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Police officer's suicide exposes sexism, bullying in the force
Shona O'Connor served as a police officer for more than two decades. (Supplied/Four Corners: Nick Wiggins)
There are many ways that Victoria Police sergeant Shona O'Connor could have chosen to die.
But on a November morning in 2019, Shona's was a very deliberate path: she dressed in her police uniform, signed out her gun at her police station, drove an hour north to the tiny town of Malmsbury and entered a toilet block in its botanic gardens.
There, in a locked cubicle, she called triple zero and began to cry.
"I'm really sorry, I'm a police officer, my name is Shona O'Connor."
Louise Milligan investigates Victoria Police culture on FOUR CORNERS
With a former officer’s death raising questions about the force’s internal culture, the program examines what investigators uncovered and why her family is calling for a public inquest.
A police officer with more than two decades in the force commits suicide. Her bereaved family looks for answers, but a coroner’s report doesn’t offer any solace.
Months later, Victoria Police’s internal integrity division is tasked with investigating activities at the station where she worked, exposing an ugly culture of sexism, bullying and harassment, conduct that Victoria’s Police Commissioner Mike Bush condemns as “unacceptable”.
With questions raised around material withheld from the Coroner, the officer’s family say the force failed her. They want a public inquest.
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A police officer with more than two decades in the force commits suicide. Her bereaved family looks for answers, but a coroner’s report doesn’t offer any solace.
Months later, Victoria Police’s internal integrity division is tasked with investigating activities at the station where she worked, exposing an ugly culture of sexism, bullying and harassment, conduct that Victoria’s Police Commissioner Mike Bush condemns as “unacceptable”.
With questions raised around material withheld from the Coroner, the officer’s family say the force failed her. They want a public inquest.
For more detailed information, explore updates concerning Police officer's suicide.
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