal.
A former Responsible Alcohol Victoria (RAV) inspector has also stated that a senior Justice Department official admitted to staff that the raid on the club, White Charlie, was done "to f--- them over" after its owners clashed with inspectors on an earlier visit.
Nine RAV inspectors and four Victoria Police officers raided White Charlie on a busy Friday night in October 2010, after having obtained a search warrant from a magistrate on the basis that its owners were allegedly trading without a liquor licence.
The inspectors seized every drop of alcohol, surveillance cameras, cash registers, computers and entered an adjacent office to remove financial and personal documents. Although the club was not formally shut down, the seizures made it impossible for it to continue trading.
Documents lodged in the Supreme Court of Victoria show Liquor Licensing Victoria director Mark Brennan had extended the venue's licence for 60 days shortly before the raid took place.
RAV, which has since been subsumed into the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, is alleged to have known about the extension before one of its inspectors swore an affidavit claiming the venue was trading without a licence in order to obtain a search warrant.
No charges have been laid against White Charlie's owners for trading without a licence in the 19 months since the raid. Despite this, alcohol, surveillance cameras, computers and other items seized have yet to be returned to the club's owners.
A statement of claim lodged by Cossari Smith Pty Ltd, the company which controlled White Charlie, accuses RAV inspectors of "misfeasance in public office", intentionally destroying its business and exercising power "with the knowledge that power did not exist".
The statement of claim also alleges:
* The search warrant was "invalidly issued" and "unlawfully executed".
* Inspectors seized items outside the scope of the warrant and trespassed "without lawful authority" on premises not identified in the warrant.
* Inspectors failed to bring seized items before an authorised court without delay as required by law.
* RAV told liquor suppliers after the raid and seizure of alcohol not to supply White Charlie because it did not have a licence, despite being aware its licence had been extended by Mr Brennan.
Although the claim does not nominate a specific figure, one of White Charlie's owners, Joe Cossari, told The Sunday Age he and his business partners were seeking up to $2 million in costs and damages.
Mr Cossari said RAV's actions had a "devastating financial impact" on the club's owners, as well as four full-time staff and 16 casual workers who lost their jobs as a result of the raid.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation declined to answer The Sunday Age's questions, with a spokeswoman citing the ongoing court action.
At the time of the raid, Cossari Smith Pty Ltd, owned by Mr Cossari and Victor Smith, had taken over the White Charlie business, including its liquor licence, via a mortgagee process after one of their other companies - which had previously operated the club and held the licence - went into voluntary administration.
White Charlie was in the process of being sold to third party, Nguyen Chapel Investments, when the raid occurred.
A former RAV inspector, who was aware of the planning process for the raid, has come forward to support Mr Cossari's allegations.
The former inspector, who requested anonymity, told The Sunday Age that RAV knew White Charlie's liquor licence had been extended for 60 days before the raid took place and therefore it was wrong to claim it was selling alcohol without a valid licence.
He also alleged the motivation for the raid was based on an earlier clash between a few RAV inspectors and White Charlie's owners.
In a meeting after the raid, the former inspector alleges a senior manager said to RAV staff: "Do you all know why we did this? It was because [an inspector] went there last week and they abused him and he came back to me and said, 'f--- them, they don't speak to me like that'. So, that's why we f---ed them over."
SOURCE
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Extraordinary Victoria police actions
To stop a speeding driver, they ordered uninvolved civilians to form a roadblock with their cars
"I'M 17 years old, and currently doing VCE at Melbourne High School. I was on my way home from the tutor on Saturday morning and my mum was supervising, as I was driving. Approximately around 11.30, while I was heading south bound on the Hume Freeway, I encountered a police vehicle, and all the cars on the freeway were brought to a halt.
The police officers exited their vehicle, and firmly instructed the traffic to form three lanes, occupying the emergency lane as well. I was right at the front of the traffic, and I initially assumed that it was a routine check. However, upon hearing the helicopter above us, and witnessing the blockage of the emergency lane, I had a feeling that this was something more serious.
