The NSW Police Force is facing scrutiny after two officers were charged with assaulting an elderly man, while another officer awaits sentencing for conducting a fake breath test.
Two NSW police officers have been charged with the assault of an elderly man following an incident in southwest Sydney earlier this year. Officers responded to reports of a domestic incident at a home in Picton at about 8.45pm on 21 January. The 92-year-old man was allegedly injured as a result of an interaction with the officers, NSW Police said. He was taken to hospital where he was admitted with a fracture to his right elbow and significant bruising to his head and arms.
After the driver admitted he had been drinking, the senior constable told him to count to 10 while he held the breathalyser the opposite way around so it would not register a reading, the Daily Telegraph reported. In a statement on Thursday, NSW Police said the officer failed to conduct a proper breath test on the driver and was subsequently charged with two offences. The senior constable self-reported the incident at his next shift, police said.
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