Other Police Misconduct cases
TOXICPOLICE.COM - EXPOSING AUSTRALIAN POLICE MISCONDUCT
This page documents a wide range of additional twenty-first century toxic Australian police behaviours and misconduct, including fabricating evidence, sharing confidential information, misuse of police databases, misconduct regarding use of prison informants, perjury, corruption, unlawful arrest, unreliable testimonies, fraud, firearms misconduct, intimidating defence lawyer, improper practices in preparing witness statements, negligent driving causing death, malicious prosecution and drug smuggling.
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The range and frequency of Australian police misconduct is staggering and a national disgrace.​
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CAUSING DANGER AND BODILY HARM
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OFFICER TRIED AND ACQUITTED OVER TEENAGE BIKE SPILL BOOBY TRAP - 2012 WA
A police officer accused of setting up a booby trap in a Perth suburban park has been acquitted of all charges.
Senior Constable Matthew Pow, 39, stood trial accused of setting a trap which led to teenage brothers Luke and Isaac Michael being knocked off a motorcycle in the southern suburb of Karawara in November 2010.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-08/police-officer-acquitted-of-booby-trap-charges/3877986
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-27/officer-on-trial-over-bike-rope/3855608
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST
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THE FALLOUT OF A POLICE SCANDAL IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY - 2025 NT
The Northern Territory has had four police commissioners in the last 10 years. Three have been forced to leave, one into early retirement, and another jailed for criminal conduct. This month, Commissioner Michael Murphy was stood down over a "jobs for mates" scandal. Matt Garrick looks at the dysfunction within the NT Police Force. Plus references to racism and integrity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpth02PD24
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CORRUPTION
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SUSPENDED POLICE OFFICER APPEARS IN COURT ACCUSED OF ABUSE OF PUBLIC OFFICE AND ASSAULT - 2025 SA
Serving police officer Mark Andrew Orford has appeared in court for the first time, accused of abuse of public office and assault.
The 53-year-old is charged with two alleged historical assaults and of being a public officer using information to secure a benefit, dating back to 2022.
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cHrpp3I7I5I
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ADELAIDE POLICE OFFICER KELLY CALICCHIO FACES COURT - 2025 SA
A South Australian police officer has faced court for the first time on a corruption charge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgz66Ez9nZM
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CORRUPTION PERVADES POLICE FORCES IN AUSTRALIA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM: PART 1 - 2024 NATIONAL
This article seeks to set out how the corrupt activities of police officers across Australian jurisdictions are remarkably similar in nature to one another, as well as to those in the legal system from which ours is derived.
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TRUE CRIME: THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A POLICE INFORMANT - 2024 WA
Alleged possible Police corruption: Andrew Petrelis is the star witness in a $40 million dollar drug importation conspiracy whose insider evidence could jail two prominent Australian business identities for 20 years. Supposedly safe in witness protection, Andrew Petrelis is instead found dead just before he could ’s due to give his testimony. Was his death self-inflicted or something more sinister?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t33V4nTlrSU
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POLICE COMMISSIONER KAREN WEBB ACCUSED OF POTENTIAL CORRUPTION - 2024 NSW
There is more drama for Police Commissioner Karen Webb. A short time ago she was named in state parliament, over claims of potential corruption in relation to bottles of Commissioners gin. References also to up to 1,000 missing police bullet-proof vests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBXJEJ5HP_w
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POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION, THEFT AND MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCES - 2022 AFP
The individual is alleged to have stolen cryptocurrency in the sum of 47 Bitcoin. At the time, the value of the Bitcoin was more than $100,000. The individual was suspended without pay.
https://www.nacc.gov.au/matters-court
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CORRUPT COP MAINTAINS INNOCENCE OVER DRUG HOUSE BURGLARY - 2019 VIC
Former detective Paul Dale has made a sudden exit from the Lawyer X Royal Commission, before he could reveal any explosive details about police informer Nicola Gobbo. His disgraced colleague was grilled on the stand, about his relationship with the criminal barrister as she led a double life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C13YDxNh83o
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FEDERAL POLICE OFFICER GAOLED FOR CORRUPTION - 2017 AFP
Suspended Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer, 46-year-old Benjamin Hampton, was today sentenced by the District Court of New South Wales to a term of imprisonment of 22 months, to be released after serving a period of 11 months. Mr Hampton pleaded guilty to dishonestly receiving approximately $7,000 in cash as a reward for releasing information from a secure AFP database.
https://www.cdpp.gov.au/news/federal-police-officer-gaoled-corruption
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Australian Federal Police officer Benjamin Joseph Hampton charged with 12 corruption and bribery offences - 2014 AFP
An Australian Federal Police officer accused of serious bribery and corruption offences has been granted strict conditional bail, with a $1 million surety. Benjamin Joseph Hampton has been charged with 12 criminal offences relating to serious corruption and bribery allegations.
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POLICE TO FACE MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS - 2010 QLD
The Crime and Misconduct Commission has begun hearing allegations that some police officers on Queensland's Gold Coast were involved in serious misconduct. Serious allegations including drug use, free gits and associations with criminals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N-pFNHm_hk
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DANGEROUS LIAISONS: A REPORT ARISING FROM A CMC INVESTIGATIONS OF POLICE MISCONDUCT (OPERATION CAPRI) - 2009 QLD
Operation Capri revealed multiple incidents of police misconduct, mainly relating to the involvement of police officers with a criminal informant.
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STRATHFIELD MUNICIPAL COUNCIL - ALLEGATIONS OF BRIBERY (OPERATION CORDOBA) - 2005 ​NSW
The ICAC investigated circumstances surrounding the payment of money to the then Mayor of Strathfield, including the relationships between certain councillors, developers and others in relation to property developments. In its report on this investigation, made public on 23 June 2005, the ICAC made findings of corrupt conduct against the Mayor, a Strathfield councillor, a then-serving NSW police officer and another individual.
https://www.icac.nsw.gov.au/investigations/past-investigations/pre-2015#2014
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THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO WHETHER THERE HAS BEEN CORRUPT OR CRIMINAL CONDUCT BY ANY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICERS (KENNEDY ROYAL COMMISSION) - 2002 - 2004 WA
The final report of the commission concluded that: ... the full range of corrupt or criminal conduct from stealing to assaults, perjury, drug dealing and the improper disclosure of confidential information have been examined. [the Western Australian Police force] has been ineffective in monitoring those events and modifying its procedures to deal with that conduct and to prevent its repetition.[1]: pp 1–2  ... The fact that there remain in WAPS a number of officers who participated in this conduct, and who not only refused to admit it, but also uniformly denied it with vehemence, is a matter of concern.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Royal_Commission?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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WA Police corruption 'significant': inquiry - 2004 WA
Royal Commissioner Geoffrey Kennedy has delivered a damning report on Western Australia's police service. His 1,000 page report has uncovered what is claimed to be significant and sustained corrupt and criminal conduct. Commissioner Kennedy has delivered a scathing asessment of the Western Australian police service, finding that officers participated in burglaries, assaults, drug dealing and the fabrication of evidence. He has blamed poor management and police culture for allowing the corruption to continue right through to the present day. Premier Geoff Gallop says Commissioner Kennedy has revealed a totally unacceptable situation.