The next few minutes went very fast. One second, the police officer was approaching my car. The next second she seemed to be pre-occupied with something behind my car. Before I knew it, there was a loud bang; a huge force to my back and I knew something had rammed into the back of my car. The offender's car then crashed into the concrete wall. As the man got out of the car, reality kicked in, and I realized that this guy could potentially be armed, and I feared for my life.
It was only later that I was properly informed that my mum and I had been used as a civilian roadblock. My mum and I were put in a position of extreme danger.
I'm still trying to comprehend how the police can justify the use of innocent civilian lives."
SOURCE
To stop a speeding driver, they ordered uninvolved civilians to form a roadblock with their cars
"I'M 17 years old, and currently doing VCE at Melbourne High School. I was on my way home from the tutor on Saturday morning and my mum was supervising, as I was driving. Approximately around 11.30, while I was heading south bound on the Hume Freeway, I encountered a police vehicle, and all the cars on the freeway were brought to a halt.
The police officers exited their vehicle, and firmly instructed the traffic to form three lanes, occupying the emergency lane as well. I was right at the front of the traffic, and I initially assumed that it was a routine check. However, upon hearing the helicopter above us, and witnessing the blockage of the emergency lane, I had a feeling that this was something more serious.
The next few minutes went very fast. One second, the police officer was approaching my car. The next second she seemed to be pre-occupied with something behind my car. Before I knew it, there was a loud bang; a huge force to my back and I knew something had rammed into the back of my car. The offender's car then crashed into the concrete wall. As the man got out of the car, reality kicked in, and I realized that this guy could potentially be armed, and I feared for my life.
It was only later that I was properly informed that my mum and I had been used as a civilian roadblock. My mum and I were put in a position of extreme danger.
I'm still trying to comprehend how the police can justify the use of innocent civilian lives."
SOURCE
Stupid and costly prosecution in NSW
Cops claimed that a small quantity of drugs found on busy premises belonged to a particular person but had no evidence of that
A HIGH profile blitz on drugs in Kings Cross has backfired with police forced to drop charges against a nightclub manager and foot his hefty legal bill.
In Downing Local Court yesterday, the trainee high school history teacher Scott Robert Lavers, was awarded $19,790 in legal costs after police were forced to withdraw a charge of cocaine supply.
The charge was withdrawn on the second day of a two day hearing last month, after Magistrate Lisa Stapleton expressed concerns about the strength of the prosecution case.
After Magistrate Stapleton formally dismissed the charge, Mr Lavers' lawyer successfully asked for costs to be paid and no conviction recorded.
Mr Lavers was arrested on May 20 last year at 10.30pm when nearly 30 police raided the Showgirls night club in Kings Cross.
Police found 0.5gram of cocaine in the club, that they said belonged to Mr Lavers, a claim he denied.
He was charged with supplying a prohibited drug, cocaine, on the evening of April 30 last year.
At the time he had been the club's assistant manager and mostly worked in the "cash box" where he collected entry fees.
Details of the case against Mr Lavers are restricted from publication because Magistrate Stapleton closed the court, saying the case involved a controlled police operation and a registered source.
However court documents released by the court show the witnesses in the case were expected to include six police officers and "registered source 876297".
Mr Lavers said he was relieved that his ordeal was over. "I was innocent the entire time," he said. "I never knew there was drugs on the premises and I still don't know if there ever were any," he said.
SOURCE
Cops claimed that a small quantity of drugs found on busy premises belonged to a particular person but had no evidence of that
A HIGH profile blitz on drugs in Kings Cross has backfired with police forced to drop charges against a nightclub manager and foot his hefty legal bill.
In Downing Local Court yesterday, the trainee high school history teacher Scott Robert Lavers, was awarded $19,790 in legal costs after police were forced to withdraw a charge of cocaine supply.
The charge was withdrawn on the second day of a two day hearing last month, after Magistrate Lisa Stapleton expressed concerns about the strength of the prosecution case.
After Magistrate Stapleton formally dismissed the charge, Mr Lavers' lawyer successfully asked for costs to be paid and no conviction recorded.
Mr Lavers was arrested on May 20 last year at 10.30pm when nearly 30 police raided the Showgirls night club in Kings Cross.
