Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it has been refused access during ‘every critical incident investigation to date’
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, which oversees NSW police, said it had been denied access to observe internal interviews following critical incidents.The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, which oversees NSW police, said it had been denied access to observe internal interviews following critical incidents.
“In every critical incident investigation to date, involved police officers have refused to consent to the commission investigator being present or to remotely observe their interviews,” the report read. The force has come under intense scrutiny in recent months following a number of high-profile incidents involving officers and vulnerable members of the community, includingThe commission annual report revealed that over the past year, the commission has investigated 84 claims of serious officer misconduct. Forty-five critical incident investigations were also monitored. Of those, 32 involved deaths and 13 involved serious injuries.
The LECC chief commissioner Peter Johnson, said police needed to be doing “everything possible to ensure their actions are consistent with the NSW government’s Closing the Gap priorities and targets”. A new Aboriginal strategic direction was rolled out in August. The commission did not include it in the report, noting it had been supplied two weeks before report was published.
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