Thousands more suspects face drug test

* Assessment for treatment for all who test positive
* Thresholds for illegal possession may be raised

UK: All suspects arrested for drug-related crime - currently 240,000 a year - are to be tested for heroin, cocaine and crack by the police under a scheme starting today and those whose results are positive will be required to undergo a compulsory assessment for treatment.

This expansion in compulsory drug testing comes as ministers are considering specific thresholds for the personal possession of different drugs. Carry more and the police will assume you are a dealer.

Home Office officials said last night that the government was "minded to set" the limits at 4ozs of cannabis resin, half a kilo of cannabis leaf, 10 ecstasy tablets, or 7g of heroin or crack cocaine.

The Home Office estimates that the expansion of the police compulsory testing programme from those who are charged with drug-related crimes to all those arrested for such offences means the numbers tested will rise from 80,000 to more than 240,000 a year. More than 2,200 people entered the drug treatment programme by this route last month.

[Why don't they just admit that the war on drugs is lost? Fuckwits!]

The scheme comes into force today in Manchester, Nottingham and South Yorkshire and will follow in the rest of the country next March. First-time drug using offenders will be tested if they are arrested for "trigger offences" including street robbery, burglary, theft and handling stolen goods.

Those who test positive will be required to attend a drug assessment even if they are not charged. A Home Office spokesman said those who refused to provide a sample or undergo the assessment would face a fine of up to £2,500 or three months in prison. The courts are also able to deny bail to someone who refuses assessment or the follow-up treatment and support.

The expansion of the drug intervention programme was announced yesterday by the home secretary, Charles Clarke, in a speech to the national drugs conference in London. It came as Home Office ministers launched a consultation on whether specific limits should be set for the personal possession of heroin, cocaine, crack, ecstasy, amphetamines and cannabis.

The draft limits are based on an informal agreement between Nottinghamshire police and the Crown Prosecution Service. They are: heroin: 7g or 10 or more "wraps" containing 0.1g. Crack cocaine: 7g or 10 wraps of 0.1g. Cocaine: 7g or 10 wraps of 1g. Ecstasy: 10 tablets. Amphetamines: 14g or 10 wraps of 1g. Cannabis: resin - 4ozs or 10 individual pieces; leaf - 0.5 kilos or more than 20 "2 x 2" bags.

The police have resisted setting a specific threshold for cannabis, arguing that it would only lead to street dealers carrying around smaller amounts than the prescribed limits.

Opposition politicians said that the draft thresholds were so high they would make the fight against illegal drug use even harder. "A lot of dealers are going to be let off the hook," said the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Alistair Carmichael.

It emerged yesterday that Brixton police in south London intend to arrest anyone caught with even a small amount of cannabis from December 12 in a drive to tackle the growing number of drug dealers on Brixton high street.

Brixton was the first London area to pilot the police policy of cautioning but not arresting people possessing small amounts of cannabis.

By Alan Travis posted 4 December 05

People: 'Prisoners' of Drugs'

People who are addicted to heroin usually take the drug because it relieves them of problems such as low self-esteem, distrust and fear of abandonment. They may have poor communication skills & poor relationship skills.

Blunkett's Quest, but is he on drugs?

The legislation is expected to introduce a new definition of "possession" of an illegal drug, making it an offence to have a certain amount in the bloodstream. This is likely to prove controversial - not least because some drugs, such as cannabis, can remain in the bloodstream for weeks.

POSSESSION? OR INVASION?

UK: This absolutely preposterous idea/theory of allowing a person/s to be possibly charged with 'possession', if found to have a drug substance within their bloodstream, just goes to prove such hypocrisies which certain hierarchies feel justifies passing legislation, is another blow for democracy!

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Survey shows 11m people have taken drugs
Nearly 4 million people in England and Wales have tried class A drugs - including heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, LSD and magic mushrooms - at least once. The annual British Crime Survey drug findings show that 11 million people, aged between 16 and 59, say they have tried some illegal drug at least once, with 3.5 million saying that they have taken them in the past year.

Prison officers responsible for smuggling into jails
Fresh Home Office research also confirmed the extent of abuse in prisons yesterday, and suggested that prison staff were one route for drugs to get in. The study found that smuggling by uniformed or civilian staff was thought to be "substantially increasing" the availability of heroin and cannabis behind bars.

Prisons: Have a heart at Christmas
As the season of goodwill approaches I'm reminded of how at this time of year one of the main things on the minds of people in prison is food.

