LAWYER X – IT'S NOT JUST THE COPS

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From the outset, it must be made clear that the CAA does not support the use of Lawyer Gobbo by the Victoria Police in the way it was done, it was unlawful, and Gobbo and the Executive Police responsible must be held to account before the Law.

Generally, we support the findings of the Royal Commission however we do diverge on a couple of issues.

Although the actions of many involved below the executive of the Victoria Police in our view were perhaps unlawful, the Commissioner has failed to give due weight to the structural pressures or influence on many of the subordinate Offices involved in this controversy.