DRIVING OFFENCES
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SUNSHINE COAST POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN HEINEMANN PLEADS GUILTY TO DUI - 2025 QLD
He was disqualified for one month and fined $150 with no conviction recorded.
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AND NOTING SAME OFFICER CONVICTED OF DRINK-DRIVING TWICE PREVIOUSLY IN THE LAST 15 YEARS: Drink driving constable may keep his job - 2010 QLD
Queensland Police has left open the possibility that a junior constable caught drink driving, just 0.001 over the limit, will keep his job. Justin Gunter Royes Heinemann, 31, blew 0.051 when he was pulled over for a random breath test on March 14 at Ferny Grove, in Brisbane's north-west. A police spokeswoman said he had been asked to "show cause" as to why he should keep his job and his position would be determined as soon as possible.
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OFF-DUTY OFFICER CHARGED WITH HIGH RANGE PCA - 2025 NSW
According to NSW Police Publications, an off-duty 24-year-old New South Wales police constable has been charged with high range PCA after a late-night car crash in Sydney’s south west. The incident occurred around 10:35pm on 2 August 2025 at an intersection in Carnes Hill. Attending Highway Patrol officers conducted a roadside breath test, which returned a positive result. The off-duty constable was arrested and taken to Green Valley Police Station for a breath analysis, allegedly returning a blood alcohol reading of 0.204 – more than four times the legal limit.
https://www.amalegal.com.au/off-duty-officer-charged-with-high-range-pca/
OFFICER CHARGED WITH SPEEDING, DRUG DRIVING OFFENCES - 2025 NSW
An off-duty police officer has been charged with traffic offences including drink and drug driving following a vehicle stop in northern Sydney. The driver – a 23-year-old man – was subjected to roadside breath and drug tests which both allegedly returned positive results. Subsequent checks revealed the vehicle’s registration was expired.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=768356875943108&id=100083064075964&set=a.253387327440068
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OFF-DUTY OFFICER CHARGED WITH DRINK DRIVING AT RYDE - 2025 NSW
An off-duty police officer has been charged with mid-range drink driving after undergoing a random breath test in Ryde this morning. The 50-year-old male driver – an off-duty sergeant attached to a specialist command – was breath tested and returned a positive result. He was arrested and taken to Gladesville Police Station where he underwent a secondary breath analysis and returned an alleged reading of 0.093. The man, who was travelling with a child in the vehicle, was charged with drive with mid-range PCA and his licence was suspended.
https://www.miragenews.com/off-duty-officer-charged-with-drink-driving-at-1516192/
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HIGH RANKING OFFICER AVOIDS JAIL AFTER MID-RANGE DRINK DRIVING IN SYDNEY TUNNEL CRASH - 2025 NSW
A senior NSW police officer has avoided jail time for mid-range drink driving after crashing an unmarked car in Sydney's NorthConnex tunnel. The officer, whose identity is suppressed in the courts, has been given a community correction order of two years and fined $1,500. NSW Police say "the officer is currently out of the workplace" and more cannot be said about his employment status for privacy reasons.
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Extraordinary secrecy surrounds court details of senior NSW police officer charged with drink-driving.
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CCTV PLAYED IN COURT OF FATAL COLLISION OF UNMARKED POLICE VEHICLE - 2025 NSW
Indigenous teenager Jai Wright was killed in a collision with an unmarked police car in inner Sydney in 2022.
NSW Police officer Benedict Bryant pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death over the crash. The officer "effectively established a roadblock" without authorisation by allegedly placing his vehicle into the path of a trail bike, a Sydney court has heard.
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NSW POLICE OFFICER JUSTONE WONG TO KEEP JOB DESPITE CONVICTION OVER FATAL CRASH NEAR PENRITH - 2025 NSW
A NSW Police officer has been told he can keep his job, despite pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing death.
Sergeant Justone Wong was convicted in July over a fatal crash in 2022 which killed a 76-year-old bus driver in Sydney's west.
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SA POLICE SERGEANT AVOIDS CONVICTION FOR FAILING TO STOP AFTER ADELAIDE CBD CAR CRASH - 2025 SA
A South Australian police officer has been handed a $2,000 fine in the Adelaide Magistrates Court after failing to stop after being in a "minor" car collision. The Magistrate fined Sergeant Mundy and ordered he pay court costs but did not record a conviction due to the officer’s service to the community. SA Police said the outcome would be referred for further investigation with the oversight of the Office of Public Integrity.
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FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED OVER CRASH THAT KILLED MOTHER AND SON - 2024 TAS
Cassandra Joy Richardson, 28, was driving in Tasmania's south when she veered onto the wrong side of the road in 2022, causing a crash that claimed the lives of Teresa Brown and her teenage son Jim. In the Hobart Magistrates' Court on Friday, Richardson was sentenced to six months in jail, wholly suspended.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-30/casandra-joy-richardson-fatal-crash-sentence-tas/104663134
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POLICE OFFICER'S SENTENCE FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING OCCASIONING DEATH CONFIRMED ON APPEAL - 2024 NSW
New South Wales police sergeant Matthew Kelly was driving a marked police car near Warnervale on the NSW Central Coast at around 2.20 pm on 16 April 2020, when he spotted a motorcycle ridden by Jack Roberts travelling along Sparks Road towards the entrance to the Pacific Motorway.
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TOP ROAD COP 'TRULY SORRY' AFTER CAUGHT SPEEDING IN MELBOURNE - 2024 VIC
One of Victoria's leading police officers (Assistant Commissioner) has apologised after he was caught speeding in Melbourne's inner suburbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyIpkBBf60Y
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NSW LAW ENFORCEMENT WATCHDOG FINDS SENIOR OFFICER ENGAGED IN SERIOUS MISCONDUCT AFTER CRASHING POLICE CAR - 2024 NSW
A senior NSW police officer was charged after crashing his unmarked police car while under the influence of alcohol in May 2023. The NSW law enforcement watchdog found the detective engaged in serious misconduct and was treated "leniently" by his superior.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-18/sydney-police-officer-misconduct-car-crash-watchdog/104113628
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VICTORIAN POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH REPEATEDLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENCE - 2024 VIC
Victoria Police has charged one of its own senior constables after he allegedly drove on a suspended licence while off duty earlier this year. The 42-year old "leading senior constable" from the North-West Metro Region was charged with four counts of 'drive whilst suspended' earlier this week.
