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Investigators from the Anti Corruption Branch are still to charge a constable in St. Andrew who was arrested along with a wrecker driver earlier this week on suspicion of corruption.
Constable Samuel Spence of the Stony Hill police station and Kenneth Peart were arrested on Tuesday.
Constable Spence is being held at the central police lock up, while Peart is at the Half Way Tree police station.
Head of the Anti Corruption Branch, Assistant Commissioner Justin Felice, said investigators are still awaiting a ruling form the Director of Public Prosecution.
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Townsville Bulletin - Northern
31 January 2007
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Police intend protest march
QUEENSLAND police have vowed to march on State Parliament to protest against the Government's 'unfair' treatment of an officer charged over the Palm Island death in custody case.
Queensland Police Union (QPU) vice-president Denis Fitzpatrick yesterday told a gathering of more than 650 officers on the Gold Coast that industrial action to support Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley had not been ruled out.
Another meeting will be held in Townsville today to give North Queensland officers the chance to add their voice to the protest.
Mr Fitzpatrick said the QPU was 'incensed' that the Government had decided to press charges against Snr-Sgt Hurley over the 2004 death of Palm Island man Mulrunji Doomadgee upon former NSW chief justice Sir Laurence Street's recommendation.
Snr-Sgt Hurley could face a Townsville court for the manslaughter of Doomadgee this week .
Mr Fitzpatrick, who will be in Townsville today, said a march on parliament could be organised as early as February 6, when sittings resume for the year.
He said the march would also highlight the 'anger and disgust' at recent comments by Queensland Premier Peter Beattie over the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommendation.
Mr Fitzpatrick said officers were 'incensed' at Mr Beattie's claim it would be a waste of money to implement the commission's recommendation of 24-hour surveillance in police watchhouses. He called on the Government to immediately upgrade police watchhouse surveillance and staff numbers.
"Peter Beattie says it'd be a waste of money to upgrade watchhouses. How dare he?," he said.
"How dare he set the highest standards for us when we don't have a prayer of reaching those standards because he's too stingy to pay for our basic needs?
"Unfortunately what happened to Chris could happen to any officer in this State at any time."
Mr Fitzpatrick said improved surveillance could have avoided Mulrunji's death. They were particularly upset over the political interference and they were incensed by the decision to charge Chris," he said.
"Consider the allegations, the heartache, the trauma and the grief for all involved.
"The families have been through hell. If there had been video surveillance in that custodial area, all of this could have been avoided.
"We would have known instantly what would have occurred. There would simply be no claim, no counter claim, no turmoil and certainly no angst (and) that is where we rest our case.
"I call on the Premier, Peter Beattie, to stop this nonsense and upgrade our facilities and give us the staff we need.
"We need to do our job (and) there should never be another case like this. It's up to the Premier to do it."
Mr Fitzpatrick said Snr-Sgt Hurley had been 'singled out for special treatment' by the State Government.
Northern Region QPU executive officer Sergeant Mick Gerrard said the union would today decide their next course of action, which would take place across the State.
"We can withdraw the provision of any information through the government departments, starve them of information," he said.
"We can take action where we can only enforce life-endangering offences and not other offences.
"We will take a form of industrial action that will shadow our disgust and how upset we are at the decision that's been brought down."
But Sgt Gerrard said officers would never endanger the lives of residents.
Mr Beattie said he respected the police's right to protest.
"I support their right to democratically protest against the government of the day, providing it is done within the law," he said in Brisbane yesterday.
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