Bent Uncensored

by James Morton

  12. Sir Terence and Co

  p. 179 In 1934 Mr Justice Macrossan, sitting in Brisbane: Courier-Mail, 17 January, 28 February and 24 March 1934.

  p. 179 ‘Graft paid to police said to run into millions’: David Burnham, New York Times.

  p. 180 Queensland police were part of a political machine: Conversation with James Morton, 28 November 2013.

  p. 180 Queensland had always had something of a laissez-faire attitude to prostitution: Des Sturgess, who later became Director of Public Prosecutions in Queensland, wrote of seeing Bischof give evidence in the Southport taxi-driver murder case, ‘I didn’t believe much of it’.

  p. 184 Young is a man of poor moral character: Quoted in P James, In Place of Justice, p. 109.

  p. 185 After the inquiry concluded, the unkind joke was that he was ‘the only man in Queensland who could not find a tart in the National Hotel’: Phil Dickie, The Road to Fitzgerald and Beyond; Peter James, In Place of Justice; Evan Whitton, The Hillbilly Dictator, chapter 2.

  p. 186 Thousands of pounds’ worth of pay-offs were changing hands: Judith Summers, Soho, p. 216.

  p. 187 In September 1971 she told Superintendent Norman Gulbransen: David Hickie, The Prince and the Premier.

  p. 187 I have been charged because of untrue malicious statements: Quoted in P James, In Place of Justice, p. 116.

  p. 187 On 4 March 1972 Brifman was found dead in her flat: David Hickie, The Prince and the Premier, pp. 284–8.

  p. 188 Murphy, born in 1927, was ‘very corrupt and very sinister’: Conversation with James Morton, 3 November 2011.

  p. 189 Certainly Murphy had come under some fire in the 1983 Stewart report: James Morton and Russell Robinson, Shotgun and Standover; Tony Koch, ‘Rat-Pack leader takes evidence to the grave’.

  p. 190 Glen hit the pot over the Sundown murder: For a detailed account of the early years of Lewis, Hallahan, Murphy and Herbert, see Matthew Condon, Three Crooked Kings.

  p. 191 Less worthy was Hallahan’s relationship with robber and standover man: [Unreported] R v Hallahan, Brisbane District Court, 14 August 1972; Sun-Herald, 10 July 1988.

  p. 192 Bischof’s successor was Ray Whitrod: Domenico Cacciola, The Second Father, p. 106.

  p. 194 The last straw for Whitrod: Ray Whitrod, Before I Sleep; Evan Whitton, Trial by Voodoo.

  p. 196 Williams, accepting the evidence of these fine officers: Australian Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drugs, pp. 119–20.

  p. 196 Milligan, probably realising on which side his bread was buttered: Milligan was released from his 10-year sentence in January 1986 and lasted until October, when he was charged with possession and supply of heroin. Given bail, he absconded.

  p. 197 Gay brothels arrived: Tony Koch and Matthew Fynes-Clinton, ‘The house at Kelvin Grove’.

  p. 198 In December 2010 Moore received a wholly suspended fifteen-month sentence: Brisbane Times, 3 December 2010.

  p. 198 In 1985 DPP Desmond Sturgess QC: Desmond Sturgess, The Tangled Web.

  p. 200 During the first months of 1987 The Courier-Mail: Phil Dickie, ‘Fateful trail had dramatic end’.

  p. 200 Hall’s investigation soon led to the Rat Pack: P Wear, ‘Time to remember an unsung police hero’.

  13. The Fitzgerald Commission and after

  p. 206 Few did, but the first of the brave was Aboriginal sergeant Col Dillon: In 2000 Dillon retired as the highest-ranked Indigenous officer.

  p. 208 Herbert should never have had indemnity: Conversation with Susanna Lobez, 30 November 2011.

  p. 211 Other officers were prosecuted, including Allen Bulger: Elizabeth Allen, ‘Players in a vast drama’.

  p. 212 Brian Austin, who was one of those named by Lane: Frank Robson, ‘After the fall’.

  p. 212 Herbert’s old friend and adviser Jack Rooklyn escaped prison: Phil Dickie, The Road to Fitzgerald and Beyond.

  p. 213 That year Gold Coast detective sergeant John Swift: R v Swift [1999] QCA 94.

  p. 213 Unfortunately, cynical, short-sighted political attitudes: ‘Fitzgerald breaks his silence on QLD corruption’.

