The former chief of the ACT police says the junior nature of his rank-and-file officers was "leading to non-optimal outcomes" with "matters dismissed at court" and "costs against police ... at an all-time high".
In a speech to an ACT forensics conference just before leaving the office of ACT chief police officer last month, Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan said the ACT Chief Magistrate and the ACT Ombudsman had "both raised concerns with me about the make-up of the [police] workforce".
