Police officers with histories of sexually exploiting vulnerable victims of crime were given responsibility for family violence and sexual offences investigations, a damning anti-corruption report has found. The Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission inquiry into predatory behaviour by Victoria Police found officers preyed on vulnerable victims of crime, particularly victims of family violence, and misused the power and trust placed in them. The small minority of officers, the report stated, misused their authority to "devastating effect" by commencing or attempting to commence an intimate personal or sexual relationship with victims of crime. In some cases, vulnerable...
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