from
March 2007
Just who are the Real
Villains?
This list was originally attached to the story Police
Anger Over Ned Kelly Logo Proposal (see
below) but the links got so long it was time to give
it a section on its own! It's not that we want to be
seen as police knockers, because if it wasn't for
all the decent cops out there we'd be living in a
hell hole similar to Iraq. But when the Victorian
Chief Police Commissioner, Christine Nixon bangs
on about how evil Ned Kelly was, it's hard to
take her seriously. Especially when we keep reading
stories like the examples below.
"...it was a shame we Australians celebrate
a bushranger...Ned murdered people and may have murdered
many more..."
Victorian Chief
Police Commissioner Christine Nixon, June 27, 2002
All we want is for
the Victorian Police to hand over their "war
trophy" of Steve Hart's armour to either the Victorian
Museum or State Library. Despite a wall of silence
it was, afterall, police bullets which caused the death
of plate layer Martin Cherry and a child named Johnny
Jones. Furthermore, Jane Jones was wounded in the forehead
(later to die), Michael Reardon was wounded in the
shoulder, and William Metcalf was wounded in the eye.
But it seems some coppers are a law unto themselves:
Former
detective on drugs, kill-threat charges AAP
18/03/03
Health
blast over police hold cells Chee Chee Leung
18/03/03
Ex-drug
squad head linked to speed sales Peter Gregory
01/03/05
Too
fast, but cops escape the fine Jason Dowling
08/04/07
Top
Officer On Bash Charge Nick McKenzie and Andrea
Petrie 15/05/07
Watchdog
Lashes Mullett Meddling Nick McKenzie 15/05/07
Trial
for policeman on booze-bus bribery charge Andrea
Petrie 29/05/07
Police
officers to contest assault charge Steve Butcher30/05/07
Geelong
Cop 'lobbied' for Mate Nick McKenzie
& Royce Millar 04/06/07
Stand-off
on drug testing of police John Silvester 04/06/07
Embarrassed
cops admit ticket blunder Ari Sharp 20/07/07
Tanner
twist: police may face charges Seamus Bradley
12/08/07
Police
hero accused of bullying Andrea Petrie 29/08/07
Police
to exhume cold-case body Reko Rennie 29/08/07
Death
riddle grave opens Mark Buttler 29/08/07
Ex-policewoman
sues 'bullies' Kate Hagan 30/08/07
New
leads in body mystery Reko Rennie 31/08/07
'Kit
Walker' affair under new scrutiny Nick McKenzie
07/09/07
The
curious case of a cyclist's life destroyed Wood & Moynihan
12/09/07
Police
exempt on inquest evidence Julia Medew 12/09/07
Police
tied to underworld hit Nick McKenzie 14/09/07
Brumby
rules out corruption probe AAP 14/09/07
Nixon
'annoyed' at story Reko Rennie 14/09/07
Officer
linked to underworld hit suspended Turnbull
& Robert 14/09/07
Police
chiefs warned of rogue cops Nick McKenzie 15/09/07
Officer
'railed' against anti-corruption body Nick McKenzie
15/09/07
Victoria
needs a permanent fighter Bob Falconer
15/09/07
A
crime story that needs another ending Editorial
15/09/07
The
high cost of her justice — his livelihood AAP
16/09/07
Police
watchdog needs more power Nick McKenzie 17/09/07
A
fine mess Lawrence Money 24/09/07
Conwoman's
lover on gun charges Reko Rennie 25/09/07
Police
accused of race attacks on Africans Liz Porter
30/09/07
Policeman
accused of robbery Chris Evans 01/10/07
Suspended
policeman left victim 'traumatised' Julia
Medew 02/10/07
Corrupt
cops in 'syndicates' AAP 10/10/07
Somali
youth to sue police over 'unprovoked' attack Liz Porter 21/10/07
Police
union paid $4 million to defend bent cops Gary
Hughes 29/10/07
Call
for police watchdog revamp Nick McKenzie 02/11/07
Charges
loom on mystery death of lonely Hughie Gary
Tippet 04/11/07
Ex-cop
Tanner blasts Nixon Mario Xuereb 09/11/07
Top
cop's 'jealous' rant Reko Rennie 09/11/07
Ashby's
turn in hot seat Roger Franklin
09/11/07
Top
officer linked to corruption scandal Dan Oakes
09/11/07
"...Mr Ashby's resignation came during another
day of explosive allegations at the corruption inquiry,
as he and police media director Stephen Linnell were
caught on secretly recorded phone calls allegedly
plotting to undermine this week's hearings. Both
men could face criminal charges, and possibly jail..."
from 'Nixon: I feel betrayed'
Top
cop quits after admitting conspiracy Catherine
Best 09/11/07
Ashby
quits, Linnell suspended over OPI probe Ross, Moor,
Pinkney, Pilcher 09/11/07
The
secret police tapes - day 2 OPI Transcript 09/11/07
Top
cop Ashby resigns AAP, with Reko
Rennie 10/11/07
Nixon:
'I feel betrayed' Dan Oakes
and Andrea Petrie 10/11/07
Panic
and fear as the penny drops for two close confidants Simon
Mann 10/11/07
"...What he didn't know then, but soon found out,
was that the man who king-hit him that night was
Senior Detective Glenn Saunders, then of the armed
robbery squad. What he would also find out was that
Saunders' big, cold-eyed mate was another armed robbery
detective, Paul Mullett. Later, Saunders would leave
the force in disgrace after a drug corruption scandal.
