‘Defensive’ police missed their opportunity, NSW gay hate inquiry told

NSW police took adversarial' approach to special inquiry, counsel assisting says in final address

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New South Wales police might have missed an opportunity to improve its relationship with the LGBTQ+ community as a result of a defensive" and adversarial" approach to an 18-month inquiry into possible gay hate-related deaths, the senior counsel assisting the commission has said.

From the perspective of the special commission, the attitude of the NSW police force has sometimes appeared overly defensive, even adversarial," Peter Gray SC said in his final address.