Ombudsman and Top Cop's to appear before NSW Parliamentary inquiry
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NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione, right, with Premier Mike Baird. Source: News Corp Australia
THE state’s top cops and the Ombudsman have been called to appear before a parliamentary inquiry into a police bugging scandal.
Ombudsman Bruce Barbour, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and his deputies Catherine Burn and Nick Kaldas have all been called to appear at the inquiry, which will begin on January 28.It is expected to question the high-profile officers on never-heard-before details about why an internal affairs unit bugged more than 100 police, most of whom were totally innocent.
At the heart of the inquiry is the evidence in affidavits that led to warrants being issued to allow a corrupt police officer to wear a wire and bug 114 police at a social function.
One of those at the function and whose office was also bugged was then homicide squad chief Mr Kaldas.
Both Mr Scipione and Ms Burn worked at the internal affairs unit at the time. It has been the source of tension between the three for years.
An internal investigation into the issuing of the warrants and the operation has been kept secret for more than a decade by both sides of politics.
For the past two years Mr Barbour has conducted an inquiry behind closed doors into the police operation.
Questions are being asked why after two years and $3 million there has been no report.
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