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STATISTICS OF NSW POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH DRINKING OFFENCES 2015 TO 2024 - 2024 NSW
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DRINK DRIVING DETECTIVE WAS UNLICENSED FOR OVER 20 YEARS - 2022 NSW
46-year-old Detective Sergeant Andrew John Clarke, who is attached to the Penrith Local Area Command, was pulled over for a random breath test while travelling along Hawkesbury Valley Way at around 10pm on the 10th of July this year. He blew a reading of .170 – more than three times the legal limit – and was arrested and brought back to Windsor Police Station, where he was charged with high-range drink driving (PCA) and issued a future court attendance notice to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on the 17th of September. But the officer’s misconduct and impropriety didn’t stop there – a subsequent investigation revealed that he has never held a driver licence, despite NSW Police Force protocols requiring all members to hold a current licence.
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OFFICER CAUGHT ON VIDEO RAMMING TEEN WITH POLICE CAR - 2019 WA
A police officer who was filmed driving into an 18-year-old man in Perth's south-east last year, knocking him down and sending him to hospital, has been found guilty of dangerous driving.
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OFFICER GUILTY OF DANGEROUS DRIVING AFTER YOUTH INJURED IN REAR OF COP CAR - 2017 WA
A former South Hedland-based police officer has been found guilty of dangerous driving and fined $1000 after indigenous youth injured in the rear of a cop car. First-class Const. Shane Byers, 27, who is now based at a Perth metropolitan police station, was found guilty of dangerous driving — an amended charge downgraded from reckless driving.
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DRINK DRIVING DETECTIONS OF VICTORIA POLICE OFFICERS - 2016 VIC
IBAC identified that over the past 15 years, detections of officers drink driving have declined, however the average BAC reading of officers has increased. In comparison with the Victorian public, a higher percentage of officers are detected drink driving after a collision, with these numbers also increasing over the sample period.
https://www.ibac.vic.gov.au/media/646/download?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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UNAUTHORISED PURSUIT AND INAPPROPRIATE USE OF FORCE - 2015 QLD
Queensland Police Service conduct disciplinary investigation concerning allegations of engaging in an unauthorised pursuit, driving or causing a police motor vehicle to be driven in a manner likely to endanger other road users, and inappropriate use of force.
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COP,23, CHARGED WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING AFTER UNAUTHORISED PURSUIT - 2012 WA
A WA Police officer has been charged with dangerous driving as a result of his actions during an alleged ''unauthorised'' police pursuit in September. It is alleged the 23-year-old constable, who had a detainee in the pod of his police vehicle, became involved in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle when he was not authorised to do so.
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POLICEMAN GUILTY OF DANGEROUS DRIVING - 2008 SA
The Police Association says it is seeking legal advice after an officer was convicted for dangerous driving in a high-speed chase, which ended in a man's death. It is the first time an officer has been charged and convicted of dangerous driving in the course of duty in South Australia. Motorcyclist Adam McNamara, 28, died shortly after being chased through the Elizabeth shopping area in November 2005. Elizabeth Magistrates Court previously heard the chase reached speeds of up to 90 kilometres per hour. Constable Timothy Mark Hughes, 38, was fined $300 and given a six-month licence suspension for his actions.
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DRUG SMUGGLING, TRAFFICKING
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SA POLICE OFFICER ADAM ZAUCH ON TRIAL, DENIES TRAFFICKING COCAINE - 2024 SA
A senior South Australian police officer will stand trial accused of drug trafficking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0tr30cCvuU
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TWO VICTORIAN POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED OVER 'ENORMOUS' INFORMATION LEAK - 2015 VIC
Two police officers have been charged over what has been described as one of the biggest leaks of sensitive information in the history of Victoria Police. Victoria Police said today a senior constable and a constable from Melbourne's north-west had been charged with drug trafficking, theft, misconduct in public office and possessing the proceeds of crime.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/two-police-officers-charged-over-information-leak/6090434
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ARE AUSTRALIAN POLICE FORCES CORRUPT? TWO MORE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH DRUG OFFENCES - 2015 VIC
Last year, several million dollars worth of drugs were seized and over 1000 arrests were made for drug offences in Victoria alone. Yet some of those who found themselves on the wrong side of the law were supposed to be enforcing it. Two Melbourne police officers were recently charged with drug trafficking and dealing with proceeds of crime, along with three counts each of theft and misuse of public office.
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SYDNEY POLICE BOSS MARK STANDEN JAILED FOR DRUG PLOT - 2011 NSW
A former senior police officer has been jailed for 22 years for his part in an international drug-smuggling ring.
Mark Standen, a former assistant director of New South Wales Crime Commission, was convicted of trying to import 300kg of psuedoephedrine. More details on the Extreme cases page.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-16083411
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DRUG SQUAD DETECTIVE CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING - 2004 VIC
A Melbourne detective has been ordered to stand trial over a $1.3 million drug theft. David Miechel is facing numerous charges including burglary and trafficking ecstasy and amphetamines. It is alleged the 34-year-old stole the drugs from an Oakleigh East house with police informer Terence Hodson.
FABRICATING OR DESTROYING EVIDENCE, AND PERJURY
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FORMER POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED OVER PERJURY IN NRL STAR JACK DE BELIN'S RAPE CASE - 2025 NSW
A police officer has been handed a 12-month intensive community corrections order after he lied under oath about accessing privileged text messages between Dragon's star Jack de Belin and his lawyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUdsbG40YzY
A former NSW Police officer who perjured himself in relation to a sexual assault case involving NRL player Jack de Belin and his co-accused Callan Sinclair was suffering from deteriorating mental illness when he gave false evidence, a court has heard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-05/jack-de-belin-detective-to-face-perjury-sentencing/105611058
POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH PERJURY, CONCEALING EVIDENCE AND PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE - 2024 AFP
An AFP employee has been charged with perjury, perverting the course of justice and concealing evidence.
Prosecutors allege Trent Madders committed the offences between 2019 and 2020.
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FORMER SENIOR NT POLICE OFFICER, NEIL MELLON, JAILED FOR DESTROYING EVDENCE AFTER CHOPPER CRASH THAT KILLED CHRIS 'WILLOW' WILSON - 2024 NT
Neil Mellon has been sentenced to eight months in prison, to be suspended after three, for a string of offences including destruction of evidence. The destruction of evidence charge relates to a helicopter crash that killed Netflix star Chris "Willow" Wilson in remote West Arnhem Land in February 2022. Mellon's charges also included a string of unrelated offences, including disclosing confidential information and obtaining benefit by deception.
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CORRUPT VICTORIA POLICE OFFICER JAILED AFTER FALSIFYING EVIDENCE IN DRUG SQUAD INVESTIGATION - 2024 VIC
A corrupt police officer has been jailed for three years after faking DNA and handwriting test results while working in the drug squad. County Court judge Michael Cahill labelled the actions of Jye Symes an abuse of power, and said it could have resulted in a woman wrongly being sent to jail.
