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Top cops' new charges
NEW charges of assault by kicking and assault with an instrument have been laid against the former head of the axed armed offenders squad.
The charges are among 15 assault-related charges Insp Bernie Rankin will face.
Three of Det-Insp Rankin's armed offenders squad members have also had new charges laid against them by the Office of Police Integrity.
The charges follow an OPI raid on the armed offenders squad office at the St Kilda Rd police complex last July.
Sen-Det Robert Dabb, Sen-Det Mark Butterfield and Det-Sgt Matthew Franc's new charges a...
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