Call for reform of prison care for mentally ill
UK: Prisons would be legally obliged to provide specialist treatment and support to mentally ill inmates under Conservative proposals set before MPs.

Teaching role for prison staff urged in report
UK: Prison officers should play a greater role in the education of inmates to prevent reoffending, says an academic report published today. The report marks the first time that uniformed staff, who normally have little involvement in prisoner education, have been consulted at length.

A long stretch
UK: As head of prisons for England and Wales, Martin Narey tried to improve life for people on the inside. One of those inmates was Erwin James, then serving a life sentence. Now, as Narey leaves his job after a career spanning three decades, the two men meet and discuss the many problems still facing Britain's jails.

Plea to release Biggs rejected by ruling-class
UK: Home Secretary Charles Clarke has rejected a plea by Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs to be released from prison on compassionate grounds.

Prisons chief hits at 'gross' overcrowding
Martin Narey, a civil servant who has served every Home Secretary since 1989, highlights statistics showing that thousands of mentally ill inmates and a record number of children now constitute a significant part of the prison population.

Clarke faces a fight over probation overhaul
UK: The home secretary, Charles Clarke, yesterday confirmed his plans to abolish 42 local probation boards and instead create "a vibrant mixed economy" in the management of 200,000 offenders in the community.

The devilish advocate
UK: The devilish advocate John Hirst taught himself law in jail, and has never lost a case against the prison service. Erwin James meets up again with the former 'lifer' who won inmates the right to vote.

Racism still rife in jails, five years after the murder of Zahid Mubarek UK: The prison service will be strongly criticised for continued racial discrimination against ethnic minority inmates by the official report from the Zahid Mubarek inquiry.

UK prisoners should get vote, European court rules
UK: Laws setting out who can and cannot take part in elections are to be rewritten after the European court of human rights today ruled in favour of giving British prisoners the right to vote.

Prison plan 'will cut reoffending'
UK: A network of community prisons to help cut the number of criminals who re-offend has been outlined by Home Secretary Charles Clarke.

Clarke to scrap plan to peg prison numbers
UK: The home secretary, Charles Clarke, has said he is to abandon his predecessor's aspiration of pegging the prison population in England and Wales at 80,000. He will also drop plans to put a legal obligation on the judges' sentencing guidelines council to take the size of the prison population - currently 77,000 and rising - into account when laying down the "going rate" for major crimes.

Crowded jails 'boosting suicides'
UK: The chief inspector of prisons warned that an overcrowding crisis in Britain's jails was leading to an increase in prisoner suicides.

Chief justice calls for new approach to law and order
UK: The retiring [ruling class] lord chief justice, Lord Woolf, made a passionate plea for a new approach to law and order which would see a major shift away from punishment towards the solution of problems which generate crime.

Britain's only prison ship ends up on the beach
UK: The last inmates have departed and a skeleton staff is left guarding Britain's only prison ship - in case anyone is minded to break in rather than out.

Throw away the key
The one profession to get results on recidivism has been sacrificed to Labour's desire to lock up criminals in private prisons.

Judges' misdeeds will remain secret
UK: Judges who are disciplined for bad behaviour will not have the findings against them made public under a complaints regime to be launched next year.

Prisoner total rises 15% in six years
England and Wales are continuing to jail offenders at a higher rate than any other major country in western Europe, it emerged today. New research indicates that the government's use of prison as its main tool of penal policy has increased by 15% since 1999.

CPS drops prosecution over death in custody
UK: The family of Roger Sylvester, who died after being restrained by police officers, yesterday expressed their disappointment at a decision by the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute any of the officers involved.

Prisoner's cell death
UK: A prisoner was found hanged in his cell last week, the Home Office said, fuelling criticism over the soaring number of suicides in custody.

Plans for five new 'superprisons'
Recent figures show a total of 75,550 prisoners were held in 139 jails in England and Wales, nudging up the previous record of April 2004 by just six inmates.

Prison has lost its way - report
UK: Bristol prison is suffering wide-ranging problems because of inconsistent management, the Chief Inspector of Prisons has said.

Row over acupuncture for prisoners
UK: The Home Office has responded to criticism over prison inmates who are being offered acupuncture on the NHS in order to relieve stress.

Number of prisoners sent back to jail trebles
UK: The number of prisoners being sent back to jail after release has nearly trebled in the past five years, according to a report published today.

