Senior officer engaged in ‘serious misconduct’ in regional town when man was self-harming. He thought Aboriginal people tried to ‘manipulate the system’
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A New South Wales police officer’s decision not to call an ambulance after an Indigenous man was found self-harming in a prison cell was driven by “unconscious racism”, the police watchdog has found.
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (Lecc) released its report on the incident on Monday. It found that the senior police officer – who was custody manager responsible for detainee welfare – had engaged in “serious misconduct”.
