R OYAL C OMMISSION I NTO W HETHER T HERE H AS B EEN C ORRUPT OR C RIMINAL C ONDUCT B Y A NY W ESTERN A USTRALIAN P OLICE O FFICER FINAL REPORT VOLUME I Commissioner: The Hon G A Kennedy AO QC January 2004 R OYAL C OMMISSION I NTO W HETHER T HERE H AS B EEN C ORRUPT OR C RIMINAL C ONDUCT B Y A NY W ESTERN A USTRALIAN P OLICE O FFICER 30 January 2004 The Hon. D. K. Malcolm AC Lieutenant Governor of the State of Western Australia Government House PERTH WA 6000 Your Honour Pursuant to the Commission issued to me on 12 December 2001, as subseqently varied, I now have the honour to present to you my Final Report relating to my inquiry into the matters the subject of my Terms of Reference. Yours sincerely G A Kennedy AO QC COMMISSIONER TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 1 VOLUME I ..................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE .....................................................................................................2 HEARING SEGMENTS......................................................................................................3 VOLUME II ..................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................4 PROFILE OF WAPS........................................................................................................5 GENDER ISSUES ...........................................................................................................5 HISTORY OF REFORM.....................................................................................................6 CORRUPTION PREVENTION ..............................................................................................7 CHANGES TO WAPS ......................................................................................................8 CIVILIANISATION ..........................................................................................................9 LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION................................................................... 10 CHANGE MANAGEMENT................................................................................................. 10 CHANGES TO STATUTORY PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 11 INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS ........................................................................................... 12 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY/UNAUTHORISED ACCESS .......................................................... 13 EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT ................................................................................................. 13 EXTERNAL AUDIT OF REFORM PROCESS ............................................................................ 14 RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................... 14 CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 19 1.1 COMMISSION’S TERMS OF REFERENCE............................................................... 19 1.2 DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION.......................................................................... 20 1.3 SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF ROYAL COMMISSION..................................................... 22 1.4 PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS................................................................................. 26 1.5 ROYAL COMMISSION (POLICE) ACT 2002..........................................................27 1.6 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION ..................................................... 28 1.7 AMNESTY .................................................................................................. 29 1.8 ROYAL COMMISSION METHODOLOGY ................................................................ 29 1.9 ROYAL COMMISSION AND THE MEDIA ............................................................... 30 1.10 LEGAL REPRESENTATION ............................................................................... 31 1.11 COUNSELLING............................................................................................. 31 1.12 THE REPORT .............................................................................................. 31 i CHAPTER 2 – PREVIOUS CORRUPTION INQUIRIES................................................ 33 2.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................... 33 2.2 QUEENSLAND ............................................................................................. 34 2.3 NEW YORK ................................................................................................ 38 2.4 NEW SOUTH WALES..................................................................................... 41 2.5 LOS ANGELES ............................................................................................. 45 2.6 UNITED KINGDOM ....................................................................................... 49 2.7 VICTORIA .................................................................................................. 51 2.8 COMMENTARY............................................................................................. 55 PART II ROYAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATIONS CHAPTER 3 – OPERATION LEAST SAID ............................................................... 59 3.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................... 59 3.2 CREDIBILITY OF L SERIES OF WITNESSES .......................................................... 61 3.3 DENIALS BY POLICE ..................................................................................... 78 3.4 SUMMARY.................................................................................................. 78 3.5 SEARCH WARRANTS ..................................................................................... 80 3.6 PETTY THEFT OF PROPERTY AND CASH ............................................................. 84 3.7 ASSAULTS.................................................................................................. 89 3.8 THE PRACTICE OF VERBALLING ....................................................................... 96 3.9 SMOKING CANNABIS................................................................................... 101 3.10 THE ARREST OF IVAN JACK MARINOVICH FOR CANNABIS CULTIVATION.................... 103 3.11 BREAK AND ENTER AT BP GNANGARA SERVICE STATION ..................................... 105 3.12 SEARCH OF RESIDENCE OF ANDREW WINTERS .................................................. 108 3.13 SECURITY ESCORTS ................................................................................... 110 3.14 EXPLOSION AT OBSERVATION CITY CONSTRUCTION SITE..................................... 113 3.15 THE ARREST OF JACK AMMOUN..................................................................... 115 3.16 USE OF MAJOR CRIME SQUAD ROOM TO COUNT MONEY...................................... 116 3.17 EVENTS FOLLOWING THE FATAL SHOOTING OF JOSEPH THOMAS SCHWAB ................ 117 3.18 THEFT AT MORLEY CITY FRUITLAND............................................................... 118 3.19 ROBBERY AT SUPA VALU SUPERMARKET, HEATHRIDGE ........................................ 121 3.20 SEARCH AT 30 GNANGARA ROAD, LANSDALE.................................................... 123 3.21 ROBBERY AT JUTLAND PARADE, DALKEITH ....................................................... 124 3.22 THE INTERVIEW OF SUSPECTS AND WITNESSES AT MORLEY CIB ........................... 140 3.23 SEIZURE OF AMPHETAMINE BY SCARBOROUGH CIB ............................................ 154 ii 3.24 STOLEN PROPERTY RECOVERED BY CLAREMONT CIB .......................................... 155 3.25 ARREST OF MICHAEL MCGRATH .................................................................... 156 3.26 SEARCHES OF THE HOME OF JOHN AND MARGARET FORD .................................... 160 3.27 SEIZURE OF YEN BY SCARBOROUGH DETECTIVES ............................................... 167 3.28 SEARCH OF THE HOME OF M1 BY MT HAWTHORN CIB ....................................... 168 3.29 TENDER OF MONEY TO L3 ........................................................................... 171 3.30 OTHER MATTERS....................................................................................... 172 3.31 COMMENT................................................................................................ 173 CHAPTER 4 – OPERATION FLORIDA ................................................................. 175 4.1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................... 175 4.2 THE PROSECUTION IN 1987......................................................................... 176 4.3 THE 1989 MATTER.................................................................................... 183 CHAPTER 5 – OPERATION FARFALLE ................................................................ 191 5.1 INTRODUCTION......................................................................................... 191 5.2 ARREST OF R1.........................................................................................