The AFP received more than 2,500 allegations of misconduct or police practices over two years
Greens senator David Shoebridge says the Australian federal police’s discretionary powers make a ‘mockery of a rules-based complaints system’.Greens senator David Shoebridge says the Australian federal police’s discretionary powers make a ‘mockery of a rules-based complaints system’.The AFP holds broad powers to intervene and take no further action on internal investigations into allegations against federal police.
The FoI documents show the powers were used 54 times to not proceed with current investigations into category four allegations, whichAnother document obtained by Guardian Australia showed complaints of corruption against AFP staff for which the discretion not to proceed was used included incidents of alleged misuse of authority, abuse of office and fraud.
The ombudsman said documentation was also missing in another case, which was dismissed because there was no link between the complainant and the subject of the complaint. In that case, the ombudsman noted the AFP had acted “without recording what inquiries were conducted or relevant evidence was obtained”.
“The community has long called for independent investigation of police complaints but the AFP are going in the other direction with a less transparent and less accountable force as the result.”
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