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FEDERAL POLICE ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ON CAMERA FABRICATING EVIDENCE - 2023 AFP
A former army doctor who won his case and a truck driver facing decades in jail share their legal battles after participating in the Freedom Convoy to Canberra. Body worn camera evidence allegedly destroyed or lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUXfs5ntu6g
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OFFICER CHARGED WITH FABRICATING EVIDENCE - 2022 NSW
Officer wrote an official statement in which he fabricated a version of events that had victim threatening the lives of then NSW police commissioner and a police officer.
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For the first time, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has reported publicly about its investigation of former NSW Police officer Daniel Keneally after his conviction for a public justice offence in the Local Court and his unsuccessful appeal to the District Court.
https://www.lecc.nsw.gov.au/news/media-release-operation-tambre-final-report
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Luke Moore awarded $450,000 after police officer's false statement
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T2661KeTCCA
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VICTORIA POLICE AGAIN FACING ALLEGATIONS OF MISCONDUCT - 2022 VIC
victoria police are once again under the spotlight after a senior police officer was charged with 87 criminal offences following a corruption probe. The charges involve allegedly falsifying information to obtain search warrants to enter homes between June 2018 and August 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXWwZAnSZ88
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POLICE OFFICER WHO LIED TO SUPPORT FAKE RAPE CLAIM FOUND GUILTY OF PERJURY - NSW 2021
New South Wales police officer Scott John White has been found guilty of perjury in the ACT Supreme Court, over evidence he gave in support of a fake rape claim by his then-girlfriend against her former partner.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-02/police-officer-found-guilty-of-perjury/100670392
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NSW POLICE OFFICER MARK FOLLINGTON FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING SYDNEY WOMAN, FALSIFYING EVIDENCE - 2012 NSW
A NSW police officer has been found guilty of brutally assaulting a woman and then falsifying evidence to "mislead a judicial tribunal". Today, a magistrate at Sydney's Downing Centre court complex said Senior Constable Mark Follington had "no reason" to arrest Anya Bradford at the Golden Fleece Hotel in LiverpooL.
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OFFICER TO SERVE COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS ORDER FOR FALSIFYING DOCUMENTS TO 'SAVE TIME" - 2020 VIC
A depressed detective who tried to shut down three assault investigations because he thought the victims were untruthful, uncooperative or unworthy of his time will likely lose his job with Victoria Police after he was convicted in a Melbourne court.
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FRAMED: PROOF THAT EVIDENCE WAS PLANTED AGAINST SCOTT AUSTIC IN MURDER CASE - 2018 - 2020 WA
Scott Austic seemed like a likeable, knockabout bloke - a loving father, a good son and a loyal mate. Then he was charged with murder, found guilty and sentenced to a minimum of 25 years. The tragedy is that Scott Austic could be an innocent man. He's languished in jail for 10 long years for a crime he probably didn't commit. In May 2020, Austic was granted a retrial. On November 20, 2020, Scott Austic was found not guilty of Stacey Thorne's murder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Ah_99VlCY&list=PL_tDsXV9ctD1WRkQTqNH7E-HUMPKWy4zk
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EVIDENCE AGAINST FORMER POLICE OFFICER 'INTENTIONALLY' TAMPERED WITH, COURT TOLD - 2018 QLD
Evidence against a former Gold Coast police officer whistleblower was allegedly “intentionally” tampered with, a court was told, amid claims that Queensland police pursued a charge against him as a reprisal. Paul Carney medically retired from the police service in 2010 after raising concerns about alleged corrupt practices. He subsequently started a website critical of particular police officers and launched a civil court case.
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INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG INVESTIGATING CLAIMS POLICE TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE - 2017 VIC
Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has confirmed it is investigating allegations detectives tampered with a key piece of evidence that led to the conviction of Jason Roberts, who was jailed for the murders of two police officers.
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POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH PERJURY - 2013 NSW
Six former and serving NSW police officers have been charged with perjury and assault for lying to the police watchdog over the "violent" arrest of a young man.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-police-officers-charged-with-perjury/99a8ollj7
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POLICE OFFICER FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULT AND PERJURY - 2013 NSW
A New South Wales police officer who tasered a man three times and then lied about the circumstances in court has been found guilty of both common assault and perjury.
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THE ANDREW MALLARD CASE - WRONGFULLY CONVICTED OF MURDER - 1995 - 2005 WA
Andrew Mark Mallard (16 August 1962 – 18 April 2019) was a British-born Australian who was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Almost 12 years later, after an appeal to the High Court of Australia, his conviction was quashed and a retrial ordered. However, the charges against him were dropped and Mallard was released. At the time, the Director of Public Prosecutions stated that Mallard remained the prime suspect and that if further evidence became available he could still be prosecuted. He was released from prison in 2006 after his conviction was quashed by the High Court, and was paid $3.25 million compensation by the state government. The Western Australian Commission on Crime and Corruption investigated whether there was misconduct by any public officer (police, prosecutors or members of parliament) associated with this case and made findings against two policemen and a senior prosecutor. See the Extreme Toxic Behaviours page for more details.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mallard
FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURE (ALLEGED OR OTHERWISE)
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ENCRYPTED POLICE CHAT STOPS CASE AGAINST CANBERRA RAIDERS STAR JOSH PAPALI - 2025 ACTPOL
Raiders star Josh Papalii has won his bid to have a permanent stay on charges over an incident at the Gungahlin Raiders Club, after police discussed the case on the messaging service Signal. Mr Papalii was charged with intimidating police and refusing to leave the premises, but his hearing was delayed when his lawyers discovered a reference to the group chat. Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker said unknown evidence had been destroyed, which was an affront to the legal process.
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VICTORIA POLICE CHIEF COMMISSIONER APOLOGISES FOR USING AIR WING HELICOPTER TO FLY TO TASMANIA - 2025 VIC
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush was flown to Tasmania in a police helicopter for a conference. He said the decision to use the helicopter was wrong and created a poor impression. Victoria Police said the flight did not create an additional cost for taxpayers.
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Victorian police chief faces more questions over use of force's helicopter
HUNDREDS OF COURT CASES POTENTIALLY COMPROMISED AMID VICTORIA POLICE INVESTIGATION - 2025 VIC
The ABC understands Victoria Police has arrested an unsworn digital forensics officer and launched an internal audit that could compromise hundreds of cases including sex offence and child abuse cases. The ABC has obtained a letter that shows police are re-extracting data from devices relating to nearly a decade of work carried out by the male digital forensic officer. Police say 77 active court cases may be 'impacted' and would not comment on past cases. This post may be re-assigned within this site once the nature of the alleged offences are published.
