An internal probe has found that about 25% of police staff who accessed the National Intelligence Application for details on Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming’s death did so without legitimate work-related reasons.
Following a January memo from Police Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura condemning the unauthorised checks as a breach of the New Zealand Police Code of Conduct, an audit revealed that while over one-third of the accesses were justified, the remaining instances—including random file searches related to the devastating Nelson incident—were deemed unauthorised and resulted in written warnings for those involved.
The investigation was overseen by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
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Does 100% of that data belong to the public?
What is wrong with the public to know about this honoured servant’s demise? (I salute and honour your service!).
And what is Police Deputy Commissioner Tania Kura’s authority to use the National Intelligence Application to curtail the public’s knowledge? Remember, cops are NZ citizens, first and foremost.
They swear an oath.
And Kura is also a public servant. Has she sworn that oath?
Great to know we can add another government department to the list of can’t be trusted with personal information security
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