Mullett would survive and thrive to become a senior
sergeant — and
head of the Victoria Police Association, one of the
highest-paid union bosses in Australia..."
from Might, muscle and Mullett - the heavy hand of
Victoria's most powerful cop
End
of a top officer's life in the force John Silvester
10/11/07
Good cop, bad cop and 5 lost virtues Roger
Franklin 10/11/07
Fist
and cuffs: 'He's never been afraid of an angry man' Andrew
Rule 11/11/07
Mullett
- the heavy hand of Victoria's most powerful cop Andrew
Rule 11/11/07
Fallen
rival's barbs fail to scar deputy commissioner Peter
Munro 11/11/07
Director,
Ashby not home Mark Russell 11/11/07
Minister
backs Nixon Liam Houlihan 11/11/07
Police
integrity cops a hiding Brendan Donohoe 11/11/07
Second
senior officer quits police Dan Oakes 12/11/07
Phone
bugs stun police union chief Paul Mullett Keith
Moor 15/11/07
Premier
issues gag on Police Association's Paul Mullett Ashley
Gardiner 16/11/07
Mullett:
'I'm not a crook' Keith Moor 16/11/07
What
now? Keith Moor 16/11/07
Probe
raises a few questions Roger Franklin 16/11/07
Clash
of loyalties ahead for Victoria's police force Nick McKenzie 17/11/07
Time
bomb threatens to blow the force apart John Silvester
17/11/07
Mullett
locked out John Silvester and Andrea Petrie 17/11/07
Rats
among the ranks John Silvester 17/11/07
Union
head banned from police buildings AAP
17/11/07
Police
bosses at war as Paul Mullett stands firm Moor,
Buttler and Wilkinson 17/11/07
Police
Association boss Mullett career is on the line Mark
Buttler 17/11/07
Mullett
to fight on AAP
17/11/07
Tapped
calls put spotlight on police justice John Silvester
10/12/07
Police
'hindered' race probe Liz Porter 23/12/07
Corrupt
cop ordered to repay $68k of his super Gary Hughes
23/12/07
Dozens
of police under investigation Andrea Petrie
15/01/08
Greek
fans threaten legal action over spray Doherty,
Medew and Petrie 17/01/08
'What
were the police thinking?' Peter Katsambanis
17/01/08
Rape
charge police officer bailed AAP 18/01/08
Bikie
link to police staffer on drug charges Andrew Rule and Dan Oakes 20/01/08
Bullying
in police training Nick McKenzie 04/02/08
Corruption
charge tip for Mullett Smithers, Milovanovic
and Cooke 05/02/08
Cop
in 'tranny hooker sex' relationships staff writer
06/02/08
"...The website also reported that one
male officer was believed to have been accused of
having a sexual relationship with a transvestite
prostitute and there may be “incriminating” pictures
that could “embarrass” the police force..."
from Cop
in 'tranny hooker sex' relationships
Watchdog
probing bayside officers Nick McKenzie 07/02/08
Defiant
Ashby vows to fight if charges are laid against him Ari
Sharp 08/02/08
Plot
to oust police chief for 'puppet' Nick McKenzie
and Dan Oakes 08/02/08
Trio
will be charged: police chief Andrea Petrie 09/02/08
Cop
offered fine relief for sexual favours AAP 11/02/08
Nixon
hid police cuts, says former top cop Keith Moor
19/02/08
Detectives
admit assaulting suspect Staff reporter
5/02/08
OPI
monitor slams plan to cut scrutiny Shiel and
McKenzie 28/02/08
Videoed
police assault 'out of character' Gary Hughes
01/03/08
Ex
cops may face jail term in community for bashing
suspect AAP 12/03/08
Ex-cops
avoid jail Sarah-Jane Collins 13/03/08
Police
to face scrutiny over brushes with outlaws Dan
Oakes 13/03/08
'Sad'
police bullying claim dismissed Kate Hagan 15/03/08
Mullett
takes OPI protest to streets Adrian Lowe 20/03/08
Top
cop reveals link to gangster Gary Hughes 20/03/08
Hit
victim's details accessed at ATO Richard Baker
and Nick McKenzie 26/03/08
How
a tax man was brought down by his links to Gatto Baker and McKenzie 26/03/08
John
De Jong paid out for drug-drive fiasco Norrie Ross
28/03/08
Action
against murder-probe officer stymied John Silvester
07/04/08
Embattled
Mullett emerges to rally police union Andrea
Petrie 09/04/08
Boys
in blue say ditch 'small, scared' girls Keith Moor
09/04/08
Detective
blasts senior police over 'squabbles' Dan Oakes
18/04/08
Cop
union boss is a big bully - police Keith Moor
19/04/08
Police
alter tack on criminal ties Andrea Petrie 19/04/08
I started researching this seemingly endless
(and quite disturbing) list less than a year ago and
while it's only based
on the Victorian police it appears to get longer every
week! I'm sure this page could end up eating my entire
web site if I gave it a chance,
but I'm loath to spend so much time on this crap. Instead
if you want an extra fill of dodgy coppers check
out:
Cops
In Crisis The Herald Sun |