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Police chief speaks out
LORAIN -- At Monday's City Council meeting, Councilman-at-Large Dan Given demanded answers from Lorain police Chief Cel Rivera about the conduct of his officers.
Yesterday, Rivera said he was surprised to learn Given had chastised him. The chief said he discussed his improvement plans with Given during his short stint as safety-service director.
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Rivera noted, ''Six months ago the city was out of control with homicides, armed robberies and the beating of an elderly couple, and our officers worked very hard to catch those responsible and hold... Read more
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15 November 2006
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Police censured for major brea
THE number of police facing serious internal charges has dramatically increased, as police consider whether to allow disciplinary tribunal proceedings to be reported.
Figures in the South Australian police annual report, tabled in Parliament yesterday, show there were 46 major investigations into officers' conduct last financial year.
Officers were found guilty of breaches including acting without honesty and integrity, using unnecessary force, conflicts of interests, accessing or releasing confidential information and misuse of government property.
Of the 46 cases, 29 officers were disciplined - including suspension, transfer or demotion - and five resigned.
Nine cases were withdrawn and three were not proven. In 2004-05, there were 30 cases heard by the tribunal, while there were 23 in 2003-04.
Current laws prevent the reporting of cases dealt with by the Police Disciplinary Tribunal, although SA police and the police union were discussing reforms to the Police Act.
Commissioner Mal Hyde was "comfortable" with opening the police tribunal to the public, but wanted protection for whistleblowers.
Key figures in the report included:
DRUG offences rose 17 per cent, with amphetamine offences doubling.
POLICE again failed to meet the benchmark of responding to urgent calls within 10 minutes 45 per cent of the time, recording 41 per cent.
THE pedophile taskforce received 84 referrals from the Inquiry into Children in State Care. In the last financial year it investigated 53 alleged pedophiles, charging 19 with more than 200 offences.
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