Media Release - Operation Monza

LECC Report into investigation of NSWPF officers involved in the harassment and intimidation of a NSW legal practitioner

Media Release

26.03.2021

LECC Report into investigation of NSWPF officers involved in the harassment and intimidation of a NSW legal practitioner

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission furnished its report in Operation Monza to Parliament today.

The investigation found that three NSW Police Force officers from Strike Force Raptor were involved in the targeting of a practising solicitor in NSW, engaging in conduct which harassed and intimidated the solicitor.

Private hearings were conducted by the Commission from February to November in 2020. Two officers gave evidence stating that they had been given instructions by their supervisor to target the solicitor on his way to court, and they carried out these instructions by inconveniencing the solicitor with minor traffic offences to impede his progress to court. The supervisor gave evidence stating that he gave these instructions to the two officers.

Findings

The Commission has found that the three officers engaged in serious police misconduct and recommended that consideration be given to the taking of reviewable action pursuant to section 173 of the Police Act 1990.

The Operation Monza report can be accessed on the Commission’s website.