  14. In and out of the Wood

  p. 216 In 1993 Police Commissioner Tony Lauer: Quoted in Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October 1996.

  p. 216 At the beginning of the Wood Commission in December 1994 Lauer again held himself hostage to fortune: Kate McClymont, ‘Lauer called back to police inquiry’.

  p. 219 In the final report a total of 284 police officers were adversely named: Kate McClymont, ‘Police corruption defined by Chook’s crotch cam’.

  p. 219 A state of systemic and entrenched corruption: Royal commission final report, 1997.

  p. 219 The contract of Assistant Commissioner Ray Donaldson: Sydney Morning Herald, 24 June 2010.

  p. 220 By 2007 twelve people involved in the commission had committed suicide: Fowler died in May 2013. He had been suffering from bladder cancer. Malcolm Brown, ‘Holding judgement’.

  p. 220 But it was decided to begin a global search for what Nixon described as ‘a new commissioner-cum-saviour’: Christine Nixon, Fair Cop, p. 97.

  p. 220 The position was hawked around senior officers in Great Britain: For an account of Ryan’s time in Australia, see Sue Williams, Peter Ryan, chapters 12 and 13.

  p. 221 My view is that he had good ideas but he was appalling at implementation: Conversation with James Morton, 30 November 2013.

  p. 221 The Wood Royal Commission actually made recommendations: Conversation with James Morton, 18 November 2013.

  p. 222 Another problem came when police cadet Kim Hollingsworth: John Silvester and Andrew Rule, Underbelly: The Golden Mile; Ben Hills, ‘How the police used Kim, then threw her out’.

  p. 224 Patison, one of six officers convicted of offences: R v Patison [2002] NSWSC 1248; R v Jasper [2003] NSWSC 287; R v Caccamo [2005] NSWCCA 257; Operation Florida, vols I and II; Sydney Morning Herald, 29 June 2004.

  p. 225 It was a long, uphill struggle: Clive Small and Tom Gilling, Betrayed.

  15. The Twenty-First Century

  p. 226 He came from an era of policing when rules were bent to get results: Tony Barrass and Trevor Robb, ‘Dark horse’.

  p. 231 On 28 March 2002, 38-year-old Sidney John Reid: Daily Telegraph, 1 October 2001; Weekend Australian, 28 August 2004.

  p. 232 While he admitted fabricating evidence, Lewandowski said he still believed the brothers: Antonio Buti, Brothers; Avon Lovell, The Mickelberg Stitch; John Flint, ‘My shame’.

  p. 233 During this period, under Commissioner Bob Falconer: Tony Barrass and Trevor Robb, ‘Dark horse’.

  p. 233 The next year Geoffrey Kennedy QC was appointed: Nick Taylor, ‘Corruption list dents confidence’.

  p. 234 Four years later, in 2006, the final report of the commission concluded: Kennedy, GA, Report of the Royal Commission into Whether There Has Been any Corrupt or Criminal Conduct by any Western Australian Police Officer, final report, vol. 1, part 2, pp. 1–4.

  p. 234 In particular, Don Hancock was not on the take: Jim Kelly, ‘Murdered Hancock “not on the take”’.

  p. 235 The report did not please everybody: John Silvester and Selma Milovanovic, ‘Rogues’ gallery emerges from ex-cop’s testimony’, Age, 5 June 2004.

  p. 237 When it was suggested that Tony Lewandowski should be given police protection: John Flint, ‘My shame’.

  p. 237 In 2009 Minniti was found guilty of corruption: Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia, Report on an Investigation into Inappropriate Associations between Western Australian Police Officers and Pasquale Minniti.

  p. 239 The tapes apparently disclosed a conspiracy: Alan Sharpe and Vivien Encel, Murder! 25 True Australian Crimes.

  p. 240 Two officers faced criminal charges: Crime and Misconduct Commission v Deputy Commissioner Stewart and Anor (No 2) [2012] QCAT 382; Robert Needham, Dangerous Liaisons; Daniel Hurst, ‘Bad cops avoid charges’; ‘Original judgment stands—officer loses pay over procedural breach’, Morning Bulletin, 8 September 2012.

