It would be hard to find a person who isn't glad to see police in times of fire, flood, destructive storms and bad traffic accidents.
Families are also grateful when police go out to check on the welfare of relatives who live far away.
So it is always disappointing when reports like this surface.....
Echo NetDaily, 25 October 2019:
One of the officers involved in the arrest of a teenager in the Byron CBD last year has been charged with common assault.
A screen grab of the A Current Affair footage, which was taken by Byron locals who witnessed the incident. (Channel Nine)
NSW Police this morning issued a statement saying that an officer had been charged over the incident and would appear in court on December 2.
The teenager was arrested by four officers in the early hours of February 11 last year in Lateen Lane.
The laying of the charge follows an investigation into the incident by the law enforcement conduct commission, which referred the matter to the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions (NSWDPP) for advice about whether charges could be laid against the officer.
The Commission found that the officer engaged in serious misconduct by applying 19 baton strikes to the young person. It made no adverse findings against the other officers involved in the young person’s apprehension.
On Wednesday the officer was issued with a Future Court Attendance Notice, and he will now appear in Byron Local court on December 2.
NSW Police has previously indicated that the officer is no longer serving in the Byron region.
‘He is now performing duties at another command,’ a NSW Police spokesperson said.....
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