Police found 0.5gram of cocaine in the club, that they said belonged to Mr Lavers, a claim he denied.
He was charged with supplying a prohibited drug, cocaine, on the evening of April 30 last year.
At the time he had been the club's assistant manager and mostly worked in the "cash box" where he collected entry fees.
Details of the case against Mr Lavers are restricted from publication because Magistrate Stapleton closed the court, saying the case involved a controlled police operation and a registered source.
However court documents released by the court show the witnesses in the case were expected to include six police officers and "registered source 876297".
Mr Lavers said he was relieved that his ordeal was over. "I was innocent the entire time," he said. "I never knew there was drugs on the premises and I still don't know if there ever were any," he said.
SOURCE
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Disgusting Brisbane police behavior
Email below as received from Janelle Rich
Not that I expect anything but I was present at Hamilton Hotel on Saturday night after races to witness a large number of Qld police officers off duty acting like utter disgraces. One actually threatened a local patron and was asked to leave. Knowing he was a police officer he re entered in full knowledge he is above the law. Normal people get fines or court appearances of which cctv footage would well and truly put to rest. This disgusting thug of an off duty officer was threatening violence knowing he was above the law and committed an offence knowing he is again above the law of which one can only imagine he is used to doing.
What is it with these public servants who think they are above anyone else at any time of day or night because they sometimes wear a uniform. He actually broke a liquor licensing regulation but is unaccountable because he is a police officer and can resist eviction of a licensed premise even if he is a drunken inebriated disgrace for the sole reason he wears a uniform which represents corruption and knows it. Threatening violence after being removed is what [police are supposed to be striving for not promoting like this clown, you can only bet he is a superintendent or high ranking disgrace that knows he is unaccountable!
Email below as received from Janelle Rich
Not that I expect anything but I was present at Hamilton Hotel on Saturday night after races to witness a large number of Qld police officers off duty acting like utter disgraces. One actually threatened a local patron and was asked to leave. Knowing he was a police officer he re entered in full knowledge he is above the law. Normal people get fines or court appearances of which cctv footage would well and truly put to rest. This disgusting thug of an off duty officer was threatening violence knowing he was above the law and committed an offence knowing he is again above the law of which one can only imagine he is used to doing.
What is it with these public servants who think they are above anyone else at any time of day or night because they sometimes wear a uniform. He actually broke a liquor licensing regulation but is unaccountable because he is a police officer and can resist eviction of a licensed premise even if he is a drunken inebriated disgrace for the sole reason he wears a uniform which represents corruption and knows it. Threatening violence after being removed is what [police are supposed to be striving for not promoting like this clown, you can only bet he is a superintendent or high ranking disgrace that knows he is unaccountable!
Townsville cops
Email below as received
Sonya Mitchell
Sonya Mitchell is is calling for artworks, stories or photographs from anyone in the Townsville area who feels that they have experienced injustice at the hands of the Queensland Police Service for an exhibition called "Injustice or Just-us?" The exhibition comes as a result of an incident witnessed by Sonya Mitchell who saw something which prompted her to make a CMC complaint. The QLD Police Service Officer who investigated the other QLD Police Service Officers from the same locality found that the Officers involved did nothing wrong despite the fact that a Magistrate found that the Officers unlawfully entered a property, unlawfully arrested someone and unlawfully assaulted someone. The QLD Police Service Officer who investigated the CMC complaint chose to paint the complainant as a liar rather than the Police. The purpose of this exhibition is to raise community awareness about the current ethical behaviour standards of QLD Police and call for independant investigators. If you have experienced something similar and would like to submit a piece than please email sonya.mitchell@optusnet.com.au. If you are concerned about retaliation, then your identity will not be disclosed. Any funds raised from the exhibition will be donated to the Innocence Project. Please copy and paste this message to share this post with your friends.
