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THE suspended treasurer and general manager of the Fiji Police Credit Union, Inspector Nasir Ali is contemplating taking legal action against the Fiji Police Force for defamation.
IP Ali who is the chief investigator in an Anti-Corruption Unit set up to look into allegations of corruption, was suspended on January 19 over allegations of breaching regulations of the credit union.
He said his name had been publicly "ridiculed" for quite some time now, ever since he made complaints against police officers on the police accounts and Agriculture Scam investigations in 2004. ... Read more
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Queensland police face new dis
NEW disciplinary processes for Queensland police could be in place by the end of the year.
However, the state's corruption watchdog and the police service are at odds over whether an overhaul is needed.
The Courier-Mail reported yesterday that Crime and Misconduct Commission chairman Robert Needham was unhappy police rejected advice from the watchdog to discipline five officers suspected of misconduct in relation to Operation Capri.
Premier Anna Bligh waded into the debate yesterday saying she had met with Mr Needham to discuss his concerns about the disciplinary processes. She said the issue would be reviewed as part of the State Government's green paper on integrity and accountability released this week.
The green paper asks for public feedback on whether police disciplinary procedures should be improved, including giving the Police Commissioner the power to sack officers. Any changes will be law by the end of the year.
"I think it's important for us to ensure the police misconduct processes of government are as good as they possible can be," Ms Bligh said yesterday.
"I think there have been some incidents in recent times that have raised some questions in the mind of the public."
Operation Capri, detailed in a recent CMC report Dangerous Liaisons, implicated 25 officers over alleged improper conduct amid claims they gave favours to prisoners in return for confessions and evidence.
However, Deputy Commissioners Kathy Rynders and Ian Stewart opted for "managerial guidance" instead of disciplining five of the officers involved.
The Queensland Police Union yesterday accused the CMC of wanting to establish a "kangaroo court" for officers accused of wrongdoing.
The union urged the watchdog to concentrate on examining "more serious allegations involving potential corruption at the highest levels of government" rather than "trying to mess around with the police discipline system".
"The CMC has a poor track record when it comes to their inability to substantiate allegations and now they want to lower the bar to have mere allegations accepted as fact," union president Ian Leavers said.
"The CMC won't be happy until they have established a kangaroo court for police that accepts assertions without question.
"The CMC needs to accept that some of the officers it pursues are just not guilty."
Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson said the CMC referred 99 per cent of complaints against police back to the service to investigate and had the power to review these decisions as well as appeal to the Supreme Court.
"The QPS disciplinary process is evidentiary-based and as a matter of law the decision maker must have sufficient grounds before substantiating a matter and thereafter imposing a disciplinary sanction," Mr Atkinson said.
"This means that from time to time, an individual decision maker or officer may decide that there are insufficient grounds for disciplinary action."
But Mr Atkinson attempted to play down the apparent rift between the two bodies, saying it was inevitable and healthy for them to have "occasional differences". He described the relationship between the two as "professional" and "solid".
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