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Police union hits back at ACT's top prosecutor after he criticised officers' actions during Bruce Lehrmann trial

Tensions between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have reached boiling point over the now-abandoned trial of former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was charged with the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in Canberra in 2019.

In a letter, obtained under freedom of information (FOI) law by the Guardian, chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold wrote to the ACT's chief police officer, calling for a public inquiry into political and police conduct during the prosecution.

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