Vic watchdog wants better cop training
While issues remain with the way Victoria Police take witness statements, the state's corruption watchdog believes better training will help officers.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) conducted a four-week hearing into alleged police misconduct during Operation Lorimer, which investigated the murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller in 1998.
"I expect that the evidence presented at these hearings will now result in Victoria Police examining their training programs, practices and also the current police culture that enables the identified improper practices," IBAC commissioner Robert Redlich QC said on Friday.
"It is therefore important to thoroughly analyse these practices particularly as it is evident from the testimony provided at our hearings, that such practices are still occurring."
Bandali Debs and Jason Roberts were convicted of the murders in 2002, but Roberts still claims he is innocent and wants a retrial.
The IBAC hearings heard from 34 witnesses and 376 exhibits were tendered.
