Bradley Beecroft,a highway patrol officer charged with dangerous driving and speeding,is contesting the charges in court this week.
Senior members of Victoria’s legal community have expressed dismay and confusion over the decision of the state’s top prosecutor not to bring charges against police over the Lawyer X scandal.
Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has refused to charge police implicated in the Lawyer X scandal,despite recommendations from a special investigator.
Mario Simon Didulica’s incessant mobile phone use was the talk of his office,but when he showed colleagues photos of a young girl in her underwear no one did a thing.
Peter Alamaras allegedly got out of his car with his hands raised and keys in one hand. But a Melbourne court has been told one officer hit him numerous times with a baton,and another allegedly sprayed capsicum in his face twice.
Police decisions made during the search for Colleen South,in Victoria’s north-west last year,will be scrutinised after it was revealed force command knocked back requests to take carriage of the investigation or deploy the air wing to help.
Half a dozen police officers attended the hearing to support the victim,filling the back row of the court as Larry Grimshaw was sentenced.
Brett Johnson has been sentenced to six months’ jail with a community corrections order for misconduct in public office.
Yoorrook Justice Commission chair Eleanor Bourke has asked Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton to protect Indigenous Victorians after he admitted the police uniform had become a symbol of fear for them.
IBAC has found police officers are continuing to target vulnerable women and children,and that the conduct remains under-reported.
A woman has had charges dropped and Victoria Police is scrambling to check other cases since an investigation began into a drug squad detective who is accused of tampering with a DNA report.