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Sikh's to file suit against po
A Sikh organisation plans to challenge a ban on wearing a turban while on duty in a volunteer reserve police force in Ireland.
A Sikh man, who has not been named, had recently tried to join the Garda Reserve, a volunteer reserve section of Ireland's police force Garda Siochana, but was told he could not wear his turban while on duty.
The Irish Sikh Council said it is in touch with representatives of a New York Police Department (NYPD) Sikh officer who successfully overturned a similar ban in the New York police force.
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22 September 2006
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Police demand chief's resignat
Emergency workers protesting in Melbourne have called for the resignation of Victoria's Police chief and the disbanding of the Office of Police Integrity.
More than 1200 police officers, firefighters and ambulance workers have rallied in support of three detectives suspended this week from the disbanded armed offenders squad.
Protesters, who included officers from the Victoria Police special operations group, air wing and water police, as well as some of the force's clerical workers, gathered in Batman Park this afternoon.
They voted unanimously in favour of a motion demanding the reformation of the squad, the re-employment of its former members, the disbanding of the Office of Police Integrity and the resignation of Victoria Police chief commissioner Christine Nixon.
A motion was also passed for the motion to be put to a general meeting of the Police Association next month.
Speaking to reporters after the rally, Police Association secretary Paul Mullet said a general meeting of members, expected to be held in about a month, would call for "the immediate disbandment of the Office of Police Integrity and the resignation of Chief Commissioner Nixon and her Deputy Commissioner Simon Overland''.
Officers of the disbanded Armed Offenders Squad lined up behind Mr Mullett as he spoke to the media.
"Their careers are now ruined. They are professional armed hold-up investigators. It's a sad day for Victoria that experience at these levels has been lost to the community,'' he said.
Mr Mullett said the OPI had had video evidence of the alleged bashing since May 10 this year, yet it had instead decided to go ahead with public hearings this week.
"It's our view that they just merely wanted to entrap people to try to get them to commit perjury,'' he said.
Mr Mullett said the officers had been denied natural justice and procedural fairness when they were forced to give evidence at a public hearing even though they had not been charged.
He said the police union was also looking at a "direct connection'' between the OPI and the chief commissioner.
"They've been, in our view, working hand in glove,'' he said.
Mr Mullett said members of the Armed Offenders Squad standing behind him had worked every day to lock up the state's worst and most violent offenders.
"Do we want to see in Victoria what's currently occurring in New South Wales - drive-by shootings, ethnic gangs, race gangs, youth gangs, street gangs, gang rapes by the day? The community don't want that,'' he said.
So far three officers have been suspended following revelations at the inquiry into the conduct of officers from the now disbanded armed offenders squad, which was based in Melbourne. The four-day public hearing concluded yesterday.
Detective Senior Constable Robert Dabb, who collapsed earlier this week while giving evidence at the OPI hearing into the disbanded armed offenders squad, was suspended by Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon for being "reasonably suspected to have breached discipline".
The OPI claims secret video footage shown at the hearing captures Senior Constable Dabb and two other officers bashing an armed robbery suspect in an interview room at the former squad's St Kilda Road office. The other two officers were suspended on Wednesday.
Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon is expected to comment this afternoon.
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