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Review of a police use of force incident in Northbridge on 10 November 2019

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

Opinions
1
Report length
43 pages

Official source

Review of a police use of force incident in Northbridge on 10 November 2019

PDF · 43 pages · 1.3 MB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: Introduction, pages 5 to 7

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

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission investigated an arrest in Northbridge, examining force, a move on order and the treatment of the arrested person.

    Report, page 5 · Report, page 7

  • The Commission accepted that the arrest was lawful but considered the neck restraint excessive and formed an opinion of serious misconduct against the arresting officer.

    Report, page 41

  • The Commission considered another officer's move on order unlawful and formed an opinion of reviewable police action.

    Report, page 42

  • The Commission also identified risks involving medical care, the length of detention and inaccurate custody records.

    Report, page 43

  • The Commission emphasised that a serious misconduct opinion did not determine guilt of a criminal or disciplinary offence.

    Report, page 42

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 has formed an opinion of serious misconduct against S/C Valleekanthan.

    Report, page 41

Recommendations

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Published responses

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Official documents 2

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