A Victorian police officer found to have subjected his fiancee to “coercive control and misogynistic abuse” while he was on duty was allowed to work on full pay for almost five years while the case was investigated.
The initial decision to dismiss the officer called penalties handed to other officers found to have committed family violence “manifestly disproportionate” and “light”, with the police registration and services board, which reviews police disciplinary findings, also criticising the force for its handling of internal complaints.