Email below as received
Sonya Mitchell
Sonya Mitchell is is calling for artworks, stories or photographs from anyone in the Townsville area who feels that they have experienced injustice at the hands of the Queensland Police Service for an exhibition called "Injustice or Just-us?" The exhibition comes as a result of an incident witnessed by Sonya Mitchell who saw something which prompted her to make a CMC complaint. The QLD Police Service Officer who investigated the other QLD Police Service Officers from the same locality found that the Officers involved did nothing wrong despite the fact that a Magistrate found that the Officers unlawfully entered a property, unlawfully arrested someone and unlawfully assaulted someone. The QLD Police Service Officer who investigated the CMC complaint chose to paint the complainant as a liar rather than the Police. The purpose of this exhibition is to raise community awareness about the current ethical behaviour standards of QLD Police and call for independant investigators. If you have experienced something similar and would like to submit a piece than please email sonya.mitchell@optusnet.com.au. If you are concerned about retaliation, then your identity will not be disclosed. Any funds raised from the exhibition will be donated to the Innocence Project. Please copy and paste this message to share this post with your friends.
Crooked Yeppoon Detectives
An email below as received
I am a diagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenic.
Because of my Mental Health I am continually denied representation and Justice, in many areas including Public Health and Treatment.
Police won’t listen to me, my Doctor ignores me, and advocates won’t represent me, my Psychiatrist just wants to increase my medication.
I was the victim of a catastrophic fail, in a hernia operation 2 years ago which caused me to be more physically disabled and resulted in loss of mobility resulting in massive weight gain.
Although the Doctors were negligent, Solicitors would not represent me and all Government and non-Government bodies intended to care for me denied me Justice and denied my complaints, just let me slowly drown in my own internal bleed.
After the failed operation and being totally capacitated for 2 years, I attempted to get fit enough to work again.
I had become a recluse / hermit for that time till I joined a gym mid-January 2012 and attended regularly until February 15th 2012.
After joining the gym, I was observed by my junkie neighbour as coming and going from my flat. I was a computer tech and although the junkie did not know what was inside my flat, another neighbour who applied to be my carrer apparently told him.
I used an iPod to block out people in the gym, always on when I left the flat, talk to no one and heard no one. The iPod was stolen from my car by the junkie on the 1st February.
On the 15th of February (my birthday), he had one of his mates con me, get in my house and rob me.
I had eye witnesses, but local Police refused to charge him and said I gave him my goods for drugs, although they returned some of my stuff I allegedly gave away $5000 remained missing including my watch (used in gym) gym shoes (Asics Kayano (gift)), Mobile Phones one Huawei Sonic used for Data on my computers hotspot and a Blackberry (gift).
Why would I give away everyday essentials to train and get fit and the only gifts I got for Xmas?
Also an iPod I got for Xmas from my only remaining friends, no family and left the world behind but was checked on several times a week by a young couple, my only outside contact last 2 years. If the Detectives allege I gave it to him, why did they bring back my computer bag but not the 5 laptops stolen?
As a disabled pensioner I will never replace the computer and tech stuff taken. My income went south when the operation failed and I had to move into a lower standard of living soon after my income was cut off (no compensation, just a cover up as usual)
Everyone has screwed me and taken my life away, over the last 2 years, denied Justice all round and copped it sweet as I was a worthless schizophrenic, a burden on society, but did work for years successfully, before the failed operation.
Why I have written to you is, I was once a Public Servant in the post Nagle Royal Commission days of NSW Prisons.
I experienced organised crime, corruption as well as five murders and was a "whistle blower" in the Rex Jackson MP inquiry (Minister gaoled for 10 years). It was at this time I was declared insane by the Wran Government and could never toss the record.
I was confused by QLD Police Detectives refusing to even take a written statement from me or any of the eye witnesses.
I originally thought the thief was a NARC! I investigated his life in Townsville before he robbed me.
This led me to Hervey Bay and his friends and family from is school days.
I have now been told his two sisters are members of the QLD Police Force. His is when I remembered the head Detective who refused to even interview me or take a statement, claimed he “knew the Miles” and he believed Clayton. Clayton has been in gaol till 10th May for a series of similar robberies to mine, but many were unloaded and discarded.
