100 police officers in e-mail scandal
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March 26, 2010, Friday
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ABOUT 100 Australian police are being investigated for circulating racist and pornographic e-mails via an internal system, a scandal blamed for one officer's suicide, a top official said yesterday.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said the officers had let down the community by forwarding the offensive e-mails.
"It's a mix of racist and pornographic and otherwise offensive material," Overland said. "There are varying degrees of involvement and varying degrees of seriousness."
He would not confirm whether the racist material concerned Indians or Africans, two groups that have been the target of violence in Victoria state and which have criticized police conduct.
Overland said Tony Vangorp, 47, the police officer who shot himself earlier this week, was one of two given a Section 68 - notice that the commissioner has lost confidence in them and that gives them a chance to explain why they should not be dismissed.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said the officers had let down the community by forwarding the offensive e-mails.
"It's a mix of racist and pornographic and otherwise offensive material," Overland said. "There are varying degrees of involvement and varying degrees of seriousness."
He would not confirm whether the racist material concerned Indians or Africans, two groups that have been the target of violence in Victoria state and which have criticized police conduct.
Overland said Tony Vangorp, 47, the police officer who shot himself earlier this week, was one of two given a Section 68 - notice that the commissioner has lost confidence in them and that gives them a chance to explain why they should not be dismissed.
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