Terrorism in Ballarat - former Sydney copper sues the police after becoming drug addict - Victorian Police unlawfully releases 'up to 20,000 pages' of confidential filesA serious terrorist incident was narrowly averted in that hub of international terrorism, the city of Ballarat, Victoria, according to the August 19 Ballarat Courier.
Local police, whipped up by the terrorist hysteria of the Howard government, mistook a box of M&Ms for an improvised explosive device.
Officers from the Victorian Police Special Operations Group Explosive Ordinance Unit (VPSOGEOU) declared the M&Ms to be M&Ms.
'It was handled very professionally by all involved,' said police spokesperson, Inspector Barby.
Former copper, Robert Ridley, is suing NSW police for letting him be an undercover agent without appropriate psychological report, the August 20 Daily Telegraph reports.
His demanding undercover tasks included smoking cannabis laced with heroin, amphetamines, snorting 'huge' lines of coke, and pretending to be a bikie drug dealer.
When Ridley appeared in court on August 19, he said that 'It was quite difficult during the course of a shift to remember which drug you were buying sometimes.'
Ridley also suffered at the hands of other officers assaulting him during arrests and raids when they didn't know that he was an undercover officer.
On one occasion, according to the report, he was 'kicked unconscious by an officer unaware he was an undercover agent.'
The case continues.
Recently, Cop Watch reported that the Office of Police Integrity had unlawfully sent confidential police files on more than 400 people to a member of the public.
Not to be outdone, Victorian Police have beaten this record for incompetency by unlawfully releasing 'up to 20,000 pages' of confidential police files on over 1,000 people, according to the August 16 Sun-Herald.
This time, a former prison officer decided to leave the corrupting environment of the prison service and become a whistleblower.
Prison officers who blow the whistle on their mates are not popular, and it seems that many prison and police officers wrongfully accessed his personnel file.
He fought for 21 months to get details of the people who wrongfully accessed his file.
According to the Sun Herald, 'corrections sources revealed yesterday that when the officer received details of his records last month, he had also been sent the private records of others sharing his surname.'
The files that were sent out contained information such as the full names and private addresses of rape and sexual assault victims. Many of the files were on people who were themselves whistleblowers Ð those who have put career and personal safety at risk to expose corruption.
But it gets worse. According to the Herald Sun, 'within hours of getting the files, the officer's email system at work was allegedly hacked. His personal email records were then deleted in a suspected bid to 'cover up' the security breach.'
Following the story, an ABC reporter, Nick McKenzie, with the AM program on August 16, said that the records system had been criticized for various reasons, including 'police officers illegally accessing the system to snoop on the details of, for instance, a neighbor, or more seriously, to engage in serious corruption.'
By Julie Smith posted 24 August 05
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NSW Police Force: 2 dead, $1 million dollars to catch a thief?
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OUR STORIES MUST BE TOLD. THEY HAVE TO BE
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Vic police chief moves to sack officers
The Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police, Christine Nixon, has moved to dismiss two police officers as part of a crackdown on corruption and says up to 20 more dismissals could follow.
Vic flop cop warns there's more corruption
Victorian Police Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, says Victorians should brace themselves for more evidence of police corruption.
Vic police corruption report tabled in Parliament
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Bent police compromise Bulldogs gang-rape case
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More NSW Police Corruption?
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NSW Cop suspect in murder?
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Corrupt NSW police officer sacked
New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has sacked an officer who confessed to being involved in corrupt activities over the past eight years.
Policeman draws blank on fake raids
A suspended Sydney policeman has told an inquiry that he has "little recollection" of the details of fake police raids he set up.
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Police offer protection to family following gang rape allegations
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A New South Wales police prosecutor has been charged with the possession of child pornography.
Police, teachers charged in child porn bust
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A corrupt way to treat the community?
I seen the police bleeding on Nine's Sunday program arguing that promotion should depend on how many crimes police have solved and not how many brains they have and that was coming from police commissioner Ken Moroney and Police Minister John Watkins?
Judges Blood Sample: After the fact of the fact of a hangover?
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NSW police drug amnesty under review
A drug amnesty for the New South Wales police force is under review, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has said.
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Redfern police need education not weapons
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Bulldogs simply not the best!
SIMPLY NOT THE BEST AND DEFINITELY NOT BETTER THAN ANYONE, ANYONE I'VE MET.
Clive Small, NSW Inspector Gadget
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The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Where did the police learn their trade skills? Led by example perhaps?
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Lord Denning
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Black Nexus
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Partners in crime - history!
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Federal Police
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