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Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Top NSW cops to face PIC probe
NSW Police Commissioner Ken Moroney has referred a complaint involving Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden and four other senior police to the service's corruption watchdog.
Mr Moroney said the other officers were Assistant Commissioner Peter Parsons, Assistant Commissioner Bob Waites, Superintendent Dave Swilkes and Superintendent Dave Owens. A spokesman for the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) would not comment on the matter, saying it was not the subject of a public hearing.
I can't recall any other episode where five of the most senior police in NSW are put under a very serious matter for investigation and the police commissioner doesn't identify what the investigation is about
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