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The home secretary, Charles Clarke, said today that he remained "sceptical" about routinely arming police officers, saying there was evidence it encouraged criminals to carry guns.
He promised, however, that the government would learn any necessary lessons over the fatal shooting of PC Sharon Beshenivsky by robbers in Bradford on Friday. Six people are being questioned over the killing.
Mr Clarke said it was his duty to ensure police officers had the "the right equipment and armour".
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01 March 2006
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Privacy commissioner slams pol
THE state's anti-corruption watchdog has been issued with a compliance notice for serious breaches of privacy after leaking secret police files on hundreds of Victorians.
The first compliance notice issued by Victoria's Privacy Commissioner is an embarrassing blow to the Office of Police Integrity, set up in 2004 to fight police corruption and help halt the gangland wars.
Privacy Commissioner Paul Chadwick said the notice was issued for a "serious or flagrant contravention" of the Privacy Act.
Under the order the OPI must call in experts to conduct an independent audit of data security.
In an 82-page report tabled in Parliament yesterday, Mr Chadwick said the bungle happened after the wife of a country police officer, known as "Jenny", asked the OPI to investigate if police had inappropriately accessed her files.
He found the leak of sensitive information on 490 Victorians happened after a series of mail room blunders – including a letter addressed to Jenny being taped to police files that were meant to be sent to storage.
Mr Chadwick also found the OPI's investigation of Jenny's complaint was inadequate and had the effect of misleading her about the extent to which police had accessed her files. He has recommended new audits be conducted.
Mr Chadwick found there was no evidence the files had been deliberately leaked but blamed inadequate facilities and procedures at the OPI.
The OPI said yesterday the breach was accidental and organisation had since strengthened its facilities and procedures.
"The report concluded the accidental dispatch occurred at a time when OPI was still in formation, and OPI has since implemented new filing/mailing procedures and facilities," it said.
In a controversial move, Mr Chadwick also recommended that 90 people whose sensitive personal information was breached in the leak should never be told.
They included victims of sexual crimes, citizens who reported crime to police and those suspected of crimes that were never proven.
Mr Chadwick said he decided knowing about the leak would cause victims more harm than good.
He also concluded the extent of the leak was limited to eight people and the risk of further unauthorised access, use or disclosure was small.
The Herald Sun revealed last year Victorians whose sensitive police files were leaked had the right to seek costs and damages of up to $100,000 at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
A second report by the Privacy Commissioner into the leaking of 7000 police files to a prison whistleblower is yet to be released.
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