Top judge says crowded prisons cannot break cycle of crime
UK: Reoffending rates after a prison sentence are at an "unacceptably high level" and the failure of the criminal justice system to stop prisoners reoffending should shock the public, England's top judge, [Ruling Class] Lord Woolf, said last week.

All the World's a Prison: History
No doubt many of my readers, even those who are well-educated or widely read, think that the prison -- the place where dark deeds are darkly answered[2] -- is an ancient institution, a barbaric hold-over from barbaric times. In fact, the prison is of relatively recent origin, and this tells us a great deal about the pretentions and realities of modern times, and the wisdom and high degree of development of the ancients.

Decade after inspector left in disgust, report tells of filth
UK: Dirty, mice-infested cells, high levels of self-harm, and widespread bullying over drugs and medications were just some of the damning findings of a report into conditions at Holloway, Britain's largest women's prison.

Most women 'should not be jailed'
Women make up 6% of the prison population in England and Wales. Imprisonment of women should be "virtually abolished", a prison reform group has said.

Youth 'murdered for officers' pleasure'
UK: An Asian teenager was murdered by a white racist after they were placed in the same cell as part of a game to fulfil the "perverted pleasure" of prison officers, a public inquiry heard on Friday.

Deaths in isolation as prison segregation increases
The use of segregation [solitary confinement] of prisoners as punishment has been increasing recently in Australia, the US, and the UK. Segregation can be used for protection or punishment, but in both cases it results in extreme psychological stress. An indication that segregation is being over-used is the appearance of deaths in custody from suicide of those placed in segregation.

Inquest blames jail for overdose death
UK: An inquest jury returned a verdict itemising a catalogue of faults at Styal prison in Cheshire, concluding that the prison's "failure of duty of care" contributed to the death of Sarah Campbell, 18, who took an overdose of tablets on the first day of her three-year sentence.

Put in the way of self-harm in a place intended to protect others
UK: Sarah Campbell, 18, spent the last hours of her life in the segregation unit of Styal prison, Cheshire. "The seg", as those places are referred to, used to be known as "the block", short for punishment block. [ Seg is a bullshit word for Punishment, Solitary Confinement, Torture, Mental Illness, Self-Harm, Human Rights Abuse and that is State Terror.]

Britain 'sliding into police state'
The home secretary, Charles Clarke, is transforming Britain into a police state, one of the country's former leading anti-terrorist police chiefs [false flag police chiefs] said yesterday.

UK solitary confinement
UK: Segregation units are prisons within prisons - the places where the most unchecked brutality is meted out to prisoners. In recent years conditions in high security segregation units have deteriorated, and the use of long-term segregation as a control mechanism has increased.

Inquiry must root out prison racists
UK: It is difficult to imagine a more brutal murder than that of Zahid Mubarek. The 19-year-old was clubbed to death by his cellmate at Feltham Young Offender Institution in the early hours of 21 March 2000. He was due to be released just a few hours later.

Prison suicides soar as jails hire 'babysitters'
UK: Prison officers are being taken off suicide watch and replaced by unqualified 'babysitters' because the system is overwhelmed by an epidemic of self-harm.

Plan to sell off juvenile jails as job lot
UK: The government is to put out to tender all its dedicated juvenile jails that hold children under 18 in a departure in Whitehall's privatisation programme.

Failure to sack 'racist' prison staff condemned
UK: Two prison officers suspended for racism are still on full pay three years after a stash of Nazi memorabilia, neo-fascist literature and Ku Klux Klan-inspired 'nigger-hunting licences' was found in a police raid on their home.

Report slams 'unjust' jailing of women on remand
UK: Six out of 10 women sent to jail while they await trial are acquitted or given a non-custodial sentence, a report published today reveals. Introducing the report, Lady Kennedy QC calls for a complete review of the use of remand and bail for women saying it is "inhumane and unjust".

Concern as UK prison suicides hit record level
UK: More prisoners took their own lives in English jails in August than in any other month since records began, prison reformers said today.

End of years of despair as Holloway closes its doors
But now Holloway prison in north London - where Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in Britain, was hanged in 1955 - has been earmarked for closure, along with several other women's prisons, which have been hit by a spate of suicides.

How detox and self-help brought suicide jail back from the brink
UK: Six suicides in 12 months made Styal jail notorious and the Prisons Ombudsman criticised the prison and its staff for serious failures. But things are changing.

