Showing posts with label Police action. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Police action. Show all posts

Tuesday 16 December 2014

Outlaw motor cycle gang EXPOSED


Police have dismantled several outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) clubhouses and seized drugs, cash and weapons, following ten raids in northern New South Wales today.
Strike Force Badim, comprising investigators from the Richmond Local Area Command Drug Unit was formed in 2014, primarily to investigate the supply of methylamphetamine (“Speed” & “Ice”) by OMCG gang members in the region.
About 6am (Tuesday 16 December 2014), Strike Force Badim officers with the assistance of the Dog Unit, Police Rescue Squad, Aviation Support Branch (PolAir), Tactical Operations Unit, Strike Force Raptor and investigators from neighbouring commands conducted ten simultaneous search warrants at premises in Ballina, Evans Head, Jacky Bulbin, Goonellabah, West Ballina, South Grafton, Taree and Alstonville.
Several alleged OMCG life-members and associates were present during these search warrants which lead to seven arrests.
Police will allege a 33-year-old man supplied a prohibited drug on a number of occasions from a residence in Grant Street, Ballina. He is also alleged to have knowingly dealt in the proceeds of crime as well as participate in a criminal group.
A 46-year-old man allegedly supplied a prohibited drug on a number of occasions from a residence in Evans Head. He also allegedly knowingly dealt in the proceeds of crime and participated in a criminal group.
A 28-year-old man from Jacky Bulbin also allegedly supplied a commercial quantity of prohibited drug as well as possessing prohibited and shortened firearms. He also allegedly participated in a criminal group.
A 25-year-old man from Goonellabah also allegedly supplied a prohibited drug.
A 32-year-old man and a 26-year-old man, both from Bangalow, were arrested yesterday (Monday 15 December 2014) in connection with these matters.
The 32-year-old man allegedly supplied a prohibited drug and possessed a number of prohibited and shortened firearms and the 26-year-old man allegedly possessed a number of prohibited and shortened firearms.
The search warrant undertaken at Jacky Bulbin Flat is still on-going.
The estimated potential street value of drugs seized during the investigation was over $400,000.
Several charges and bail determinations are still pending.
Richmond Local Area Command Crime Manager, Detective Inspector Cameron Lindsay, vowed to shut down the illegal activities of organised crime gangs operating in the region.
“These are not legitimate clubs but organised criminals who undertake illegal activities in contravention of state and council laws,” D/Insp Lindsay said.
“Those involved in running these illegal activities should hand themselves in, as it’s only a matter of time before we identify and arrest them.
“My officers and I are committed to ridding the area of organised crime and this operation sends a strong message that outlaw motorcycle gangs and their members are not welcome here,” D/Insp Lindsay said.
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages.

Tuesday 18 November 2014

Police NSW Chronology 1994-2001.... The Brothel was searched 2009 but not the hidden crypt

