Avid blog readers will recall that last year I blogged about a rape case where serving policemen were aquitted of charges. The same police were aquitted again in a similar case a few weeks ago.
What came out at this point is that two of the defendents were actually serving prison sentences - you guessed it, for rape.
Before the cases came to court a Commission of Enquiry was established to review allegations of sexual assault and rape against police. 313 complaints of sexual assault against 222 police officers between 1979 and 2005; and 141 of the 313 were regarded as being serious enough to warrant criminal charges or disciplinary action.
The key message is that things have got to change - there are 60 recommendations from the enquiry to be implemented including a code of conduct for Police. It's fair to say that it's not been the New Zealand Police's finest hour.
If you can't trust your local bobby who can you trust.
http://www.cipc.govt.nz/
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