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NSW GOVERNMENT LOSES MUSIC FESTIVAL STRIP SEARCH CASE AS WOMAN AWARDED $93,000 IN DAMAGES - 2025 NSW
The state government has lost a landmark case involving the illegal strip search of a woman by NSW Police at a music festival in 2018. Sydney woman Raya Meredith was awarded $93,000 in damages. The Sydney woman launched the legal case after being searched at the event where an officer asked her to remove a tampon while naked. The case is part of a broader class action which extends to police strip searches at music festivals from 2016.
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Woman remains traumatised by police strip search as new commissioner issues apology.
LAWYERS FOR RAIDERS STAR JOSH PAPALII ASK COURT TO DISCONTINUE CHARGES OVER POLICE GROUP CHAT - 2025 ACT
Josh Papalii's lawyers have asked the ACT Magistrates Court to discontinue charges against him over concerns about a police group chat. The Raiders star is facing charges over an incident at a Canberra club in September last year. Barrister for Papalii, Steve Boland, told the court the fact the chat was not disclosed risks an abuse of process and a possibility the administration of justice will be brought into disrepute.
POLICE LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST ABORIGINAL DEATH IN CUSTODY INQUEST FAILS - 2025 NSW
The NSW Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge by police to limit the scope of a coronial inquiry into the death of an Aboriginal woman in custody. The ruling will see the coronial inquest into the death of Tammy Shipley resume, with the coroner free to scrutinise the actions of police leading up to her death.
INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FINDS EIGHT WA POLICE OFFICERS DID NOT PERFORM THEIR DUTY IN LEAD-UP TO FLOREAT MURDERS - 2025 WA
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty. Mark Bombara shot dead his wife's best friend, Jennifer Petelczyc and her teenage daughter Gretl, in their home last May before turning the gun on himself. Bombara was looking for his wife and daughter.
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Police have been conducting an internal investigation into their response to issues raised by Ms Bombara and her mother.
WA Police Deputy Commissioner Allan Adams also addressed the march. He acknowledged police did not always get it right, "and on occasions we're involved in incidents that have gone tragically wrong". But he added there was some hope from the "system reform" now underway in police response to family and domestic violence, including improving communications between police and frontline family and domestic violence workers.
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Ariel Bombara's devastatingly powerful address to WA Police contained a rhetorical question that should serve as a wake-up call to government. "The sad reality is that had my father come to the correct location and murdered my mum and me, we would have become just another domestic violence statistic that disappears with little further investigation," Ms Bombara said on Friday. "We told you that he was going to murder us. "So did you not believe us, or did you just not give a shit? "Red flags that seemed so obvious to me that it baffles me that actual police officers, whose job it is to protect people, did not take this risk seriously." She puts this fatal tragedy down to a perfect storm of apathy and compassion fatigue from officers, combined with shoddy systems, outdated policies, and insufficient training.
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Independent watchdog to probe how Floreat gunman Mark Bombara legally owner firearms
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INQUEST HEARS POLICE REPEATEDLY OVERLOOKED WARNING BEFORE DV-RELATED DEATH - 2025 NT
The Northern Territory coroner has finished hearing evidence in a week-long inquest into the domestic violence-related death of Kumanjayi Emitja in Alice Springs. The 24-year-old mother of two died in May 2022 after she was attacked by her partner and was subsequently struck by a vehicle.
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POLICE OFFICER IGNORED PRISONER SUICIDE THREAT BEFORE DEATH, LAUGHS ABOUT IT - 2025 WA
In a police watch house in Western Australia, an Aboriginal man warns that he’s going to kill himself. An officer ignores his plea. Later, she laughs about his death.
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Premier Roger Cook slams behaviour of WA Police officer who laughed at man's death in custody.
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WA Police Commissioner apologises over Indigenous man Linton Ryan's death in custody
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NEW EVIDENCE IN LOUISA IONNIDIS 2011 DEATH CASTS DOUBT OVER POLICE INVESTIGATION - 2025 VIC
Based on an autopsy and police brief, a coroner found Louisa's death was "consistent with drowning" with no suspicious circumstances. The case was closed without being formally assigned to the homicide squad and without an inquest.
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UNLAWFUL POLICE SEARCH ALLOWS MAN FOUND WITH PACKAGES OF METH TO WALK FREE - 2025 WA
WA Police pulled over a man driving an SUV across the Nullarbor after being told by a sergeant it looked "unusual".
The vehicle was searched and packages of drugs were found, prompting the officers to arrest the driver.
But a judge has found it was unlawful for the officers to have stopped the vehicle in the first place, and an officer failed to get informed consent for the search.
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'GROSS INCOMPETENCE': HOW NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE BOTCHED AN ALLEGED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE AGAINST ONE OF ITS OWN OFFICERS - 2024 NT
Billie O'Keefe had little choice but to trust Northern Territory police when she made a complaint alleging domestic violence.
Even when the complaint was against one of its own, a detective with whom she had been in a three-year relationship. But NT police ultimately botched the case, which was marred by failures and internal breaches during both the investigation and prosecution of the detective.
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ACCUSED OF SHOWING EXPLICIT VIDEOS OF A POLICE SUSPECT TO COLLEAGUES - 2024 NSW
Detective Sergeant Glenn Matthews was charged with distributing intimate images without consent after allegedly sharing explicit videos found on a suspect’s phone. He was initially convicted, but his appeal revealed flawed internal investigation procedure, leading to his acquittal, legal costs award, and a call for independent police oversight.
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NEARLY FIVE YEARS ON FROM DAUGHTER'S DEATH, FAMILY STILL SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS - 2024 VIC
Caitlin's family said it felt to them there was little interest from police in pursuing her death further ...
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WA POLICE, HEALTH SERVICE APOLOGISE TO FAMILY OF MS DHU 10 YEARS AFTER DEATH IN CUSTODY IN SOUTH HEDLAND - 2024 WA
Authorities in Western Australia have formally apologised to the family of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody 10 years ago. Coronor Ros Fogliani found a number of failings and neglect by police officers and hospital staff led to the "catastrophic decline" in her health, and concluded her death could have been avoided. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the image of a person who has died.
The family of an Aboriginal woman who died in police custody in August says they are "devastated" to learn details of her death. Ms Dhu, 22, died in August after being locked up in the South Hedland Police Station in Western Australia over unpaid fines. The ABC can exclusively reveal the final hours of Ms Dhu's life, including that she was transported from the lockup to hospital in the rear pod of a police vehicle.
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NSW POLICE OFFICERS FOUND TO HAVE ENGAGED IN 'SERIOUS MISCONDUCT' AGAINST A VULNERABLE ABORIGINAL MAN IN CUSTODY, SAYS COMMISSION - 2024 NSW
In May 2020, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man was arrested by three NSW police officers following a search warrant being undertaken at the man's home. The officers were found to have engaged in misconduct when they were interviewing the man in custody.
