There are calls for officers to absent themselves from the parade after a constable was accused of murdering two queer men in Sydney.
Beau Lamarre-Condon is charged with killing his ex-partner Jesse Baird and Baird's current partner Luke Davies, both of whom disappeared last Monday. Lamarre-Condon is alleged to have used his service firearm to kill both men.
Their bodies are yet to be found.NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb. "We have been building a bridge with the gay and lesbian community since the 78ers were mishandled by police back in the day," Webb told media today. She was referring to the attack on marchers in 1978 who called for the decriminalisation of homosexuality, which resulted in mass arrests."This is a crime of passion, we will allege," he said.She said it would be a "travesty" for police to be excluded from this year's Mardi Gras march, but said if she was asked by organisers to not become personally involved, she would respect that. "It is an event on the calendar that we as an organisation look forward to, to participate in, but including many of my officers who seek approval to participate, who are also members of the community, and to shut the door on them would set us backwards," she said.which called for police to absent themselves from marching in the Mardi Gras parade this weekend.does not believe NSW Police should permanently cease marching in Sydney's Mardi Gras festival," it read. "There are many good people in the force, including LGBTQ officers, and the devastating deaths of Baird and Davies are not at this point alleged to be directly related to the broader issues of homophobic police violence seen over recent decades.Constable Beau Lamarre is accused of murder. "However, we do think police should not march this Saturday given the pain and anger felt by so many following the suspected deaths of Baird and Davies." The editorial also accused NSW Police of "blatantly failing" to adequately respond to the recent special inquiry into LGBTQ+ hate crimes in the state.Coalition overtakes Labor in primary vote for first time since election"That's one opinion and I don't agree with that, and I think it would set us all back as a community," she told host Ben Fordham.Webb also revealed that Victoria Police Commissioner Shane Patton would oversee a review of NSW Police's policies about officers accessing and storing service firearms. "We can assure the public it will be an independent review of our systems," Webb said of the decision to involve her interstate peer.
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