NEWS : NSW Detective Confesses to Years of CORRUPTION : 17/10/01

[MíkeySåmmy]

Detective confesses to years of corruption
THE AGE
By PHILIP CORNFORD
SYDNEY
Wednesday 17 October 2001
The New South Wales Police Integrity Commission yesterday produced the first "rollover" of its corruption inquiry - a detective sergeant who was missed in the first clean-out five years ago.
Detective Sergeant Raymond John Peattie, 46, "threw my hands up", confessing to a career of corruption that began in 1980, continued during the exposures of the police royal commission in 1996, and flourished thereafter, making a mockery of the NSW Police Service's much-vaunted reforms.
Mr Peattie, chief of Manly detectives for a year until he went on sick leave in December after the arrest of two crooked detectives he protected, "rolled over" and began talking to PIC investigators last week after he was incriminated by tape recordings.
"When you're on the dark side, you're always on the dark side," Mr Peattie said yesterday when asked to explain his corruption. "I didn't have the guts to say no."
Mr Peattie admitted that he and a colleague, M2, stole money from drug dealers, including $8000 on one occasion, when he ran a four-man drug squad in the Manly area between 1989 and 1990.
In 2000, as crime manager of Manly detectives, Mr Peattie gave the drug beat to two detective senior constables, David Phillip Patison, 41, and Matthew John Jasper, 30, who stole $203,000 from nine drug dealers in 11 months.
In that time, Mr Peattie said he was paid at least six bribes totalling more than $3000 by Mr Patison, Mr Jasper and M5, an undercover police informer, knowing the money had been stolen from drug dealers. "I piddled it up against a wall," he said.
Under questioning, Mr Peattie admitted to verballing suspects or signing false statements "at least 20" times between 1984, when he was in the CIB and regional armed robbery squads, and 1991. He said Mr Patison typed up five of the verbals at Manly.
Between 1989 and 1990, he was paid $500 by a drug dealer after promising him a "letter of comfort" for a magistrate, which Mr Peattie did not write.
He said he took his first bribe - $100 from a raid on a gambling game - in 1980 when he was a trainee detective with the infamous 21 Division.
"It scared the hell out of me," Mr Peattie said, claiming he then sought the company of detectives whom he knew to be honest.
But in 1989 he was robbing Vince Caccamo and two other heroin dealers, saying "it was the first time I'd faced that kind of temptation and I failed".
Despite a catalogue of corruption, Mr Peattie insisted he was not a member of "the Giggle," a term used by corrupt detectives to describe themselves.
He claimed repeatedly that he had never wanted to be a crooked cop - there was no justification for his actions. "I never said no, but I felt very uncomfortable about it," he said.
Even more frequently, Mr Peattie could not give details of verbals, bribes or the names of guilty colleagues despite aggressive questioning.
"I'm not trying to cover up - like you're going to say I am," he said, claiming he simply could not remember. But the questions kept coming and will resume today.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/2001/10/17/FFXCSZILUSC.html

...any police detectives currently wanting to do a few shifty deals, you can contact me directly

[This message has been edited by MíkeySåmmy (edited 17 October 2001).]

 

[Prometheus]

Yep, their was a massive report on Four Corners concerning this last nite. How crooked can you get?!?!?!
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[fat tony]

hehe crooked as all fuck thats what...
the funniest thing it was happening all around manly and the northern beaches. for those that dont know the area well.. many of the people that live around here consider it quite a luxurious area of sydney. but our cops were as crooked as they come hehe..
a older dude i work with used to drink at the pub with patison.. one of the detectives named in the scandal. he was apparently a top bloke... just earned an extra 100 grand a year than his workmates.. hehe.
fucked thing is that the investigation has been running for the last 3 years. that means that known herion dealers have been allowed to operate for 3 years.. and getting away with it. just to catch these crooked bastards. how many ppl got hooked on harry or died in those 3 years???? ...
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bringing the house down.

 

[attaris]

there have been over 300 drug-related deaths on the northern beaches alone in the last decade...