NSW: Whistleblower police the target of harassment campaign: report

AAP General News (Australia)
04-16-2006
NSW: Whistleblower police the target of harassment campaign: report

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - NSW police who complain about corruption within the force are
being subjected to campaigns of harassment by senior police, a confidential report claims.

Internal whistleblowers have been attacked, stood over and subjected to psychological
intimidation by their superiors, says the report by social researchers Urbis Keys Young.

The report, prepared for the NSW Police and published today in The Daily Telegraph,
shows officers who complain about corruption are being denied promotional opportunities,
transferred against their wishes and given menial jobs.

More than half the 89 police surveyed said they had been subjected to psychological
harassment for "rocking the boat", the paper reported.

Twenty-seven per cent of whistleblowers said they had been the target of a "payback"

complaint against them, while 10 per cent reported physical harassment and intimidation.

One policewoman who complained about corruption said senior police had got back at
her by booking her husband for traffic infringements.

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