One News
February 5, 2004

More cops accused of rape

A rape counselling service says it knows of other cases involving rape complaints against police officer haven't made it to court.

A commission of inquiry is being launched into the police handling of allegations against Assistant Commissioner Clint Rickards, and two former police officers.

And the police team re-investigating that alleged rape, is also now looking at the case of a Northland woman who says she was raped by an officer in 1988.

Caroline Day of the Auckland Sexual Abuse Help foundation says she knows of four cases in the past 18 months where women laid rape complaints against police officers, but none made it to court.

Day says in at least one case, police persuaded the woman the complaint wouldn't stand up.