Police Chronology 1994-2001

View events in the NSW Police Force since the Wood Royal Commission began in 1994.
1994 
MayJustice James Wood is appointed Commissioner of the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service ('WRC').
1996 
JunePeter Ryan is appointed NSW Police Commissioner.
AugustPeter Ryan is sworn in, promising to nail the bent coppers and get rid of the hierarchy.
Sep. 1Peter Ryan's first day on the job.
NovemberThe Wood Royal Commission announces its Interim recommendations:
  • Abolish the Police Board.
  • Commissioner to be given the power to hire and fire all staff.
  • Officers to complete financial statements and explain how assets were acquired.
  • A Police Integrity Commission (PIC) should audit police to detect corruption.
  • Random drug/alcohol testing of all officers.
  • Require police to provide integrity declarations every 3 yrs and on promotion.
 Ryan outlines his vision for the service. He comments that the service is driven by fear which causes officers to lie and cheat and perjure themselves rather than admit simple mistakes. He states that he wants more police on the streets as a lack of supervision was largely responsible for the corruption.
 2,000 police march on Parliament House to protest against Ryan's new powers under the Police Reform Act which includes the authority to remove officers based on a "loss of the Commissioner's confidence".
Dec. 16NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan backs down by agreeing not to use his new powers to sack corrupt officers retrospectively.
1997 
JanuaryThe Police Integrity Commission (PIC) opens for business.
MarchRyan axes the Special Branch.
 WRC Public hearings end.
AprilJustice Wood resigns as Commissioner of the PIC.
MayNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan announces plans to sack 200 disgraced police.
 Final report of the WRC released with 174 recommendations on how to end the culture of corruption.
June 28Ron Levi is shot by officers Rodney Podesta and Anthony Dilorenzo on Bondi Beach.
DecemberInternal Affairs Operation Gymea, an investigation of the elite Task Force Bax which had been set up to clean up Kings Cross and the police service's image, culminates in the release of damning evidence at the PIC.
1998 
FebruaryNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan says 109 officers had been dismissed after being identified as inept or corrupt by the WRC, the PIC or Internal Affairs.
 Ryan sacks 19 officers, 18 of whom are alleged to have committed drug offences or stealing offences.
MarchThe State Coroner concludes the inquest into Ron Levi's death and finds that the 2 officers have a case to answer. The Director of Public Prosecutions declines to proceed.
MayNSW Police Minister Paul Whelan says 99% of the 172 recommendations in the WRC final report have been implemented or are close to being implemented.
 The NSW Ombudsman reveals that 380 officers have been targeted for dismissal for alleged corruption, misconduct and incompetence.
JuneNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan announces plans to introduce random drug testing for police officers.
AugustNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan decides on a backlog of 300 cases of alleged misconduct. 12 officers (4%) are sacked, 75 officers (25%) resign or are declared medically unfit.
 Sydney criminal Neddy Smith tells of his 'green light' while giving evidence at his murder trial.
SeptemberNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan receives from Internal Affairs (IA) a fresh list of 100 officers whose careers are in jeopardy following IA investigations into alleged serious breaches of conduct including corruption.
NovemberThe NSW Ombudsman Annual Report details 5000 complaints against the police service and 110 criminal charges against police officers in the previous 12 months.
 NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan admits there was "some truth" to reports that weapons handed in during the guns back-back scheme had been stolen by police officers and sold to gangs or turned in again for money. The investigation into the matter is called Task Force Majorca.
DecemberThe Police Integrity Commission Annual Report says the first half of the financial year saw a near doubling of complaints against police alleging attempts to pervert the course of justice.
1999 
JanuaryNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan admits in an interview with Britain's Daily Mail that "we are not winning on the drugs front" and that drugs are the "root of most crime".
FebruaryNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan signs a new contract making him Australia's highest paid public servant.
Feb-MarchThe Police Integrity Commission (PIC) holds hearings into the use and sale of illegal drugs by serving and former police.
MarchThe Police Service allows public access to their Special Branch dossiers.
AprilSuperintendent Ray Adams retires from Kings Cross command after spending two years trying to clean it up. Adams admits that although crime rates are down that the drug scourge "remains unanswered".
AugustNSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan sends a memo to every station in NSW advising that Cabramatta and other key commands have been downgraded.
 5000 officers participate in a survey to gauge the progress of anti-corruption reform.
OctoberOn the eve of the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) hearing into the Roni Levi shooting, Rodney Podesta admits in Sydney local Court to dealing in cocaine.
NovemberPolice in inner and south-western suburbs begin a "go slow" over staffing shortfalls.
2000 
MayA Police Integrity Commission (PIC) audit finds that internal police investigations are "biased", pursued with less vigour than criminal investigations, and that more than a quarter of internal inquiries into complaints against police were "unsatisfactory": only 7% included checks on an officer's history of complaints; juniors investigated seniors and officers often investigated colleagues working in the same area. The PIC criticised decisions not to investigate 43.5% of complaints as "unreasonable" where the offences involved were stealing, corruption, drinking and drug use.
 The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a quarter of NSW's police patrols are officially without leaders. The Police Service advertises for 18 local area commanders and 960 vacant sergeants positions. The Police Service says the vacancies are due to "retirements, promotions and other changed circumstances".
 An undercover Internal Affairs (IA)detective investigating crooked police in drug trafficking and gang warfare is arrested and charged with firearm and drugs offences.
JulyThe Upper House Committee inquiry into police resources at Cabramatta is announced.
 Police Minister Paul Whelan and the police service confirm that an investigation into serious misconduct at Goulburn Police Academy had been going on for "some time".
AugustThe Police Integrity Commission (PIC) raises concerns in a report to Parliament that up to 50 officers are still moonlighting in risky areas such as the liquor, gaming and security industries.
Oct-DecThe Police Integrity Commission (PIC) hears in camera evidence on claims that antagonistic senior officers are killing the reform process.
NovemberA draft of NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan's manifesto, Future Directions 2001-2005 is leaked to the Sydney Morning Herald and published on the Internet.
DecemberThe Police Integrity Commission (PIC) expresses "concern and disappointment" at unsatisfactory police response to anti-corruption proposals.
 NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan reshuffles 16 senior police. Assistant Commissioners Clive Small (Crime Agencies) and Mal Brammer (Internal Affairs & Special Crimes) are relieved of their posts and transferred to field commands.
 The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a leaked Internal Affairs report Operation Radium confirms officers have rorted the promotion system by circulating the lists of interview questions.
2001 
FebruaryQSARP, a wide-ranging audit of the NSW Police Service, is released. It is critical of the reform process saying that although "some real progress had been achieved" it was "systematically limited", fragmented, patchy, slow and in some areas had come to a halt. It disagrees with NSW Police Commissioner Peter Ryan's view that reform is near completion and criticises Ryan for a vision "which does not address the key themes developed in the recommendations of the Royal Commission". Ryan rejects the report saying it is 12 months old and narrow in focus.
MarchThe Cabramatta Inquiry censures Police Minister Paul Whelan for interfering and for calling for the Inquiry's termination.
 Officers at Cabramatta vote unanimously to support Detective Sergeant Tim Priest's evidence on drug and gang activity but stop short on his claims about management ignoring reports on gang crime.
 Christine Nixon is appointed Commissioner of Victorian Police.
 One of the officers at the scene of the fatal shooting of Jim Hallinan from Tumut faces dismissal after testing positive to cannabis after the shooting.
 The drugs case against Richard Gordon Tyler is adjourned after the court is told that an officer in the Internal Affairs unit may have lied to judges while applying for listening devices for a sting operation.
MarchNSW Premier Bob Carr announces a reversal of the 1999 Cabramatta downgrade.
MayPolice Minister Paul Whelan says police fabricated evidence to obtain convictions in "countless cases" and announces plans to establish an innocence panel in January 2002 to review suspect convictions.
JuneThe Police Integrity Commission recommends tough random drug testing be introduced immediately in a scathing report on the shooting of Ron Levi. It finds "compelling reasons" to broaden action over officers using drugs.
JulyTwo senior commanders and five officers from Internal Affairs are stood down while being investigated on charges of perverting the course of justice. It is alleged that the officers lied to the Supreme Court to get search warrants and permission to install listening devices to be used in an ultimately botched sting operation/integrity test to trap young officers.
 NSW Premier Bob Carr rebukes police leadership saying they had taken their eye off the ball in dealing with drug-related violent crime in Cabramatta.
 The report of the Upper House Inquiry is released. It finds deficiencies in policing in Cabramatta are a direct result of the police service's failure to communicate with locals and the senior officers' failure to listen to front-line officers. It finds buck passing, mismanagement and low morale in front line officers and that drug related crimes ran out of control while the service instructed officers to focus on keeping crime statistics and normal suburban crime.
AugustTapes played at the Police Integrity Commission show Inspector Robert Menzies received confidential information about prospective questions from Senior Constable Graham Kel after the latter's interview for sergeant and before Menzies' interview for duty officer.
SeptemberThe Carr Government ramps up sentences for gang-related crime. 16 new offences or tougher sentences are introduced in three weeks.
 The Carr Government announces that it will make false complaints against a police officer a crimehttp://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/s614583.htm