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INQUEST INTO DEATH IN CUSTODY OF MR GEORGE EXAMINES PROCEDURES AT REMOTE POLICE STATION - 2024 QLD
Remote police procedures and station maintenance are under the spotlight at a coronial inquest. A 52-year-old man was heavily intoxicated but was left unchecked for more than an hour in Kowanyama, Queensland, where he died. police had breached policy and the Queensland Police Service Operational Procedures Manual (OPM), but there was not enough evidence for a criminal charge.
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FAILURE TO FOLLOW STRIP SEARCH GUIDELINES - 2023 NSW
Police complied with rules to protect dignity in just 27% of strip-searches, records suggest.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/25/nsw-police-strip-search-dignity-compliance
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POLICE OFFICER ABUSES MOTORISTS, LETTING POLICE OFFICER OFF THE HOOK FOR SPEEDING - 2021 QLD
A traffic cop has been busted by his own bodycam video, abusing motorists, and in one case, letting a fellow officer go without a ticket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPKKQh0YK8
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OFFICERS TURNING A BLIND EYE TO OTHER POLICE DOING THE WRONG THINGS - 2021 QLD
Queensland Police cut a break for one of their own, letting an officer who'd admitted to drinking off without a breath test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR8fgnG5cb4
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POLICE WATCHDOG RELEASES REPORT INTO STRIP SEARCH RULES - 2019 - 2020 NSW
Finds a "recurrent issue" with officers conducting unlawful strip searches and a "failure" to provide reasons to warrant the invasive procedure. It also noted the procedure disproportionately targeted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, who accounted for 18 per cent of all searches.
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Revealed: NSW police strip-searched more than 100 girls, including 12-year-olds
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TANYA DAY INQUEST SUMMARY OF FINDINGS - 2020 VIC
Ms Day died after sustaining a serious head injury in a police cell on 22 December 2017. The findings of the Coroner did ... detail a “culture of complacency regarding intoxicated detainees” within Victoria Police and found that there is a systemic failure to recognise the medical dangers of intoxication and comply with the mandatory terms of the governing policy and procedures regarding the management of persons in care or custody. This shows “the power of stereotype and its resistance to correction.” The Leading Senior Constable was found by the Coroner not to be a credible witness and the findings noted that the accuracy of his custody module entries (regarding the observation and monitoring of Ms Day) are concerning.
https://www.hrlc.org.au/case-summaries/2020-9-8-tanya-day-inquest-summary-of-findings/
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New South Wales Police Force strip search scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_Police_Force_strip_search_scandal
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22-YEAR OLD WOMAN STRIP SEARCHED IN FRONT OF SHOP WINDOW - 2020 NSW
Twenty-two year old Teleaha Bower was with her partner last month, when she was approached by two undercover male police officers outside a pawn shop in St Mary’s and told she would be strip searched. She says the officers claimed there had been a break-in nearby and suspected her involvement in the offence.
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INNOCENT WOMAN STOPPED, ARRESTED & MANHANDLED BY SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE - 2019 SA
Arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and offensive language, SAPOL dropped charges when victim refused to plead guilty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPqs4Lf7HwQ
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POLICE OFFICER THOUGHT PRISONER WHO ASKED FOR DOCTOR WAS MISBEHAVING, PRISONER COMMITTED SUICIDE - 2016 TAS
A Tasmanian police officer disregarded a suicidal prisoner's request to see a doctor because he thought the man was simply "misbehaving", an inquest has heard. The death of Troy Monson in June last year, is one of three deaths in custody being examined at a long-running inquest.
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JOSH WARNEKE DEATH EXPOSES SYSTEMIC FAILURES IN WA POLICE, INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG REVIEW FINDS - 2015 WA
A corruption watchdog investigation into the unlawful killing of Josh Warneke in 2010 has "exposed systemic failures" in the West Australian police force.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-05/ccc-investigation-into-warneke-death-exposes-failures/6916862
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The Corruption and Crime Commission Report on Operation Aviemore: Major Crime Squad Investigation into the Unlawful Killing of Mr Joshua Warneke has exposed systemic failures in WA Police. Media statement.
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TERRY HODSON MURDER: POLICE CONCEDE SIGNIFICANT FAILURES IN DEALING WITH GANGLAND INFORMERS - 2015 VIC
Senior police have conceded there were significant failures with the way the force previously dealt with crucial gangland witnesses and informers, but insist major reforms will prevent a repeat of the disasters that have dogged the case of murdered gangland informer Terry Hodson.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-30/terry-hodson-murder-police-concede-failures-informers/6057142​
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In 2004 the murders of Terence and Christine Hodson caused the Victorian government to establish the Office of Police Integrity to investigate probable Victoria Police involvement in the murders and to investigate the leaking of sensitive police information to the Melbourne underworld. Terence Hodson was to have been a police corruption witness and had rejected requests to enter the Witness Protection Program due to fears for his safety.[3 A former police officer and a hitman were charged with their murders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Terrence_and_Christine_Hodson?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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KILLING OF TYLER CASSIDY, 15-YEAR-OLD BOY - 2008 VIC
Tyler Jordan Cassidy was shot by police and died on 11 December 2008 at All Nations Park in Northcote, Victoria. Before the shooting, Cassidy had armed himself with two large knives which he had stolen from a nearby shopping centre and threatened members of the public, insisting that they call the police. In the park, police demanded that Cassidy drop the knives, but he did not. After attempting to subdue Cassidy twice with pepper spray,[1] three officers fired ten shots from their Smith & Wesson Model 10 .38 Special revolvers, with five of these striking Cassidy. His death influenced changes in the way Victoria Police respond to people presenting as mentally ill, and in the use of tasers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tyler_Cassidy​
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HARASSMENT & BULLYING
MAN CLAIMS HE WAS BULLIED OVER 'HEIGHT' IN NSW POLICE FORCE - 2021 NSW
NSW Police Senior Constable, Alan Thorn, has claimed he has been bullied about his 'height' since he joined the force more than a decade ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5N2P1B4gNY
BULLY COP AT IT AGAIN - 2020 NSW
Controversial police officer ‘Raptor 13’ has once again been accused of acting inappropriately by harassing and bullying members of the public, resulting in a petition which calls for a public inquiry into his conduct.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/bully-cop-at-it-again/
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POLICE OFFICER REVEALS TOLL OF FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY TO CLEAR HIS NAME - 2022 QLD
A decorated Queensland police officer, with more than 20 years' experience, says he was humiliated for years trying to clear his name after being accused of vulgar conduct in his workplace. Exhonerated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfomvSdz_Y
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INAPPROPRIATE ARREST SETTING
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ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE OF WA SAYS POLICE ARREST OF TEENS AT CRIME DIVERSION PROGRAM UNACCEPTABLE - 2024 WA
An Indigenous leader in WA says participants in a program encouraging at-risk youth to stay away from crime were left "disturbed" when police arrived and arrested three teenagers in front of the group. The boys have been charged with several aggravated burglary and stealing charges, and police say body-worn camera footage of the arrest showed calm, respectful interactions. But Aboriginal Legal Service of WA chief Wayne Nannup said it was not the time or place.
