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THE Police Commissioner, Ken Moroney, was under fire last night after being accused of failing to act for four years to stop sexual misconduct at the police academy in Goulburn.
The NSW Ombudsman, Bruce Barbour, said that every year for the past four his office had asked senior police for a clearer code of conduct concerning relationships between staff and students.
He said he had sent a report to Mr Moroney and the Police Minister, Carl Scully, in January raising concerns about the police follow-up to serious misconduct at the college in 2002 and he was not satisfied wit... Read more
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Investigators look for mystery
NEW YORK: The search for a key missing witness in the police killing of an unarmed black man who died in a hail of 50 bullets intensified Thursday with the arrest of four people who have provided clues about the witness' identity, a law enforcement official said.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the Wednesday raid that led to the arrests was related to the shooting investigation but refused to elaborate.
The shooting killed 23-year-old Sean Bell on his wedding day and wounded two of his companions, setting off a storm of outrage in New York, especially in the black community. The three victims are black, and the police officers included two blacks, two whites and one Hispanic.
The intensity of the search for the witness reflected its potential impact on a case full of conflicting accounts and unanswered questions about why the officers started shooting.
A law enforcement official told The Associated Press the arrests Thursday of three men and one woman on gun charges had produced information about the identity of an important witness, one who was possibly with the three victims during Saturday's shooting.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way.
The hospitalized survivors, Guzman and Trent Benefield, deny such a person exists, their attorney said.
An unnamed undercover shooter and four others — identified as detectives Mike Oliver, Mark Cooper and Paul Hedley and Officer Mike Carey — have been placed on paid administrative leave while the Queens District Attorney's office conducts a grand jury investigation that could result in criminal charges.
Bell's funeral is scheduled for Friday at the church where he was to be married.
An undercover officer has told investigators another missing witness — a man dressed in black and standing in front of a sport utility vehicle — argued with Bell and his companions as they left the club where Bell was having a bachelor party. The officer was part of a vice team investigating complaints about prostitution and drug dealing at the club.
The man in black reached into his pocket as if he had a weapon as Bell challenged him to a fight, and one of the groom's friends said, "Yo, get my gun," two law enforcement officials said, citing the undercover officer's account.
Officials said the exchange prompted a second undercover detective to follow Bell and three other men as they walked toward their car, apparently suspecting the men meant to arm themselves and attack the man in black.
Moments later, the second undercover officer started shooting at the car when Bell, while trying to drive away, bumped him and smashed into an unmarked police van.
Through his lawyer, the detective has insisted he clearly identified himself as a police officer as he tried to stop them. He also has said he spotted Guzman, then sitting in the passenger seat, make a sudden move for his waistband before the officers opened fire.
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