More video of police misconduct emerges amid watchdog funding cuts

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Funding cuts mean police watchdog cannot investigate 98 per cent of complaints

A woman is pulled over by NSW police highway patrol officers for driving an unregistered vehicle.

But it has been revealed that just 2 per cent of complaints to the LECC were fully investigated due to funding cuts.two officers engaged in serious misconduct over the racial abuse of two Afghan Muslim womenIn a report released last week, LECC chief commissioner Michael Adams QC said it was struggling to process an increasing number of complaints, with cuts of around $6 million over the next four years.

But the LECC found the arresting officer engaged in serious misconduct and used excessive force against her.

 

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How convenient..

How do you fix a pesky ICAC when it starts being too effective? You cut its powers and starve it of funds so you and your mates can go about your stinking, corrupt business with minimal interference.

That isn’t an accident.

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