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INTIMIDATING DEFENCE LAWYER
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NOW RETIRED SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DIRECTED OFFICERS TO INTIMIDATE A DEFENCE LAWYER - 2021 NSW
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4ab88e89-429f-4b55-921a-d97ecd740fbc​​​
KILLING OF CORRYN RAYNEY CASE - 2012 WA
Rayney indicated interest in whether there would be consequences for "police who the trial judge said gave misleading evidence, pressured a forensic pathologist to change his report, abused their position of authority and behaved reprehensibly". An investigation by the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission later cleared two police officers of "any serious misconduct" after their behaviour in threatening a female lawyer had been described as ranging from "inappropriate to reprehensible" by the trial judge. A second matter reviewed by the CCC related to "attempts by a third officer to encourage an independent pathologist involved in the case to change a report to better fit police evidence. That officer was found to have acted unreasonably."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Corryn_Rayney?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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LEAKING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION / MISUSE OF POLICE DATABASES
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INTENSIVE CORRECTION ORDER MADE AGAINST OFFICER WHO ILLEGALLY SHARED RESTRICTED DATA - 2025 NSW
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has found that NSW police leading senior constable Housam Khatib, who was recently sentenced to a three year intensive correction order (ICO) over accessing and disclosing confidential police information, has indeed conducted serious misconduct, however it found that he didn’t share any of the information with criminal associates. The internal police investigation into Khatib commenced in March 2023, following concerns being raised that suggested the leading senior constable had been “misusing police information systems” and “providing confidential police information to criminal associates”. Khatib told the LECC in March 2024 that he had accessed the information but only for the benefit of “friends and relatives”.
OFFICER CHARGED FOR DATABASE BREACH - 2025 NSW
A police officer has been charged over the alleged unauthorised access of the police computer system. In April 2024, the Professional Standard Command established Strike Force Casing to investigate reports the officer had allegedly illegally accessed the private information of individuals held on the police computer database between May 2021 and April 2024.
https://www.miragenews.com/officer-charged-for-police-database-breach-1388908/
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QUEENSLAND POLICE OFFICER TODD MILLER CHARGED WITH COMPUTER MISUSE OFFENCES - 2025 QLD
A veteran Gold Coast sergeant is accused of using a police database several times last year without consent. Sergeant Todd Anthony Miller, 54, allegedly accessed sensitive information while on leave.
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MISUSE OF POLICE DATABASES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER CASES - 2024 NATIONAL
Multiple cases of police officers misusing police databases, with particular concern about situations where police officers are the DV pepetrators.
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REPORT FINDS CORRUPTION FIGHTER WENT ROGUE WITH CCC SOURCE - 2024 WA
An investigation has revealed a senior WA anti-corruption officer went "rogue" when she began an intimate relationship with an informant and passed on sensitive information. The serious misconduct took place over almost four years, with a Corruption and Crime Commission report finding the woman was lonely and experiencing a marriage breakdown when she began the illicit relationship.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfNYhWHXKeo
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QUEENSLAND POLICE EMPLOYEE ACCUSED OF SELLING DETAILS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS - 2024 QLD
Acting Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has defended the service's handling of sensitive information following a shocking alleged security breach. An employee has faced court, charged with selling details of a domestic violence victim in a case that has horrified support groups.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyDSl6CMFtI
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS' ADDRESSES SENT TO OFFENDERS BY QUEENSLAND POLICE IN MAJOR BLUNDER - 2024 QLD
State government apologises for data system breach as victim says it left her ‘completely defeated, broken, scared and worried’
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SENIOR POLICE DETECTIVE LEAKS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO JOURNALIST HE WAS SEEING - 2023 WA​
A senior police detective who helped rescue Cleo Smith leaked confidential police information about the little girl's kidnapping to a young journalist he was seeing, a bombshell CCC report has found.
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POLICE ACCIDENTALLY PROVIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM DATA TO PERPETRATOR - 2021 NSW
New South Wales Police handed a domestic violence victim's entire phone data to her perpetrator, a man who is also a senior member of an outlaw motorcycle gang.
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OFFICER SENTENCED OVER RELEASING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMPLAINTS DETAILS TO FORMER PARTNER - 2019 QLD
Queensland police officer Senior Constable Neil Punchard has been sentenced to two months' jail, wholly suspended for 18 months, for leaking the personal details of a domestic violence complainant to her former partner.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-14/queensland-police-officer-neil-punchard-sentenced/11598696
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Queensland police officer who leaked address of friend's ex-wife successfully appeals against sentence - 2020 QLD
A judge has set aside the two-month jail sentence, wholly suspended for 18 months, given to a Queensland police officer who leaked the personal details of a domestic violence complainant to her former partner. Judge Craig Chowdhury on Tuesday allowed the appeal and re-sentenced Punchard to a total of 140 hours of community service for two computer hacking charges. He was convicted and not further punished for the other seven charges. The convictions will not be recorded
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COUNTRY COP USED POLICE DATABASE INAPPROPRIATELY AND MAY FACE CHARGES OVER FRAUD, FIREARMS MISCONDUCT AND FORGERY, REPORT FINDS - 2019 NSW
A country cop accused of "serious police misconduct" may face criminal prosecution over a series of alleged offences, including fraud. A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) — a police oversight body — found the policeman engaged in seven counts of "serious police misconduct" over a five-year period.
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TWO VICTORIAN POLICE OFFICERS CHARGED OVER 'ENORMOUS' INFORMATION LEAK - 2015 VIC
Two police officers have been charged over what has been described as one of the biggest leaks of sensitive information in the history of Victoria Police. Victoria Police said today a senior constable and a constable from Melbourne's north-west had been charged with drug trafficking, theft, misconduct in public office and possessing the proceeds of crime.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-13/two-police-officers-charged-over-information-leak/6090434
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LEAK ALLEGATIONS EMBARRASS POLICE - 2011 NSW & VIC
Police in Victoria and New South Wales have been hit by allegations secret information has been leaked or sold to bikie gangs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSMP0St17Ds
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POLICE ANALYST FOUND GUILTY OF LEAKS TO BIKIE GANGS - 2010 NSW
A Sydney police analyst has been found guilty of leaking confidential information to an outlaw bikie gang. Terry Gregoriou, 33, was accused of showing information to a friend who had links to the Comancheros. A magistrate said his offences were a breach of trust with the potential to do serious harm. He faces a maximum sentence of five years' jail.
