Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman
and the Police Integrity Commission
PHASE TWO OF AN INQUIRY INTO SECTION 10(5) OF
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THE POLICE INTEGRITY COMMISSION ACT 1996
Together with Transcript of Proceedings and Minutes
Report No. 12/53 – November 2006
Transcript of Proceedings
Report No. 12/53 –November 2006 page 37
AN EXTRACT
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| Hon. Peter Breen |
The Hon. PETER BREEN: On the issue of secrecy of the activities of the Crime Commission, it seems to me that the Commission is much more secretive than other agencies. For example, the Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, gave evidence before a Senate inquiry earlier this week. Mr Keelty said that an AFP officer had been cleared of tipping off the leaders of an alleged drug ring.
The suggestion was that the drug ring may have been tipped off by an officer of the Crime Commission. Is that a matter that is currently under investigation in the Crime Commission?
Mr BRADLEY: I am not aware of the suggestion. Is that a suggestion made by Mr Keelty, do you say?
The Hon. PETER BREEN: It is a suggestion that is about. I am not sourcing it; it is a suggestion that is about.
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| Mr Bradley NSWCC |
Mr BRADLEY: Perhaps in another forum the intelligence that you have could be conveyed to us and it could be made the subject of an investigation. It is not presently.
The Hon. PETER BREEN: It is not something that you are currently investigating or that you are even aware of as an allegation?
Mr BRADLEY: There is a body of material which would indicate that in the course of an investigation, which we call Mocha, there were instances of the persons of interest, to use a neutral term, being aware of investigations. The possible sources of that awareness include the New South Wales Crime Commission, because it had knowledge of the investigation, being involved in it. It also included a number of other agencies.
