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POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 135 Investigation of police and agency misconduct matters by Commissioner

POLICE ACT 1990 - SECT 135

Investigation of police and agency misconduct matters by Commissioner

135 Investigation of police and agency misconduct matters by Commissioner

(1) The Commissioner is to cause a misconduct matter relating to a police officer or the NSW Police Force received by the Commissioner under this Act or referred to the Commissioner under the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission Act 2016 that the Commissioner decides to investigate to be investigated by a police officer or police officers in accordance with this Division.
(2) The Commissioner may specify matters that need to be examined or taken into consideration by the police officer or police officers in investigating the misconduct matter.
(3) The powers of the Commissioner to cause a misconduct matter to be investigated include the power to cause any action to be taken to resolve the misconduct matter in the manner that the Commissioner thinks fit, subject to this Act or any other law.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a person conducting an investigation may attempt to resolve a misconduct matter (being a complaint) by means of alternative dispute management procedures.