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Alleged Queensland Police corruption?

Posted at 00:00 on 7 August, 2009

I do hope that Queensland Leader of the Opposition's call for a Royal Commission of Inquiry into alleged misconduct and corruption in Queensland includes inquiry into Queensland Police alleged corruption and misconduct.

We have to remember what Mr Fitzgerald has said: coalition conservative Queensland government of R. Borbidge was brought to power with the help of Queensland police union. This is more than alarming! Mr. Fitzgerald warns us that police is capable of acting as underground political force. Therefore, it is particularly important that attention to corruption and misconduct in Queensland police should not be less than attention to corruption among politicians.

Twenty years have passed since Fitzgerald Inquiry. It is time to examine by a new inquiry of this kind how its lessons have been learned. The latest CMC report, public unrest surrounded sergeant Hurley's case, Haneef's affair etc. suggest the necessity of a new inquiry. Corruption and misconduct in police can be much deeper than it seems. For example, there are solid reasons to allege that detectives Steven Bignell and Sean Wade, and some other police officers involved in Vincent Bergs case could be guilty of torture, perjury, fabricating evidence, conspiring to defeat justice and attempting to pervert justice.

I don't think that Mr. Fitzgerald aims "to attack" Mr. Beattie. What would be a benefit of this for him? No, Mr. Fitzgerald is fighting again for the present and future of Queensland, where certain politicians and police officers tend to forget the lessons of Fitzgerald inquiry. Hopefully, the people of Queensland do not want to live once again in a corrupted "police state".

Respectfully yours,

Andreas Berg

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17 Aug 09 Here we go again. There will always be corruption in the Police Force. Unfortunately it is human nature and greed.

Penalties for Public Servants, Politians and Police should be trebled as they hold a position of public trust.
Ray M
13 Nov 09 If there is any Queensland Police Corruption then it should be investigated internally and also the Federal Police should be brought into it to investigate the corruption as well. It has gone on long enough. The State Government have an obligation and that is a State Police Minister's resposibility.

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Anonymous
9 Dec 09 If there is any Queensland Police Corruption then it should be investigated internally and also the Federal Police should be brought into it to investigate the corruption as well. It has gone on long enough. The State Government have an obligation and that is a State Police Minister's resposibility.

Anonymous
22 Dec 09 Whats more disturbing than the corruption obviously rampant in the QPS & many other government departments is the extent to which the media is prepared to collaborate with the government to cover up malpractice & official misconduct.
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