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EVERETT - A Snohomish County detective's investigation of a man's fatal collapse during an arrest is raising questions about the accuracy of Everett police officers' official reports.
Prosecutors say they aren't troubled by what homicide detective Brad Pince has been able to confirm occurred on Dec. 21. Sean Hopkins stabbed an officer, struggled with police and then lapsed into a fatal coma.
Instead, prosecutors are concerned about questions left unanswered - and more particularly, why.
According to documents obtained by The Herald, Pince found evidence that a civil ... Read more
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Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney
24 July 2006
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Seven police officers were transferred from teaching positions at the Goulburn Police Academy for offences including alleged sexual misconduct, NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney says.
Mr Moroney called their behaviour "totally unacceptable" and said he would personally review all future complaints.
He said about 40 complaints had been made between 2002 and 2005.
"I understand more than 20 complaints were found sustained, about seven related to alleged sexual misconduct.
"As of today all complaints will come to me so I can review the quality of investigation."
Mr Moroney said one complaint was too many, but the number of reports was "spasmodic" in the broader context.
"The overwhelming number of our staff do an excellent job," he said.
He said he understood there was some fraternisation between staff and students at the college.
"But common sense tells you where that begins and where that ends".
The disciplined staff members had been relocated throughout the police force, and some had their pay docked, Mr Moroney said.
"Let there be no doubt, there are codes of conduct for professional police educators that have been in place now for some deal of time.
"There's the organisation's code of conduct and indeed a statement of professional standards.
"I expect absolute adherence to those codes and that statement. Any behaviour less than that is totally unacceptable."
NSW Police Education Services Commander Tony Aldred said the last complaint upheld was more than two years ago.
"The sustained cases are in fact seven staff members between 2002 and March 2004," Mr Aldred said.
"The last sustained case was over two years ago. Since the code of conduct and the other changes to induction procedures for staff and students have come into place, there have been no sustained allegations.
"We are talking about a small snapshot - seven people out of 17,000 people over a three-year period."
Mr Aldred said earlier tighter rules implemented in the past 12 months had ensured police and recruits knew what was expected of them.
A newspaper report said the new rules followed revelations of a culture of misbehaviour at the college, revealed in documents obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) laws.
Lecturers have been disciplined, counselled and warned over misconduct, including sexual liaisons with recruits, lying and trying to hinder internal investigations, the report said.
The report said the documents revealed one case alleging a lecturer requested sex from a student for help in passing a course.
The documents reveal the college investigated 46 cases between January 1, 2003 and May 10, 2005 involving 127 allegations.
The documents also reveal an allegation of an officer attempting to hinder an internal investigation by instructing the complainant not to "rat him out".
The report quoted a police spokeswoman as saying 18 cases were closed with no action taken but three cases had sensitive information blacked out by FOI gatekeepers.
Mr Moroney said NSW Police were subject to more FOI requests than any other public sector organisation in the state.
But he admitted the applications could have been resolved sooner, and said staffing in the FOI area had been increased from nine to 21.
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