One robbery January 2012 was he stole someone else’s ID and licence as well as their Credit Card which he used to steal a Hire Car from Townsville Airport. I know thoer crimes he committed in Townsville when he ran from there as well and the people's names.
Clayton paid one month in advance on the stolen ID and Card, but Police refused to charge him, saying the Vehicle was only missing for a few days? Prior to that it was “Hired”?
He is facing charges over this theft and several other burglaries and robberies in yeppoon, but he has been charged similarly and “impotently" so he will soon be free to rape, rob, pillage and plunder again, he stuck me with a syringe, that should be assault with a deadly weapon, I am undergoing needle stick blood tests as well.
This was never recorded by Police, he is a junkie and shares needles? I could have aids, I am a Grandfather although my family never ever comes near me, they never ever will reconcile if I have aides.
All I can see to do to get Justice I take the matter into my own hands and forget the law, just “kill them all”!
Then throw myself on the mercy of the Court or suicide. “I HATE CROOKED CORRUPT COPS AND FOUGHT THEM ALL THROUGH THE 70S AND 80S”. When they do crime, in my eyes they lose their rights as a Police Officer in my book, and just become “other criminals”. I let everything go, but Police Corruption and crooked Politicians caused me to be where I am today! I can’t let this go!
Can you help me artiulate a complaint? one reads my stuff, as I am mentally disabled and cant articulate short sharp sentences. If I dont hear from you OK! you will have heads up amongst your friends when I am shot and killed or on the run.
Yours Sincerely
Ric Glass
An email below as received
I am a diagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenic.
Because of my Mental Health I am continually denied representation and Justice, in many areas including Public Health and Treatment.
Police won’t listen to me, my Doctor ignores me, and advocates won’t represent me, my Psychiatrist just wants to increase my medication.
I was the victim of a catastrophic fail, in a hernia operation 2 years ago which caused me to be more physically disabled and resulted in loss of mobility resulting in massive weight gain.
Although the Doctors were negligent, Solicitors would not represent me and all Government and non-Government bodies intended to care for me denied me Justice and denied my complaints, just let me slowly drown in my own internal bleed.
After the failed operation and being totally capacitated for 2 years, I attempted to get fit enough to work again.
I had become a recluse / hermit for that time till I joined a gym mid-January 2012 and attended regularly until February 15th 2012.
After joining the gym, I was observed by my junkie neighbour as coming and going from my flat. I was a computer tech and although the junkie did not know what was inside my flat, another neighbour who applied to be my carrer apparently told him.
I used an iPod to block out people in the gym, always on when I left the flat, talk to no one and heard no one. The iPod was stolen from my car by the junkie on the 1st February.
On the 15th of February (my birthday), he had one of his mates con me, get in my house and rob me.
I had eye witnesses, but local Police refused to charge him and said I gave him my goods for drugs, although they returned some of my stuff I allegedly gave away $5000 remained missing including my watch (used in gym) gym shoes (Asics Kayano (gift)), Mobile Phones one Huawei Sonic used for Data on my computers hotspot and a Blackberry (gift).
Why would I give away everyday essentials to train and get fit and the only gifts I got for Xmas?
Also an iPod I got for Xmas from my only remaining friends, no family and left the world behind but was checked on several times a week by a young couple, my only outside contact last 2 years. If the Detectives allege I gave it to him, why did they bring back my computer bag but not the 5 laptops stolen?
As a disabled pensioner I will never replace the computer and tech stuff taken. My income went south when the operation failed and I had to move into a lower standard of living soon after my income was cut off (no compensation, just a cover up as usual)
Everyone has screwed me and taken my life away, over the last 2 years, denied Justice all round and copped it sweet as I was a worthless schizophrenic, a burden on society, but did work for years successfully, before the failed operation.
Why I have written to you is, I was once a Public Servant in the post Nagle Royal Commission days of NSW Prisons.
I experienced organised crime, corruption as well as five murders and was a "whistle blower" in the Rex Jackson MP inquiry (Minister gaoled for 10 years). It was at this time I was declared insane by the Wran Government and could never toss the record.
I was confused by QLD Police Detectives refusing to even take a written statement from me or any of the eye witnesses.
