Aggrieved cop slams police ESC at tribunal

A STOOD-down Gold Coast cop has launched an extraordinary attack on the police Ethical Standards Command, labelling it a “protection racket” for senior officers.

Senior Constable James Treanor has spoken out after obtaining confidential ESC documents as part of an explosive bullying case against four senior officers in the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission.

He was stood down last year and later charged with public nuisance after clashing with a top Gold Coast cop, at a Black Dog breakfast.

Sen Const. Treanor told the QIRC last year that senior police had acted as a “gang” to destroy his career after he complained of alleged misconduct by fellow officers and became a police union rep.

Sen Const. Treanor, a former police prosecutor, has obtained hundreds of confidential police documents ahead of a scheduled nine-day hearing in the QIRC.

They include ESC documents relating to investigations into matters including alleged racist and homophobic comments by a Gold Coast officer, and another into allegations that police failed to act on a domestic violence complaint against another officer.

Sen Const. Treanor said the documents showed that the ESC “victimise complainants and informants”.

“They do not obtain statements from victims or their witnesses and do not obtain CCTV or records,” he told the commission.

“They make derogatory comments about victims and informants and justify racist, homophobic and bullying behaviour. ESC is an unaccountable protection racket for senior police.”

Sen Const. Treanor will defend the public nuisance charge in a Southport Magistrates Court hearing next week.

A police spokesman declined to comment on Sen Const. Treanor’s specific allegations as the matter was before the QIRC.