Belmarsh detainees consider suicide, says freed man
UK: The first of the Muslim detainees released from Belmarsh high security prison after being held on suspicion of terrorism has told the Guardian his fellow prisoners are suffering such severe mental problems that they constantly consider suicide.

Suicides and unrest have soared, admits Home Office
UK:The already overcrowded prison population is set to go on rising and will top 80,000 within the next three years, a senior Home Office civil servant warned yesterday.

England tops the EU in imprisonment
England and Wales jail more offenders per capita than any other European, Union country, according to new figures.

Australia: Cops on Drugs

An illicit drug culture exists within the ranks of the NSW Police Service with young cops found to be taking speed, cocaine and ecstasy.

Now, in an unprecedented move supported by Police Commissioner Ken Moroney, cops will face random drug tests, even when they are off duty.

The radical move follows a damning report by Police Integrity Commission which found drug use was rife among police and laws need changing to stamp it out.

While allegedly most were using the drugs off-duty, some were found to be under the influence on duty, the report said.

The report, released yesterday, painted a poor picture of young cops using drugs like speed, cocaine, ketamine and marijuana.

It also found cops faking arrests as a "prelude to stealing drugs and money from drug suppliers".

The report follows Operation Abelia, in which officers admitted taking illegal drugs.

It makes 64 recommendations aimed at stamping out illicit drug use.

Mr Moroney has agreed with the PIC that targeted drug testing powers be extended to test cops while they are off-duty.

This would require changes to the Police Act of 1990 and off-duty police to be recalled for the purpose of a drug test.

Mr Moroney said he agreed with all 64 recommendations - most of which involved education policies - but he was angered that there were police still using drugs.

"I congratulate the PIC on its investigation but I am angered that some officers continue to be involved in this illegal activity," he said.

"A tough stance on the issue is the only way to rid the force of drugs."

Cops ecstasy use

A drug culture and rave party scene has infiltrated parts of the NSW Police force, with ecstasy being the most commonly used substance by cops who indulge in the illegal activities.

In the Police Integrity Commission Abelia investigation report, released yesterday, former officer, named as C4, said, at the age of 25, she would take ecstasy and speed to relax after work.

But we all know that's bullshit don't we!

"I just got a bit stressed at work. It was a bit of an escape in the fact that on the weekend, I could just go out and do what I wanted to do," she said.

But how long does the drug stay in the system? Not out of the system within the space of a shift and this would account for their shity moods and bullying on the job. Drugs can stay in the system for weeks.

Apart from the stresses of work and personal matters, other cops claimed lifestyle choices were why they took drugs. Some claimed they saw nothing wrong with what they were doing.

But how could that be while busting people for the same offence?

Officer D3, who joined the force at 19, said his girlfriend introduced him to ecstasy and he did not consider himself to be a drug user.

"Ecstasy's a type of drug you wouldn't take at home. Parties and nightclubs and that was it," he said.

Another witness said: "What I do in private is what I do in private."

But that does not make it legal and as I have said these drugs stay in the system for weeks!

The PIC report claimed that of the 15,000 police officers serving in NSW, 5000 - or a third - were under the age of 30. It also found the current drug testing methods could not detect drug use of officers while off-duty.

The inquiry heard from 21 current and former police officers and took 81 case studies of police taking drugs, dealing drugs or involved in misconduct relating to drugs.

It concluded drug use within the NSW Police was a "serious problem".

"Illegal drug use has the capacity to adversely impact on the professionalism and effectiveness of individual officers as well as the organisation as a whole, the integrity and health of the individuals concerned and the safety of colleagues and the community," it said.

"For officers to use illegal drugs means they must have obtained them through some illegal means."

By John Laws 1 October 05

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The following outline is provided as a guide to ensure a consistent and effective approach in dealing with charges and applying sanctions applicable to failed urine tests.

GOULBURN CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX: FAIL URINE TEST - MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES

In accordance with section 57 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999 and section 152 of the Crimes (Administration of Sentences) regulation 2001, in dealing with a charge relating to this offence and given that the office is proven, an inmate may be deprived for up to six months (168 days) of such withdrawable privileges as determined to be suitable.

The following outline is provided as a guide to ensure a consistent and effective approach in dealing with charges and applying sanctions applicable to failed urine tests.

1 First Offence

1. Withdrawal of the following privileges for 42 days: 1. Contact Visits, 2. Access to private or any other television. 3. Access to private or any other walkman, radio/cassette.

