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	The Timaru Herald March 6 2007 Sack top cop call Political pressure is mounting on police bosses to sack suspended police commander Clint Rickards, with Prime Minister Helen Clark labelling his conduct "an abuse of power". And the Government is considering asking the Law Commission to investigate whether juries should be told about the past convictions of defendants, in the wake of the public outcry over suppressed information. Ms Clark spoke out for the first time yesterday after days of controversy over the acquittal of suspended Auckland district police commander Rickards and former policemen Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum on charges of kidnapping and indecently assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Rotorua in the 1980s. Despite Rickard's acquittal, calls are growing for his dismissal, culminating in Auckland mayor Dick Hubbard declaring Rickards was not welcome back as police commander for his city. Former police minister John Banks also called for his sacking.