Newstalk ZB
Monday, 24 May 2004 (a)
Police conduct hearing begins
Details of police
regulations for dealing with complaints have been spelt out, at a hearing of
the Commission of Inquiry into police conduct.
The commission - established after allegations by Louise Nicholas that police
in Rotorua pack raped her - is sitting in
National manager of planning and policy Superintendent Dave Trappett
told today's hearing that in the late 1990s a specific policy was developed
covering sexual assault complaints against officers.
Superintendent Trappett says in 1982, the Police
Commissioner directed that a central register be established for all complaints
against officers.