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A report into WA Police Force's identification and management of at risk officers

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

Recommendations
2
Published responses
1
Report length
22 pages

Official source

A report into WA Police Force's identification and management of at risk officers

PDF · 22 pages · 697 KB · ccc.wa.gov.au

Summary

The report's own summary: Overview, pages 4 to 6

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

  • The Corruption and Crime Commission reviewed two WA Police investigations into allegations of excessive force by an officer.

    Report, page 5

  • The Commission considered both investigations inadequate and their conclusions unsupported by adequate inquiries.

    Report, page 5

  • The Commission made two recommendations about early support for officers at risk of misconduct and broader reporting of force to the head or neck.

    Report, page 6

  • WA Police rejected both recommendations, but the Commission retained them.

    Report, page 20 · Report, page 22

In the body's own words

  1. Opinion

    In the Commission's opinion, both investigations were inadequate and therefore the findings were not reasonably open.

    Report, page 5

Findings, opinions and statements

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.

No findings are reproduced in this record. This does not establish that the report contains none.

Recommendations 2

  1. Recommendation 1

    Review the early intervention system to identify at risk officers and give support while offering other options such as retraining or reallocation of duties.

    Report, page 20

  2. Recommendation 2

    Consider expanding the requirement to report use of force when empty hand tactics are used to the head or neck.

    Report, page 20

Published responses 1

Official documents 2

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