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16 November 2005
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Corruption claim `a publicity

THE Victoria Police watchdog's annual report has failed to back claims the Geelong station is a ``hot spot'' for corruption.
Opposition police spokesman Kim Wells last night accused the Office of Police Integrity of a publicity stunt for inferring corruption was rife within the Geelong station.

A weekend newspaper report quoted the office director, George Brouwer, as saying patterns in complaints at Geelong and Bairnsdale stations showed them to be ``hot spots'' for corruption. But the watchdog's 68-page annual report, tabled in State Parliament yesterday, referred to Geelong just three times, including to explain the station has applied a corruption prevention program.

The report also explained the station was one of two assessed by the watchdog in the past year, along with Bairnsdale. Mr Wells said the newspaper comments ``would lead you to suspect systematic police corruption'' at Geelong, in contrast to the annual report.

Mr Wells said Mr Brouwer had made it appear Geelong had applied the corruption prevention program because officers were corrupt and the station was selected for review based on complaints.

``It actually appears from the report that Geelong was selected at random,'' Mr Wells said.

The report suggested the corruption prevention program was implemented as part of the assessment process.

Mr Wells' analysis backed up denials of corruption in the past two days from Geelong police command.

The police watchdog has refused to make any further public comment on the report, but Mr Wells said it should be forced to explain.

``The OPI, I think, has acted in an inappropriate way in the haste to boost its public image and we would be expecting an explanation from the OPI to clarify why Geelong and Bairnsdale were chosen,'' Mr Wells said.

He accused the watchdog of pre-empting its own report's release in a bid to counter damage from complaints earlier this year it inadvertently sent a woman in country Victoria the personal details of more than 450 people.

Police Association secretary Paul Mullett also called on the office to apologise to Geelong police ``for creating the wrong perception of corruption''.

``We're fairly angry about this. To make a connection between what was management review and corruption is absolutely wrong,'' Mr Mullett said.
 

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