Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Police regarding a Corruption and Crime Commission report into an incident at the East Perth watch house. The Minister acknowledges the incident as unacceptable and states WA Police accepts the report's recommendations.

AnsweredQoN 646Legislative Assembly
Asked
20 August 2015
Portfolio
Police

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CORRUPTION
AND CRIME COMMISSION REPORT — EAST PERTH WATCH HOUSE
646. Mrs M.H. ROBERTS to the Minister for
Police:
I refer to todayXXX ###XXXs
damning Corruption and Crime Commission report into an incident at the East
Perth watch house in April 2013 during which a woman was stripped naked,
repeatedly struck by police and had her finger broken. Does the minister agree
with the findings of the report?

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My view is that this incident is
entirely unacceptable and I expect that people who come into the custody of
police are treated with respect. With respect to the CCC report, we accept, WA
Police accepts, the recommendations of the report. I had a conversation with
the Commissioner of Police today. He disagrees with the assistant commissioner
of the CCC about whether charges should be laid against the police auxiliary
officers involved. The Commissioner of Police has given me an undertaking and
his assurance that he will work through these issues with the Corruption and
Crime Commissioner, Judge John McKechnie , and I
expect he will advise me of the outcome of those discussions in due course.

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