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POLICE recruits at NSW's Goulburn training academy who failed a crucial course on police powers had their papers re-marked so they could pass the subject.
The re-marking was part of a push to get more recruits qualified in order to meet the state Government's pre-election promises about increased police numbers, one former staff member at the college said yesterday.
"It would appear they have lowered the bar, the pass rate, to get the numbers through," the former lecturer said.
The Weekend Australian has learned that at least 50 students in the group due to graduat... Read more
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The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,A
19 November 2007
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A FORMER high-ranking policeman has been appointed to investigate the alleged ostracism of anti-corruption investigators working as instructors at the Victoria Police academy.
Former assistant commissioner Bill Robertson will review the treatment of the two anti-corruption detectives, who left the academy's School of Investigation late last year after complaining about mistreatment from fellow instructors and staff.
The Age believes the detectives have alleged they were ostracised and denigrated because they had investigated police suspected of corruption.
It is the second review of the academy in four years, with a 2004 bullying inquiry leading to the removal of a chief inspector and two officers and the recommendation of many changes.
The revelation that the main training site for police is again under review comes with the force still reeling from last week's Office of Police Integrity hearings. The hearings aired allegations that the target of a secret corruption taskforce was tipped off that he was under investigation and have led to the resignations of assistant commissioner Noel Ashby and chief media adviser Stephen Linnell, and the suspension of union boss Paul Mullett.
Mr Mullett's vow to remain as the head of the union has led to a bitter stand-off between Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon and the Police Association.
A police spokeswoman confirmed that Mr Robertson had been commissioned to conduct a "workplace health and safety review" as a result of issues raised by the two instructors. She said Mr Robertson was also examining the adequacy of training at the academy.
Before being appointed as instructors early last year, both detectives worked at the Ceja taskforce investigating widespread corruption in the former drug squad.
Both left their roles as instructors late last year after concerns were raised about their treatment as well as the difficulty faced by one of the detectives in getting his complaints properly investigated. One detective is on leave while the other is at a country station.
While at the academy, they lectured at the field investigators' course and detective training course, which police have to undertake to become detectives.
It is believed some of the concerns related to the behaviour of other instructors towards them, including referring to them as "the filth", a common derogatory term for anti-corruption investigators.
Mr Robertson began his review several weeks ago, about the same time the assistant commissioner responsible for the police academy, Leigh Gassner, resigned from the force. It is not clear why Mr Gassner, whose conversations with Mr Ashby were aired at the OPI hearings, has resigned. A police spokesman has said his resignation is not connected to the hearings.
The review comes three months after the OPI released a report warning that the mistreatment of anti-corruption detectives must be stamped out — and that some police appeared to prefer working with corrupt officers than those who investigate them.
"The ostracism and resentment faced by a number of Ceja investigators since their return to the mainstream workforce indicates that there are pockets of disturbing attitudes that, if not dealt with swiftly, risk contaminating the ethical health of the organisation," the OPI report said.
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