I originally thought the thief was a NARC! I investigated his life in Townsville before he robbed me.
This led me to Hervey Bay and his friends and family from is school days.
I have now been told his two sisters are members of the QLD Police Force. His is when I remembered the head Detective who refused to even interview me or take a statement, claimed he “knew the Miles” and he believed Clayton. Clayton has been in gaol till 10th May for a series of similar robberies to mine, but many were unloaded and discarded.
One robbery January 2012 was he stole someone else’s ID and licence as well as their Credit Card which he used to steal a Hire Car from Townsville Airport. I know thoer crimes he committed in Townsville when he ran from there as well and the people's names.
Clayton paid one month in advance on the stolen ID and Card, but Police refused to charge him, saying the Vehicle was only missing for a few days? Prior to that it was “Hired”?
He is facing charges over this theft and several other burglaries and robberies in yeppoon, but he has been charged similarly and “impotently" so he will soon be free to rape, rob, pillage and plunder again, he stuck me with a syringe, that should be assault with a deadly weapon, I am undergoing needle stick blood tests as well.
This was never recorded by Police, he is a junkie and shares needles? I could have aids, I am a Grandfather although my family never ever comes near me, they never ever will reconcile if I have aides.
All I can see to do to get Justice I take the matter into my own hands and forget the law, just “kill them all”!
Then throw myself on the mercy of the Court or suicide. “I HATE CROOKED CORRUPT COPS AND FOUGHT THEM ALL THROUGH THE 70S AND 80S”. When they do crime, in my eyes they lose their rights as a Police Officer in my book, and just become “other criminals”. I let everything go, but Police Corruption and crooked Politicians caused me to be where I am today! I can’t let this go!
Can you help me artiulate a complaint? one reads my stuff, as I am mentally disabled and cant articulate short sharp sentences. If I dont hear from you OK! you will have heads up amongst your friends when I am shot and killed or on the run.
Yours Sincerely
Ric Glass
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Tasmania: Police radio ban goes to court
What an absurdity the ban is. Initially "minor" matters can turn out to be major
FRONT-LINE police have been told not to contact the radio room for what management has deemed "routine" checks during peak busy periods, outraged officers have revealed.
The Police Association of Tasmania is preparing to take Tasmania Police to court over what it says are broken promises that are increasingly putting the safety of its officers and the general public at risk. "We're taking them to the Industrial Commission," said Police Association of Tasmania acting president Robbie Dunn.
He says staffing levels in radio dispatch services, housed in the Hobart city police station, were slashed last year despite a promise to maintain what the union considered a minimal level.
The union says front-line police are being told they cannot call in routine checks, such as firearm licence, prior convictions and outstanding warrants checks deemed "unnecessary radio traffic" by management, during "periods of heightened workload".
"This is putting the safety and, realistically, the lives of our officers and the general public at risk," Sgt Dunn said. "Look what happened to Les Cooper." Sgt Cooper was shot in the face and back on the Midland Highway after pulling over a dangerous criminal during a routine traffic check in 2006.
"The communications system has now become such a joke we're not willing to put up with it any longer," Sgt Dunn said. The union will lodge its case with the Industrial Commission within weeks.
Tasmania Police yesterday denied there had been any cutbacks to the radio room. "[During exceptionally busy periods] officers are able to obtain the information in several other ways, via mobile data terminals in police vehicles, through traffic administration staff or crime management units, or they are able to make the checks on return to the station," Inspector Brian Edmonds said.
The union rejects the response. "The data terminals won't work in peak times, such as between 4 and 9pm when they're most needed, because Tasmania Police hasn't bothered to organise and pay for any special deal with Telstra to ensure continuous coverage," Sgt Dunn said.
"When everyone goes home and logs on to their computer or their iPhone or whatever, the network's overloaded and the terminals are useless. That means front-line police are relying entirely on the radio room."
Police sources have repeatedly told the Mercury that morale in the radio room is at an all-time low. Illness and stress-related leave is getting out of hand among the overworked operators. "They feel sick knowing they're not able to provide the appropriate support to front-line officers," Sgt Dunn said.
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