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NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione says there will always be some officers who will engage in corrupt conduct.
Mr Scipione was responding on Tuesday to reports that police corruption watchdogs in both NSW and Victoria are investigating alleged leaks by officers of sensitive information relating to outlaw motorcycle gangs.
"At the end of the day, an organisation of 20,000 people is always going to have some that determine that they'll go out there and do the wrong thing," he told reporters in Sydney.
"Will we ever stop going after them? I guarantee you we will never stop."
Mr Scipione said a number of police officers and civilians working for the police had previously been outed for engaging in corrupt behaviour thanks to internal police sting operations.
"In the past, we have arrested, charged and convicted officers both sworn and unsworn for this type of behaviour," he said.
Mr Scipione did not believe the latest reported behaviour had severely impacted police investigations into outlaw motorcycle gangs.
"Well fortunately, to date, we don't think that that's been too much of a problem," he said.
"However, the potential is there for these types of operations to be interrupted."
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Mr Scipione was responding on Tuesday to reports that police corruption watchdogs in both NSW and Victoria are investigating alleged leaks by officers of sensitive information relating to outlaw motorcycle gangs.
"At the end of the day, an organisation of 20,000 people is always going to have some that determine that they'll go out there and do the wrong thing," he told reporters in Sydney.
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"Will we ever stop or weed out every corrupt officer? Unfortunately no."Will we ever stop going after them? I guarantee you we will never stop."
Mr Scipione said a number of police officers and civilians working for the police had previously been outed for engaging in corrupt behaviour thanks to internal police sting operations.
"In the past, we have arrested, charged and convicted officers both sworn and unsworn for this type of behaviour," he said.
Mr Scipione did not believe the latest reported behaviour had severely impacted police investigations into outlaw motorcycle gangs.
"Well fortunately, to date, we don't think that that's been too much of a problem," he said.
"However, the potential is there for these types of operations to be interrupted."
Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-national/there-will-always-be-bad-cops-scipione-20110719-1hmv6.html#ixzz1Sc7NeNiT