Friday 29 November 2013

750 Cannabis plants worth $2.5 million.

750 cannabis plants worth $2.5 million seized during raids on properties throughout suburban Sydney

Friday, 29 November 2013 07:25:27 PM
Police have charged three people and seized more than 750 cannabis plants and fraudulent documents during raids on properties in Rockdale, Yagoona, Carlingford and Penshurst over the last two days.
Around 3.30pm on Wednesday (27 November 2013), investigators from the Redfern Region Enforcement Squad executed a search warrant at a property on Tyrell Street in Rockdale, where they allegedly located 39 cannabis plants and a number of items used in the hydroponic growth of cannabis.
Wednesday’s search warrant was followed by search warrants at properties on The Avenue, Yagoona; Donald Street, Carlingford and Forest Road, Penshurst yesterday (Thursday 28 November 2013).
At the Yagoona property, police allegedly located a quantity of fraudulent documents, including fake driver’s licenses.
At the Carlingford address, officers allegedly located a hydroponic cannabis cultivation set-up and seized 174 cannabis plants.
A further 544 cannabis plants were seized during a search warrant conducted at a house in Penshurst.
In total, 757 cannabis plants were seized as a result of the police operation. The total value of the plants is believed to be in excess of $2.5 million.
A 27-year-old woman from Yagoona and a 23-year-old man from Springvale in Victoria were arrested and charged with drug cultivation and supply offences (the Springvale man was arrested at the Rockdale address).
Both have been refused bail, with the woman next due to appear in Burwood Local Court on Monday (2 December 2013) and the man next due to appear in Kogarah Local Court on Thursday (5 December 2013).
A 23-year-old Cabramatta man was arrested at the Penshurst property and charged with cultivation of prohibited drugs (cannabis). He was refused bail and appeared in Sutherland Local Court today (Friday 29 November 2013).
The NSW Police Force’s drug reporting campaign identifies the seven signs that indicate a house may be being used for drug manufacturing:
• Strange odours emanating from the property
• Diverted electricity
• Chemical containers and waste
• Blacked out windows
• Hoses and pipes in strange places
• Blinds down, with extremely bright indoor lighting radiating through gaps
• Vehicles arriving at odd hours

