Header Image: Dana Levitt says the complainants allege they experienced racism at NT Police. (ABC News: Patrick Thomas)
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In short:
Lawyers have lodged a human rights complaint against the NT government and Police Commissioner Michael Murphy on behalf of three serving Aboriginal police officers.
The complainants claim they experienced racial vilification, derision and an unequal pay system over a 20-year period while serving as Aboriginal Community Police Officers.
What’s next?
Commissioner Murphy will not comment directly on the case, but says he is committed to delivering cultural reform within NT Police.
The Northern Territory’s police commissioner has reiterated his commitment to “cultural reform” within NT Police, after three serving Aboriginal police officers lodged a human rights complaint alleging racial vilification and unequal pay.
Sydney-based law firm, Levitt Robinson, announced on Friday it had lodged a complaint against the NT government and Commissioner Michael Murphy with the Australian Human Rights Commission, on behalf of three currently serving Aboriginal police officers.
In a statement, the lawyers allege unnamed officers experienced racial vilification, derision and an unequal pay system as Aboriginal Community Police Officers (ACPOs) over a 20-year period.
ACPOs are uniformed sworn police officers who work closely with local Indigenous communities as part of their policing duties.
Levitt Robinson partner Dana Levitt said the firm was approached by about 20 current and former ACPOs to lodge a representative complaint on their behalf.
