NSW top cop Karen Webb bans taxpayer-funded alcohol gifts after scrutiny over her taxpayer-funded alcohol gifts

Karen Webb has been under fire since the Lecc released its findings despite the watchdog saying the purchase adhered to with policies and procedures. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, has outlawed the practice of using taxpayer money to buy alcohol for gifts and hospitality after she controversially bought 50 bottles of high-end gin produced by one of her friends.

The 50 bottles were purchased at $85 a unit, totalling $4,250 worth of gin, on 10 November 2022. The former Coalition police minister Paul Toole was in cabinet at the time.