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MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
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​​CASE STUDY: ABORIGINAL MAN SUES POLICE FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION - 2025 NSW
An Aboriginal man, faced a life-altering ordeal. Police arrested him at his home, accusing him of serious offences. NSW officers detained him and kept him in custody, claiming he robbed a man. Tim adamantly denied these allegations. Despite his innocence, he endured nearly multiple months in custody. As a result, Tim sued the police for malicious prosecution, and the matter was resolved successfully, providing Tim with financial compensation and a sense of closure.
https://obriensolicitors.com.au/case_study/aboriginal-man-sues-police-for-malicious-prosecution/
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WRONGFULLY CONVICTED TOWNSVILLE MAN MAKES PLEA FOR JUSTICE AFTER MALICIOUS PROSECUTION - 2024 QLD
Terry Irving was jailed for four-and-a-half years after he was found guilty of armed robbery in 1993. The High Court quashed his conviction and he was later found to have been maliciously prosecuted.
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Terry Irving awarded $130,000 for malicious prosecution that led to wrongful imprisonment over 1993 Cairns robbery
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NSW GOVERNMENT LOSES APPEAL OVER $1.5M DAMAGES AWARDED TO WILLIAM SPEDDING - 2023 NSW
On Wednesday the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal found the maintaining of charges against William "Bill" Spedding was the "worst case" of malicious prosecution proved in NSW. "The high-handed, self-serving, grand-standing undermining of the criminal justice system by the relevant police officers in arresting, charging, opposing bail and maintaining the prosecution against Mr Spedding has no relevant comparator in the reported cases in New South Wales," the court ruled.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-09/bill-spedding-wiiliam-tyrrell-appeal-over-damages/102706556
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Former NSW Police detective Gary Jubelin has been fined $10,000 and convicted for making illegal recordings during the William Tyrrell investigation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-08/william-tyrrell-detective-gary-jubelin-sentenced/12133594
PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE
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​NSW POLICE PROBING ALLEGED CRIMINAL OFFENCES COMMITTED DURING STRIKE FORCE JAGELMAN - 2025 NSW
NSW Professional Standards Command officers are looking into allegations of criminal misconduct in a historical police probe.
Strike Force Mari is investigating the way Strike Force Jagelman was led and managed. The alleged offences that Strike Force Mari is investigating are acting with intent to pervert the course of justice and wilful misconduct in public office.
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INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED INTO WHETHER THE AFP TRIED TO 'PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE' IN BRITTANY HIGGINS CASE - 2023 AFP
Anti-corruption watchdog investigating claims federal police pressured Higgins not to proceed with alleged rape case.
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FORMER NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE COMMISSIONER JOHN MCROBERTS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN JAIL - 2018 NT
The jury found McRoberts tried to "frustrate" or "deflect" a travel agent fraud investigation known as Operation Subutai between May and November 2014. McRoberts had been in a sexual relationship with the investigation's priority target
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STEALING
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NSW POLICE OFFICER PLEADS GUILTY TO STEALING CASH FROM EVIDENCE BAGS - 2025 NSW
The case of a New South Wales police officer who pleaded guilty of misconduct in public office after stealing over $200,000 in cash from exhibit bags over a five-year period has raised serious questions about the sufficiency of auditing and oversight within the state's police force.
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EX-COP ACCUSED AND CLEARED OF STEALING LUXURY WATCHES, SELLING THEM - 2025 QLD
A former anti-bikie police officer is on trial accused of an inside job, allegedly taking luxury watches from a secure police office and selling them for almost $100,000.
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A former police officer has walked free from court after a jury found him not guilty of stealing luxury watches seized in an anti-gang raid.
https://aapnews.aap.com.au/news/former-cop-cleared-of-stealing-luxury-watches-from-raid
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AUSTRALIAN AFP OFFICER ALLEGEDLY STEALS NEARLY 82 BITCOINS WORTH $6M - 2024 AFP
An AFP officer has faced court accused of stealing almost 82 BTC from a hardware wallet seized during a police raid as part of a drug-trafficking investigation. Police initially believed other members of the drug-trafficking ring had transferred the crypto, but later linked an IP address used in the transfers to the Melbourne AFP headquarters. The stolen BTC is now valued at approximately AUD$6.5 million.
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NSW POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF STEALING LOUIS VUITTON HANDBAG, CASH AND JEWELLERY WHILE ON DUTY - 2024 NSW
Court documents show a Sydney police officer allegedly stole a luxury purse, jewellery and cash while on the job. Constable Yun Lin, 42, has been suspended with pay.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-20/nsw-police-officer-accused-of-stealing-cash-on-job/103609440
QUEENSLAND POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH STEALING $36 WORTH OF SNACK - 2023 QLD
Is it petty, or are police just doing their job? A senior constable from Longreach has been charged with stealing snacks from his station's social club to the value of $36.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws5SjXGhvrk
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FORMER COP JAILED FOR STEALING SIX VACANT HOMES - 2020 VIC
Former Victorian police officer Rosa Rossi has been jailed for using her position to steal six vacant homes by claiming squatters' rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84KmVE6emg
TWO QUEENSLAND POLICE OFFICERS SUSPENDED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STEALING ALLEGATIONS - 2015 QLD
A senior sergeant in Queensland has been suspended for allegedly breaching a domestic violence protection order, while another police officer has been stood down over stealing allegations. A police spokesperson said the 47-year-old senior sergeant from the south-east region was suspended from official duty today. Meanwhile, a 37-year-old female senior constable has also been stood down from official duty after she allegedly stole groceries.
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UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOUR
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​POLICE STAFF PARTY ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND PUBLIC INDECENCY - 2025 WA
Metro police station staff party alleged sexual assault and public indecency
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WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch says alleged act at city bar involving officers are ‘contrary to all values of policing’ if proven, with two WA Police officers still fighting for their jobs after depravity at staff party ended in sexual assault and public indecency.
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POLICE SERGEANT ACCUSED OF FILMING AND DISTRIBUTING VISION OF COLLEAGUE'S GENITALS GIVEN WARNING - 2025 NSW
A complaint to the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) alleged a NSW Police sergeant on a long drive with two junior officers allegedly refused to stop the car to allow one of the officers to use the bathroom.The officer was allegedly forced to urinate into a bottle, while the Sergeant filmed his genitals before sending the vision to a WhatsApp group.The matter was investigated by NSW Police after a complaint by a whistleblower to the LECC, with police finding the behaviour was "unprofessional" but not "criminal".
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0-_q0sUBts
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POLICE OFFICERS USING FOUL LANGUAGE AND RECORDING WHILE DRIVING POLICE VEHICLE - 2025 NSW
Astonishing videos of NSW Police appearing to break the law and using very offensive language.