The bushfire crisis has elevated former top cop Andrew Crisp,whose exemplary performance as Emergency Management Commissioner surely now puts him in the box seat to return to Victoria Police as chief mid-year.
Former chief Simon Overland said Victoria Police'is the most indiscreet organisation I've ever been associated with',as he denied harming the reputation of former officers.
Gobbo maintains she slept with former assistant commissioner,saying his claims were"unmitigated rubbish".
Police are investigating after a group of men attacked a 26-year-old at a restaurant,leaving him with facial injuries before fleeing.
Police bosses have consistently said they did not keep diaries,but in a shock discovery,Victoria Police have found three belonging to Simon Overland in an unmarked box.
Simon Overland said he didn't ignore the"glaringly obvious"problems with Lawyer X and warnings from senior police.
More than 100 days of hearings in the Lawyer X inquiry had been building to the evidence of former police chief Simon Overland.
Former Victoria Police chief Simon Overland denies he knew lawyer Nicola Gobbo was informing on her own clients but says he should have known.
Recently sacked Whittlesea CEO Simon Overland has been painted as the police officer who drove the use of Nicola Gobbo as an informer.
City of Whittlesea had been under investigation for months by Victoria's local government watchdog before the council sacked Simon Overland,who is soon to be a witness before the Informer 3838 royal commission.
Chief Commissioner says he wasn't worried about police misconduct when he found out the gangland barrister was also an informer.