Inside a 'cover-up': The top cops, the 'quasi investigation' and the officers who stood up

Top lawyer to lead employment probe into three serving police leaders

Four of the top officers most robustly lambasted by the police watchdog quietly exited the force before a caustic report became public – but there are three who remain on the payroll. Police and the Independent Police Conduct Authority have not named the three. Newsroom understands they are Detective Superintendent Chris Page, Firearms Authority executive director Angela Brazier and Assistant Commissioner Paul Basham – who held his retirement fu…

A portrait of Jevon McSkimming as a senior police colleague

Nearly 50 police staff were interviewed as part of an independent investigation, painting a fuzzy picture of the disgraced cop and his workplace reputation.

Inside a 'cover-up': The top cops, the 'quasi investigation' and the officers who stood up

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist… Jevon has tried to get rid of this by making a complaint," wrote one officer, "... this looks like a cover-up."

Top Durham cops oversaw ‘poisoned’ work culture rife with favouritism and harassment, report reveals

The Star has obtained a redacted copy of the report that officials have previously refused to release, and, for the first time, is able to publicly reveal some of its