NT police sergeant shared photo of topless Aboriginal woman with other officers, inquest told
by Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6MXXS)
Police commissioner Michael Murphy tells court he did not accept recommendation to demote the sergeant because he admitted sharing the photo and was contrite
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A Northern Territory police sergeant shared a photo of a topless Aboriginal woman with a WhatsApp group of other officers in Alice Springs, but his demotion was rescinded by the police commissioner, an inquest has been told.
The inquest into the deaths of four Aboriginal women at the hands of violent partners has been examining the responses of police and the government in the NT, which has the highest rates of domestic and family violence in Australia.
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