2 Second Offence

1. Withdrawal of: 1. Contact Visits for 84 days,2 Access to private or any other television (56 days), 3. Access to private or any other walkman, radio/cassette (56 days), 4 Any organised leisure activities (Oval, Activities gym, etc) (56 days) 5. Activity purchases (56 days), 6.Hobbies (56 days)

3 Third Offence.

1. Withdrawal of: 1.Contact Visits for 126 days, 2. Access to private or any other television (56 days) 4.Any organised leisure activities (Oval, Activities gym, etc (56 days) 5.Activitiy purchases (56 days), 6. Hobbies (56days)

4. Fourth and subsequent Offences

1. Withdrawal of: 1. Contact Visits for 168 days 2. All privileges, except telephone, (56 days)

In addition to the application of sanctions, case management approaches will be implemented to identify issues and ensure appropriate support and programs for inmates to address offending behaviour.

In accordance with section 19.4.4 of the Operations Procedures Manual, minimum security inmates that return a positive result to a non-prescribed substance will be required to be re-assessed by the Case Management Team to review the inmate's security rating and submit a recommendation to the Case Management Committee .The security rating signifies a level of trust which is accorded to an inmate, and is part of the inmates's case plan.

Effective Date: 1 November 2005

Barry Folpp
General Manager
Goulburn Correctional Complex

Complaint: Sam Boyd

G-day People of J.A.,Hows it going out there in the big bad world? Do cars still have wheels? (and he hand-drew a cartoon smile)

On Sunday 17th we yard delegates were handed a slip of paper outlining Goulburn's new guidelines for inmates who fail urine tests.

We seek information on the following points;
1) Is this legal
2) Was there once a legal case where the removal of an inmates private
property was deemed illegal, some seem to say there was
3) Black deaths in custody
4) Those with psych problems
5) Is this just for Goulburn or statewide
6) Are all inmates subject to the same guidelines

Thank you for your time as we hope you can shed some light on our concerns

Sincerely

Sam Boyd

Comment: Brett Collins JA

We have just received a handwritten letter from the representative of the yard delegates asking us to find some information.

Their right to possess anything at all, their right to have access to the outside world, their right to hold their family and friends, and the right to hold them, is being challenged. Their right to listen to music, or have exercise or hobbies are also being threatened. They want us to help.

What shall we say?

I propose that we write back to them, saying that we will work with them to resist. That we want their families and friends to make contact with us to help. Together we will win. And enjoy our community to boot.

Down with torture! Stop the terrorism! Demand our rights be defended!

Comment: Brian Steels

Not having seen the 'guidelines' provided to prisoners, it is more difficult to assess the situation.

If it was to happen in WA I would ask for the guidelines to be made available publicly through Parliament. (A Question without notice is a good start, and I'm sure that you have a local pollie who will assist here. I use the Greens)

Then item by item see if the punitive measure is outside of the Australian Standard Guidelines and UN articles. They will be!

Ask families to write to church groups, human rights groups and your usual suspects to complain about such harsh treatment.

Here we have Prof. Richard Harding and the Inspectorate who would also assess the likely outcomes of the prison authorities acting on these guidelines.

THEN...I would hold a vigil/protest on the steps of Parliament...that works for me, although I'm feeling my age when it comes to a 24 hr vigil for human rights!

Overview Of Australian Justice And Prison Systems

(ii) The Standard Minimum Rules detail what is generally accepted as being good principle and practice in the treatment of prisoners and in the management of institutions. It is accepted that not all of the rules are capable of application in all places and at all times. The HRC has observed that there are certain minimum requirements which should always be observed. They relate, for example, to the minimum floor space and cubic content of the air for each prisoner, adequate sanitary facilities, clothing which is not to be degrading or humiliating, the provision of a separate bed, and the provision of food of nutritional value adequate for health and strength.

The rules make provision for the following matters, in general terms:

21. Every prisoner who is not employed in outdoor work shall have at least one hour of suitable exercise in the open air daily if the weather permits. Young prisoners, and others of suitable age and physique, shall receive physical and recreational training during the period of exercise. To this end, space, installations and equipment should be provided.

22-26. Every institution should have the services of at least one qualified medical officer who should have some knowledge of psychiatry. Prisoners must undergo medical inspection as soon as possible after admission; prisoners suspected of infectious or contagious conditions must be segregated. The medical services must include a psychiatric service for the diagnosis and, in proper cases, the treatment of states of mental abnormality, and each prisoner is entitled to the services of a dentist. Special accommodation must be provided for all necessary pre-natal and post-natal care and treatment. Where specialised treatment is required, the prisoner shall be transferred to specialised institutions or to civil hospitals.

