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Report on the Management of Misconduct by Western Australia Police

Report · Corruption and Crime Commission (WA CCC) · Western Australia · Dated

Opinions
1
Recommendations
7
Report length
94 pages

Official source

Report on the Management of Misconduct by Western Australia Police

PDF · 94 pages · 305 KB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, pages 17 to 21

Generated summary: written by an AI model from the report text and checked against the cited pages.

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission assessed the WA Police capacity to manage misconduct during 2008 and 2009.

    Report, page 17

  • It investigated three previously mishandled cases, reviewed allegations at different risk levels and visited police districts and organisational units.

    Report, page 17

  • The Commission found that police dealt adequately with more than 96 per cent of allegations, but identified weaknesses in some high-risk investigations and the classification of lower-risk matters.

    Report, page 17 · Report, page 18 · Report, page 20

  • It concluded that some investigation failures reflected insufficient rigour and willingness to address difficult issues.

    Report, page 93

  • Its seven recommendations covered apologies, conflicts of interest, computer access, investigation quality, complaint resolution training and clearer complaint procedures.

    Report, page 94

Opinions 1

Allegations are not findings. A commission's finding or opinion of corrupt conduct or misconduct is not a finding that a person is guilty of a criminal offence, and the commissions say so in their reports.

  1. opinion of serious misconduct

    Opinion

    The Commission formed the opinion that the subject officer had engaged in serious misconduct.

    Report, page 43

Recommendations 7

  1. Recommendation One

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police review its approach to providing apologies to complainants who are genuinely aggrieved with a view to achieving a more effective resolution of their complaints.

    Report, page 65

  2. Recommendation Two

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police review its approach to dealing with conflict of interest allegations that involve WAPOL officers and alleged unauthorised computer access by WAPOL officers with a view to identifying whether its misconduct management system is at risk of systemic failure in these areas.

    Report, page 66

  3. Recommendation Three

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police adopt Police Complaints Administration Centre quality assurance processes for all Internal Affairs Unit cases.

    Report, page 66

  4. Recommendation Four

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police implement and deliver a training course for governance officers covering the principles of Local Complaint Resolution (LCR) and the practical application of those principles, and consider issuing clearer guidelines about the LCR process.

    Report, page 78

  5. Recommendation Five

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police (WAPOL) extend the use of the positive practices identified in this report that have been adopted by some WAPOL districts and units to increase the efficiency of its misconduct management process.

    Report, page 78

  6. Recommendation Six

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police use the “information only” process for cases that can properly be considered enquiries or requests for information, and does not use that process to resolve complaints alleging misconduct.

    Report, page 90

  7. Recommendation Seven

    It is recommended that Western Australia Police amend policy documents, guidelines, brochures and its Website to ensure that all complaint and enquiry processes are clearly and accurately outlined.

    Report, page 91

Published responses

No published response was found.

Official documents 2

Notes on this record

  • Report type assigned by OPAX from the title; the Commission tags every listing item Report.
  • An opinion that misconduct has occurred is not, and is not to be taken as, a finding or opinion that a person has committed a criminal or disciplinary offence (Corruption, Crime and Misconduct Act 2003, s 217A; s 23 in reports made under the Act as first enacted).

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