NATASHA BODDY
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The State’s corruption and crime watchdog is giving higher priority to allegations of police misconduct and the use of force under a change of focus by its new chief.
Attorney General Christian Porter revealed new Corruption and Crime Commissioner Roger Macknay identified police misconduct as an important area of focus for the Corruption and Crime Commission in the Government’s response to a report last year by the joint standing committee which oversees the watchdog tabled.
“The CCC has indicated that since the appointment of the Commissioner, its procedures have been adjusted in order to give a higher priority to police matters generally and the use of force matters particularly,” Mr Porter said.
Mr Porter said the Government had not considered the committee’s report, tabled in September last year, into the procedures adopted by the CCC when dealing with complaints of the excessive use of force by police.
He said the Government was of the view that the CCC had a role to play in “directly investigating” serious incidents of misconduct which had not been satisfactorily resolved through WA Police procedures.
“The CCC has indicated that since the appointment of the Commissioner, its procedures have been adjusted in order to give a higher priority to police matters generally and the use of force matters particularly,” Mr Porter said.
Mr Porter said the Government had not considered the committee’s report, tabled in September last year, into the procedures adopted by the CCC when dealing with complaints of the excessive use of force by police.
He said the Government was of the view that the CCC had a role to play in “directly investigating” serious incidents of misconduct which had not been satisfactorily resolved through WA Police procedures.
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