Should the Government be accountable for police rape?

By tony

If the crime occurs while the officer is on duty, the police & government have a responsibility to sort it out. If the officer is off duty, the officer may be deemed unfit for service. But any compensation would have to be the same regardless what the offender did for a job.

By tony

If the crime occurs while the officer is on duty, the police & government have a responsibility to sort it out. If the officer is off duty, the officer may be deemed unfit for service. But any compensation would have to be the same regardless what the offender did for a job.

By Ruth

Maybe the government are not directly responsible for claims of rape by serving policemen but these women entered into a forum in good faith on the understanding that it was the correct process. After the Louise Nicholas trial and outcome, it is hardly surprising that women would not want to subject their families to similar misery and humiliation. BUT The police are responsible and the government is well positioned (and has an obligation) to demand that police complaints are correctly investigated and these women compensated. Maybe it is a matter for Judith Collins to resolve?

By Johnny

No the Government should'nt be responsible. The police should be responsible, and the police need to up the standards for intake of trainees. Then we may eventually see a better quality of people in the police force. Rather than the badly educated, low intellegence, facsit low lifes we currently have.

By Harold

If there is compensation to be paid, it should be paid by the guilty parties, not the government.

By sarah

I read your website a lot, but it does annoy me the way you write up the blurbs at times.
You often confuse several different issues and expect people to comment.
This is a case in point. There are several different issues in your blurb, but they're all merged together as if they're one discussion.
Firstly there is the question of rape and misconduct.
Secondly, there is the issue of proving this.
Thirdly if it is proved there is the issue of compensation, which does not necessarily flow inexorably from the guilty verdict of the rape and miscoduct charges.
Once the rape and misconduct charges are proven, an entirely new case is open to decide if compensation should be paid.
Your blog implies that the government - who is effectively the employer of these men is shirking, when the men have been found guilty, by not paying out. When in fact the payout is a separate case, that must be determined in law.
Your blurb somehow implies that the government is denying the mens guilt by not paying out. When in fact they are acknowleding the guilt and working through the legal processes to determine if compensation is due based on the guilty verdicts. No compensation does not mean no guilt. Compensation does not automatically flow from a guilty verdict.

By Jeffrey Huffadine

One would agree with Tony that surely the government should be accountable and responsible for crimes committed by police while any police officer is on duty.However there are good police officers out there who have a good clean criminal record and there are bad police officers out there who have bad criminal records.Plus there are other public servants who have bad criminal records for crimes they commit.

By tony

Surely the government is responsible for crimes committed while an officer is on duty.