Police Operation Peakhurst Drugs, Guns, explosives

Man charged, air rifles, ammunition, drugs and fireworks seized at Peakhurst - Operation Talon

Friday, 29 November 2013 09:43:55 PM
Police have arrested and charged a man after allegedly seizing air rifles, ammunition, fireworks and prohibited drugs during a search warrant at Peakhurst today.
About 6:45am, Friday 29 November 2013, officers from Operation Talon executed a search warrant at a house on Kerrie Crescent.
Police will allege during the search of the home they located three air rifles, ammunition, nine cannabis plants, cannabis leaf, ecstasy and magic mushrooms.
Amounts of prescribed restricted substances including diazepam and ephedrine were also seized as well as gun powder and fireworks.
A 38-year-old man was arrested and will be issued with a court attendance notice for offences including cultivate prohibited plants, possess unauthorised firearms, possess ammunition, possess prohibited drug, possess explosives/fireworks and possess prescribed restricted substance.
He is expected to appear in court at a later date.
Operation Talon was formed in August 2013 to combat public place shootings in Sydney.

Wednesday 9 October 2013

Police Integrity Commission reply What happens when the Police don't or won't investigate?

When the Police can't see these thugs that threaten your life, you continue to escalate the complaints further.

I sent the drug running and evidence regarding Juanita Nielsen to the Police Ingretity Commission for the Police Search warrant.

I will note that the Glebe Coroner felt it was significant evidence regarding Juanita Nielsen.

Well all I know there is something within a hidden compartment that this gang protects.



Dear Ms Weatherstone
I refer to your various emails, received by the Commission between 2 May 2011 and 1 October 2012.
You will recall that, in letters dated 18 May 2011, 5 September 2011, 15 September 2011, 10 April 2012, 14 June 2012, 19 July 2012 and 2 August 2012 (our refs: 23552/3, 23552/8, 23552/11, 23552/16, 23552/21, 23552/28 and 23552/31), you were advised that the Commission had decided not to investigate your complaints. In the Commission’s correspondence of 19 July 2012 you were advised that:
…the Commission is taking no further action in this matter. Further correspondence from you to the Commission on this subject will be of no benefit to you.
The Commission has continued to receive correspondence from you regarding your complaints about police. In the Commission’s correspondence of 2 August 2012 you were advised that:
I take this final opportunity to remind you that the Commission is not investigating your complaint. Please be advised that any further correspondence on this matter received from you after the date of this letter will be filed as part of the Commission’s records only. They will not be acknowledged and will not be considered by Commission officers. I repeat my earlier advice that further correspondence on this matter from you to the Commission will be of no benefit to you.
The Commission notes that you have forwarded over 40 emails to the Commission since this decision was communicated to you. In view of the decisions already taken by the Commission and communicated to you in writing, and given the administrative burden associated with processing the large number of emails you continue to send to this agency, the Commission has decided to block all emails from your email address.
In addition, the Commission will not assess or otherwise respond to any other form of correspondence from you unless that correspondence contains new information that
goes beyond unsupported allegations and directly concerns misconduct by officers of the NSW Police Force or the NSW Crime Commission. Any correspondence regarding matters already assessed by the Commission, or containing information not related to the Commission’s jurisdiction, will be filed for information only. Should you wish to provide any new and relevant information you may contact the Commission in writing at the following address:
The Police Integrity Commission
GPO Box 3880
Sydney NSW 2001
Yours faithfully
Peter Barnett
A/g Director, Prevention & Information