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NEWS > 17 December 2009

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Policeman has complaint upheld

FOUR Wagga police officers have won the fight for justice after being involved in a Police Integrity Commission (PIC) investigation.

Detective Senior Constable Timothy Scott Briggs had his complaint upheld, finding the PIC's Operation Whistler (2007) denied him and other officers "procedural fairness".

The secondary investigation, Operation Alford, found Senior Constable Christopher John Jackson, Senior Constable Julie Teresa Philpott and Constable Amanda Rae Deissel had also been wronged by Operation Whistler.

The report concluded that no further action should be taken against any of the officers involved in the investigation.

Operation Whistler investigated the arrest of Allan Hathaway in Wagga on February 6, 2003 and the related prosecution of him in the Wagga Local Court.

The PIC report was handed to NSW Parliament yesterday, finding material and opinions included in Operation Whistler should never have been included and be regarded as invalid.

At this stage it is unclear as to what the result means for the officers but goes a long way to clearing their names over the alleged 2003 arrest and assault of Mr Hathaway.

The quartet has been under intense scrutiny since the Hathaway case and subsequent civil case, which has been appealed by NSW Police.

The PIC investigator found all officers were unfairly treated and not given due process.

"The Commission regrets that the breaches of procedural fairness occurred and apologises to Detective Senior Constable Briggs, Constable Deissel, Senior Constable Jackson and Senior Constable Philpott," the report said.

"The above-mentioned portions of the Whistler Report affected by the failures to accord procedural fairness should not have appeared and should be regarded as invalid."

The full Operation Alford and Operation Whistler reports can be found at the Police Integrity Commission website, www.pic.nsw.gov.au.
 

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