Wednesday, September 3, 2008

POLICE WATCHDOG UNDER FIRE OVER MISCONDUCT CASES

The Victorian watchdog charged with investigating crooked police has come under fire over its handling of misconduct within its own ranks.

The Office of Police Integrity (OPI) has been rocked by allegations a sacked investigator was forced to sign statutory declarations to cover up thousands of dollars worth of dubious expense claims.

The former OPI employee alleges his boss forced him to sign the claims to account for OPI expenses spent on meals and entertainment.

He also declared hundreds of dollars allegedly lost by his boss on poker machines as expenses for an OPI operation, code-named Uranium.

The boss at the centre of the allegations has been suspended on full pay.

The OPI has employed a private investigator to probe the claims, which will be reviewed by Victorian ombudsman George Brouwer.



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