27-32. Discipline and order shall be maintained with firmness, but with no more restriction than is necessary for safe custody and well-ordered community life.

No prisoner shall be employed, in the service of the institution, in any disciplinary capacity.

Conduct constituting a disciplinary offence, types and duration of punishment, and the authority competent to impose such punishment must always be determined by the law or regulation of the competent administrative authority.

No prisoner shall be punished unless he/she has been informed of the offence alleged and given a proper opportunity of presenting a defence (where necessary and practicable, through an interpreter). The competent authority shall conduct a thorough examination of the case.

Corporal punishment, punishment by placing in a dark cell, and all cruel, inhuman or degrading punishments shall be completely prohibited as punishments for disciplinary offences.

Punishment by close confinement or reduction of diet or any other punishment that may be prejudicial to the physical or mental health of a prisoner shall never be inflicted unless the medical officer has examined the prisoner and certified in writing that he/she is fit to sustain it.

37-39 Prisoners shall be allowed under necessary supervision to communicate with their family and reputable friends at regular intervals, both by correspondence and by receiving visits. Prisoners who are foreign nationals shall be allowed reasonable facilities to communicate with diplomatic and consular representatives of their State.

Prisoners shall be kept informed regularly of the more important items of news by newspapers or radio or by any similar means as authorised or controlled by the institution's administration.

By Injustice posted 27 September 05

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NSW prison visitors banned from using the toilet
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A Ballarat man who was identified as having tested positive in a roadside drug test is considering launching defamation action against Victoria police.

John de Jong was tested for drugs by police when they set up their new drug bus for roadside saliva testing in the Melbourne suburb of Yarraville on Monday.

Members of the media were present at the time.

Mr de Jong's lawyer, Katalin Blond from Slater and Gordon, says her client has not been charged yet, as police are waiting on the results of a third test to verify the initial two tests.

"Basically what Monday was was a Victoria police public relations exercise and, unfortunately, my client has fallen victim to that," she said.

Mr de Jong says police assured him his face would not be shown in the media after he was tested.

"I just cannot believe that the police would put me in that situation with the media, to have me put on every TV station, to basically be said that I am guilty," he said.

Victorian police say they did not identify the man who tested positive and asked the media also not to identify him?

Police say they did not identify Mr de Jong and asked the media not to identify him.

Mr de Jong says he last smoked marijuana four weeks ago and is innocent.

"I was dumbfounded," he said. "I couldn't believe it because I'd certainly had nothing in my system."

Police say Mr de Jong should get confirmation of the final analysis of his sample within a week.

Police Minister Andre Haermeyer says the roadside drug testing will continue.

"We have satisfied ourselves that this is a completely reliable and accurate process," he said.

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Since it was introduced eight years ago, 23 officers have spoken up.

[But none of them are found guilty or sacked in eight years? How long should an amnesty be for police? I've heard of a couple of years at the most for the general community. Surely it shouldn't be an ongoing green light for police, 'knowing that they will only have to give themselves up' if they get information that they may be caught anyhow? Then submit to rehabilitation first, if they gave themselves up after the damage has been done. How come police shouldn't know better busting alleged criminals every day with a mandate to uphold the law?]

Speaking at the end of a Police Integrity Commission (PIC) inquiry into drug use by police, Commissioner Moroney said that the value of the amnesty in motivating police to disclose their drug use has to be questioned.

"I've not proposed any particular mode in terms of the amnesty," he said.

"What I'm simply doing is putting the amnesty on the table in light of the evidence before this commission in this inquiry. It's an issue that needs discussion."

[Police Selective Commission (PSC) remember the alleged PIC are police and they investigate themselves. Most importantly they only investigate those chosen issues not all issues of corruption brought to them by police or the general public.]

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By Starsky and Hutch 12 November 04

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Super Rat? M5? M11? K8? N2? So I trust that some people who, with the photos and guns guessed that a jury would quickly establish a case against a profiled person whom, you just had a picture and a history of. Common knowledge? The government knew their victims would take the blame. Not just chess in court, 'moving around the pieces', but 'putting false evidence, or not enough evidence before the jury."

2,500, crooked detectives? Or a corrupt Government?
The Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Where did the police learn their trade skills? Led by example perhaps?

