Dimensions
156 x 231 x 20mm
This is the book that reveals what the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption in New South Wales wasn't told.
In an attempt to change the corrupt police culture of New South Wales, the state government in 1994 set up the Royal Commission into Corruption in the NSW Police Service. A large number of current and former police officers testified, and the depth, nature and extent of the corruption they revealed were both astounding and appalling.
The first officer to declare himself was Trevor Haken, Sergeant at King's Cross, who, in the course of giving evidence spectacularly exposed many other corrupt police officers.
In telling Haken's story, the author, Sean Padraic, reveals how a police sergeant in inner city Sydney was able to get away with what he did. He also describes the real nature and extent of the relationship between crime, policing and - to a lesser extent - the justice system in New South Wales. The story of Trevor Haken reveals that he, and the worst of his colleagues, have a long tradition of corruption behind them.
