BLUEWASH – making the Police force look clean

Absolute Bluewash – what a surprise that Police culture that has been described as disgraceful is quickly assured to us all as something something that happened in the ‘olden days’. Bullshit, what has changed within the Police Force that would stamp out a culture of abuse fuelled on power? We need an Independent Police Complaints Authority NOW – at what point will people finally agree that Police investigating Police is unacceptable, especially now with proof that cops in the ‘olden days’ deliberately attempted to protect bad cops? Instead of demanding changes, we are told that it’s all gotten much better and that it isn’t happening anymore and that we should all just run along and just trust Mr Cop. Why? Why should we trust a system that if we complain against it, will be handled by a Police force who now have a history of mishandling complaints in a process that is totally censored and nontransparent.

As the disgusting details start to leak (you’re gonna love the one about the cop sexually abusing the kid who came to him because he was getting sexually abused) we can’t allow our anger and disgust to paint every cop, but we must use that anger to force a more transparent and credible process of complaint against a force that now doesn’t have the trust of a wide section of the community.

Report slams 'disgraceful' police conduct
The Police Commission of Inquiry sparked by the Louise Nicholas case has found 141 incidents in which there was enough evidence for police to be disciplined or face charges. The report by Dame Margaret Bazley slammed "disgraceful conduct" by serving police officers and says there were times in which police protected their own. Dame Margaret found police management lacked the policies, procedures and practices to deal effectively with incidents of sexual misconduct by police officers. In her commission of inquiry into police conduct released today, Dame Margaret said she had reviewed 313 complaints of sexual assault against 222 police officers between 1979 and 2005. She said she saw evidence of some "disgraceful" conduct by police officers and associates, involving the exploitation of vulnerable people. She said there were also incidents of officers attempting to protect alleged perpetrators. "These incidents, which occurred mainly in the 1980s, include evidence of officers condoning or turning a blind eye to sexual activity of an inappropriate nature; a wall of silence from colleagues protecting those officers complained about; negative, stereotyped view of complainants, and a culture of scepticism in dealing with complaints of sexual assault," she said. "However, there was no evidence of any concerted attempt across the organisation as a whole to cover up unacceptable behaviour."