|
|
|
| NEWS > 20 July 2008 |
Other related articles:
Police union bully probe under
THE Ombudsman has savaged WorkSafe for failing to properly investigate bullying allegations against Police Association secretary Paul Mullett.
George Brouwer yesterday found that WorkSafe's handling of the complaint against Sen-Sgt Mullett was inadequate and ignored much evidence of his bullying.
Sen-Sgt Mullett rejected the Ombudsman's finding, saying claims he was a bully were being spread by "rabid dissidents" who had tried and failed to take over the Police Association.
However, WorkSafe and Victoria Police have agreed to reopen their probes into claims by two ... Read more
|
 Article sourced from
|
|
NEWS.com.au - Australia
20 July 2008
This article appeared in the above title/site.
To view it in its entirity click this link.
|
Victoria Police
|
Three Victoria Police reviews
A PROBE into possible criminal behaviour at a high level of Victoria Police has intensified with three reviews started.
And in a radical bid to fix the corrupt culture, the force is trying to move part of the police IT section linked to irregular multi-million dollar blow-outs.
Sources told the Sunday Herald Sun an internal corruption probe by the Ethical Standard Department was scrutinising all links to a corrupt senior police manager.
The manager, who stepped down while under investigation, was recently convicted of obtaining a financial advantage by deception.
Senior sources said the corruption probe - which has been running for six months - could soon net more scalps.
Victoria Police did not rule out further criminal charges.
A review of top management was in progress while Business Information Technology Services was under examination.
Victoria Police was trying to separate and move the procurement division of BITS into a different part of the Flinders St headquarters.
The move came after a police contract with IBM blew out by $85 million.
A Sunday Herald Sun investigation also found:
SOME police staff who were whistleblowers and informants in recent probes and audits felt victimised by colleagues and management.
TWO senior managerial positions for BITS section had recently been advertised.
THE restructure moves were rubbing staff the wrong way, with a potential industrial showdown looming.
As well as officers, the department is made up of unsworn police employees represented by the Community and Public Sector Union.
"We've notified a dispute to the (industrial relations) commission," CPSU spokesman Julian Kennelly said.
"Our members are unhappy about a range of issues, including the pace and seeing bits of their jobs advertised without notice."
Victoria Police spokeswoman Joanne Hammond confirmed an internal audit had identified "a range of matters around process".
"The audit team is currently working with BITS management to rectify these issues," she said.
In relation to criminal charges of police employees, Ms Hammond said the investigation was ongoing and would not comment further.
Victoria Police has been involved in scandals about IT contracts, computer fraud and database breaches.
One senior manager was discovered with child porn links on his laptop, scores of mobile phones and other items were missing and financial record keeping was highly irregular.
Workers with the police's technology partner IBM were also found with keys and security passes for police headquarters up to year after they left the company.
Kickbacks to police employees from suppliers and embezzlement were also being investigated.
|
| |
 EiP Comments:
|
|---|
|
| |
* We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper or periodical. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and we will remove the article. The articles republished on this site are provided for the purposes of research , private study, criticism , review, and the reporting of current events' We have no wish to infringe the copyright of any newspaper , periodical or other works. If you feel that we have done so then please contact us with the details and where necessary we will remove the work concerned.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
 |
Ethics in Policing, based in the UK, provide information and advice about the following:
Policing Research | Police News articles | Police Corruption | International Policing | Police Web Sites | Police Forum | Policing Ethics | Police Journals | Police Publications |
|
| |
|
