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ROOKIE police officers in NSW are doing more than their fair share when it comes to misbehaving, a study has found.
Probationary constables - those in their first year - make up 7 per cent of the force but are responsible for almost 12 per cent of allegations of off-duty misconduct.
The research paper, released by the Police Integrity Commission, found that rookies were also the most likely to have a complaint against them substantiated and to face disciplinary action such as counselling, a reduction in rank or even the sack.
It also found that the most common allega... Read more
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Scotsman - United Kingdom
29 January 2006
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Police 'kept quiet' over rapis
A police force has come under fire for failing to warn the public for more than nine months that a convicted rapist was on the run.
Mohammed Saleem Hussain disappeared after failing to turn up for the fifth and final day of his trial at Birmingham Crown Court in April 2005, and has not been located since.
The 37-year-old, from the King's Heath area of Birmingham, produced a sick note to the court but was convicted in his absence of raping a 26-year-old woman from Solihull after giving her a lift in his car.
Despite what West Midlands Police describe as "exhaustive searches", Hussain has never been found, and last week an appeal was put out to the public asking for help to trace him.
But Norman Brennan, of the Victims of Crime Trust, said he hoped the force had good reasons for keeping quiet for so long about the fact that a convicted sex offender was at large.
"Firstly, it is astounding that somebody can be convicted of such a serious crime as rape in their absence," he said.
"This type of attack is every woman's worst nightmare.
"To reassure the British public, particularly rape victims, I truly hope that there are exceptionally good reasons why West Midlands Police did not release this man's details as soon as they had exhausted their initial search to find him."
Mr Brennan, founder of the Victims of Crime Trust, added: "Clearly this man is a danger to women and I urge West Midlands Police, and any other force in areas where people might be harbouring this individual, to use all their resources to capture him."
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Police defended the force's decision not to alert the public immediately, saying it is not normal procedure to release a photograph of a sex offender.
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