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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
24 July 2006
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Police reel at breakdown in se
THE state's most senior detective is among scores of staff to have worked for Victoria Police without appropriate security clearance over the past three years.
A recent internal audit found that 85 employees, including Deputy Commissioner Simon Overland, had not been fingerprinted in accordance with standard security procedures when they joined the organisation in 2003.
The revelation that 10 police officers and 75 unsworn staff had not been properly checked is the latest embarrassment for Victoria Police. It has also been forced to admit serious breaches of its confidential police records database, LEAP, which will be replaced at a cost of $59 million, just a year after the Government pledged a $4.9 million upgrade.
Privacy Commissioner Paul Chadwick is conducting an inquiry into the data security of personal information in the LEAP database and is expected to table his report next month.
The Police Association said it was shocked and disappointed to hear of the latest security error when notified by The Age yesterday.
Secretary Paul Mullett said fingerprinting was "integral to the checks and balances" of recruiting members for Victoria Police.
"Irrespective of the reason, it's disappointing," Mr Mullett said. "We hope we never see a repeat of it."
Sergeant David Spencer said the audit, carried out by the force's Corporate Management Review Division, identified the oversight and immediately fixed it.
"As soon as this was identified, those employees were fingerprinted," Sergeant Spencer said.
Sergeant Spencer said practices had since been altered to ensure the oversight was not repeated.
Although Mr Overland had not been fingerprinted by Victoria Police before the audit, "his fingerprints were already available through his previous employment with the Australian Federal Police", Sergeant Spencer said.
But Mr Mullett said that was no excuse.
"Everyone should go through the system, the proper checks," he said.
"People give false names, and there's just no getting past your fingerprints.
"They tell an employer, such as the Victorian police force, who a person actually is. We're shocked to hear it."
A spokesman for the Office of Police Integrity said the office would monitor the issue, but there would be no investigation at this stage.
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