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sp; p. 241 However, in 2010–11 thirty Gold Coast officers were subject to internal discipline: Mark Solomons, ‘Public trust sinks as more rogue officers revealed’, Courier-Mail, 29 November 2011.

  p. 242 They’re not nabbing the crooks as swiftly as they used to: Jessica Elder, ‘Big boys slip net as cops get tough’, Gold Coast Bulletin, 5 August 2011.

  p. 243 One of the most egregious examples of collective noble-cause corruption: Office of Police Integrity, The Victorian Armed Offenders Squad—A Case Study, 30 October 2008; Kate Hagan, ‘Ex-detectives admit to bashing suspect’, Age, 26 February 2008. Paul Anderson’s highly entertaining novel The Robbers is a thinly disguised portrait of the squad.

  p. 246 In February 2010 charges of perjury against Ashby were dropped: Kate Hagan, ‘Perjury charges against Deputy Police Commissioner Noel Ashby dropped’, Age, 9 February 2010.

  p. 247 In November 2010 the OPI admitted that it was incapable of dealing with an allegedly corrupt officer: Liam Houlihan, ‘Lewis Moran police officer friend probed’, Herald Sun, 7 November 2010.

  pp. 247–8 Sir Ken had briefed him on a sensitive report about murders committed by parolees: Richard Baker and Nick Mackenzie, ‘Bugged: Sir Ken Jones targeted by the OPI’, Age, 3 June 2011.

  p. 249 Kellam’s report, tabled in the Victorian Parliament: Joel Cresswell, ‘Sir Ken Jones resigns’; Anthony Dowsley, ‘Chorus of approval greets Overland’s resignation’; Chip Le Grand, ‘Simon Overland cleared’; Chip Le Grand, ‘Call for reforms of IBAC’s powers’.

  p. 250 Like the Roman god, a mythological gatekeeper: Michael McKenna and Natalie O’Brien, ‘Mark Standen’s fall a long time coming’.

  p. 251 In 1982 the Stewart Royal Commission into drug trafficking: For an account of the incident and Standen’s early career generally, see Charles Miranda, Deception, pp. 73–8.

  p. 252 In 1990 AFP drug-registry officer Michael Anthony Wallace: R v Wallace [2007] NSWCCA 63.

  p. 253 Harrison’s final report, which is understood to have found widespread corruption in the AFP: I Harrison SC, Report of the Harrison Inquiry into Allegations of Corruption Within the Australian Federal Police.

  p. 254 In 2005 Michael Nicholas Hurley: Clive Small and Tom Gilling, Smack Express, p. 184 and throughout.

  p. 256 In May 2010 Jalalaty pleaded guilty: R v Bakhos Jalalaty [2010] NSWSC 1561; R v Standen [2011] NSWSC 1422.

  p. 257 In April 2013 Victorian Police Commissioner Kenneth Lay: John Silvester, ‘Blitz on rats in the ranks’.

  16. Controlling Corruption

  p. 259 There are three kinds of men in the department: Barker and Roebuck, cited in M Punch, Conduct Unbecoming: The Social Construction of Deviance and Control, pp. 7–8.

  p. 260 More recently, about forty years ago sociologist William Ker Muir Jr: William Ker Muir Jr, Police: Street Corner Politicians.

  p. 260 If Bill Bloggs joins the Met: Email to James Morton, 17 May 2013.

  p. 262 One former Victorian officer: Conversation with Susanna Lobez and James Morton, November 2013.

  p. 263 Sociologist Maurice Punch has argued: Maurice Punch, Conduct Unbecoming, p. 2.

  p. 264 Sections of the public felt that Victoria’s armed robbery squad: Fitzroy Legal Service Community Centre, Police Shootings in Victoria 1987–1989; James Morton and Susanna Lobez, Gangland Melbourne; Tom Noble, Untold Violence.

  p. 265 In one of New South Wales’ first integrity tests: ‘Anatomy of an integrity test’, Daily Telegraph, 23 December 1997.

  p. 266 I don’t think it can. It’s universal and endemic: James Morton, Bent Coppers, p. 376.

  p. 267 Police corruption also has to be seen not as deviance but as the way things used to be done: Conversation with James Morton, 28 November 2013.

  p. 267 The general, if perhaps optimistic, view: Richard Hall, Disorganized Crime, p. 65.

  p. 268 Ethical decision-making must be taught and reinforced: Email to Susanna Lobez, 23 February 2014.

  p. 268 If there is to be further corruption it will not be the kind of corruption of the past: Conversation with James Morton, 28 November 2013.

  p. 268 At the moment, all is quiet on the Western front: Email to James Morton, 22 February 2014.

  p. 269 There have also been allegations that Operation Mascot: Neil Mercer, ‘Bent officer’s pre-emptive strike’.

  p. 269 Philosopher George Santayana: George Santayana, Life of Reason, pp. 1905–6.

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