21 March 2013

Show us your norks

The pathetic state of the Australian police force in action.

Whilst there is an internal debate which eastern board police state is the most corrupt, no on can argue which has the best perks which ones are 'perkier' referring to the 'white pointers'.

And the winner is Queensland.

See the following news.com.au (text only) article:

Police officer encouraged woman to  flash her breasts appeals penalty.

A POLICE officer who encouraged a woman to flash her breasts and then got another officer to take photos during the 2010 Valley Fiesta is trying to get a new reduction of his disciplinary penalty.

But Queensland Police Service is also appealing, asking for Constable Travis Garth to be given a tougher financial sanction for "serious'' misconduct.

Const Garth, who accepted a woman's invitation to see her "boob job'' while patrolling in uniform as part of a police operation in 2010, allowed her to show him her breasts in a Fortitude Valley laneway.


A tribunal member found he also posed with police handcuffs, pretended to arrest the woman, he allowed her to use a police cap in photos, and did not delete them when later ordered to by his boss.

Const Garth showed other officers the photos and told them he'd had "the best night ever''.

Last year Constable Garth, whose salary was cut by an Assistant Commissioner by three pay points for misconduct  a loss of $55,000 over four years  successfully appealed.

He had his original pay cut substantially reduced and his actions downgraded to "breach of discipline'' by Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal member Richard Oliver.

But Constable Garth has again appealed and asked for an even lesser penalty.

In QCAT's appeal tribunal on Wednesday, lawyer Calvin Gnech, for Constable Garth, asked for the pay reduction be set aside and replaced with a $7000 fine, backdated to July, 2011.

Mr Gnech said that would result in Constable Garth being able to reclaim thousands of dollars he already had lost through the pay cut and allow him to progress to Senior Constable.

He said Constable Garth so far had lost about $25,000 in pay and if the sanction remained he would lose $91,215 up to 2022.

But lawyer Michael Nicolson, for Queensland Police Service, disputed those figures and said a $7000 fine would be "grossly inadequate'' as it was "a serious case of misconduct''.

He said Constable Garth was the senior officer on the night and as a result of the incident a constable had lost two pay points for his involvement and a sergeant had lost $21,000 in pay for failing to report misconduct.

Mr Nicolson, who asked for the original three point pay reduction to be reinstated for misconduct, not breach of discipline, said Constable Garth should receive the most serious sanction.

Appeal Tribunal members Charles Brabazon and Kerrie O'Callaghan adjourned to consider their decision.

news.com.au 15 Mar 2013

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