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Don't trust those who cannot prove themselves with the little amounts of trust you give them. Just because they have a letter of perceived trust doesn't mean they can be trusted.

This is not how you eat 'antisocial behaviour'
Process corruption, perjury, planting of evidence, verbals, fabricated confessions, denial of suspects rights, a solicitor to induce confessions, tampering with electronic recording equipment, framing. Generally green lighting crime, and I say Murder, including the kids who overdosed on heroin. No doubt.

Black Knight - Long way to go home
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Bob down and sniff my arse
These are serious invasions of privacy and draconian laws? Where are our democratic soldiers, the lawyers and the barristers who need to take on the government in the courts? Are they plastic? Or to busy feathering their nests? Or have they been cleverly purchased by this black government. Drug test police and politicians, and have the tests independently accessed.

Come in spinner? Or Come in sinner?
"You don't have, in my view very vigilant processes. I suppose it's akin to the problem of corruption within the police," he told the ABC radio. " People say there's corruption with the police (but) do you get the police to investigate problems within their own ranks?

Deeds
I am disturbed by Governments 'actions' in relation to shuffling the police service. Clive Small seconded into Parliament like a cocky in a perch. A breach of the fundamental Separation of Powers Doctrine does not in my view allow the thought of intervening, planning, or shuffling to stack the deck of our police service. The one that suppose to be autonomous according to Lord Denning. Where the Parliamentary Secretary can ask the commissioner of police to 'report' then sack him if he is not satisfied with such report.

Truth
Who is telling the truth? Well I guess Dr. Ed. Chadbourne or Mr. Peter Ryan may have the answer to that. Dr. Chadbourne sacked by Peter Ryan and more specifically in my view because he elected deputy commissioners Dave Madden and Andrew Scipione as the best men in the service in relation to his qualifications to make a recommendation in his capacity as human resources.That is if you believe that a Dr. can be corrupted.

Honesty
What is happening between the Police Service and politics is quite extraordinary at the moment. If stand over tactics don't work tell half the truth honestly and follow the example of sheep. Another word for it is sleaze, yeah. Another word for it is workplace harassment. Another word for it is bribing a Police Officer. Another word for it is misleading Parliament.

Tele Tales
Most people I know don't buy the Daily Telegraph. Why? Because of the lies and propaganda purported by them.

Lord Denning
Interesting how a member of the Police Board Mr. Tim Priest would hold grave fears for his safety from dangerous senior police but fails to name them or have them sacked. Rather Priest resigns as if he had no powers. Could that mean what he was saying is that the Governments are also corrupt?

Corrosive
Clive Small is Bob Carr's choice for the new Police Commissioner. It could only be the case considering his, Small's special appointment into Parliament House. Small who suffers from the little person syndrome is the ideal bend over boy who gets shuffled through his corrupt actions. Rolling the legal system for him after the fact, just like his predecessor Roger the dodger Rogerson.

Black Nexus
The Separation of Powers Doctrine is nowcontaminated witharangeofcolours, now leaving us with a black shirt on a once blue bridge that crossed that thin blue line. The 'Amery and Woodham show'.

Same boat
The Premier, Bob Carr, relies on a militia. A gang of bikies and our Police Service, to show all of us he is no murderer. He should be taken to the task along with his partners in crime like Clive Small to account for those people who like my self have been maliciously assaulted and who have complained, without any service and those who cannot speak for themselves who were murdered, like Terry Falconer. Terry murdered in custody.

Good Cop
Why have our democratic institutions broken down? It's not just the criminal justice system. The Anti-Corruption Network webmaster@anti-corruption-network.org exposes the same issues. A group of white-collar workers who say they have suffered as follows:

Dangerous
I refer to the Daily Telegraph article 22 March 2002 under the heading Priest quits advisory job.

Partners in crime - history!
Roger Rogerson, the old hero, who never faced a result in the Lanfranchi, or Huckstepp murders, was let off in my opinion when the New South Wales Government rolled the legal system (deciding what evidence to give the police prosecutor) to have the jury believe the illusion they (the Government wanted to create).Similarly, Peter Ryan facing the Police Integrity Commission for questions about his involvement in the demise of the dysfunctional reform unit. Chess in the court (rolling the legal system).

Police Chronology 1994-2001
View events in the NSW Police Force since the Wood Royal Commission began in 1994. 1994 May Justice James Wood is appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service ('WRC').