00:00 Case dismissed, but the fallout continues. The players had been charged with offences
00:07 including fighting in a public place over an incident while the two were celebrating
00:12 Whiten's 30th birthday at a Canberra nightclub. But Sergeant David Power, the main prosecution
00:19 witness admitted on the stand his memory of their arrest didn't match CCTV footage. It's
00:25 now been confirmed there'll be an internal police review into how they got it wrong.
00:30 I don't want to pre-empt that so I'd like to see that go through and of course the Chief
00:35 Police Officer will be making comment after that occurs.
00:39 Not good enough for Mitchell's lawyer who says the inquiry should be broader.
00:44 In circumstances like this it should be done by an external organisation, particularly
00:49 with what we're facing at the moment which appears to be a cultural issue.
00:53 In 2018 a magistrate referred David Power, who was then a senior constable, to the Chief
00:58 Police Officer over inconsistencies in his account of an arrest and CCTV footage of that
01:05 arrest. And just last year a separate magistrate was scathing of two other officers and said
01:12 they used unlawful force in the arrest of a man suspected of drink driving. But the
01:18 government is rejecting suggestions confidence in the justice system is at risk.
01:23 There's always ways to look at particular examples and if there is a need for improvement
01:30 then follow that through.
01:31 Long gone are the days of secret squirrel organisations. We should be able to have an
01:36 independent review.
01:38 The current Chief Police Officer, Neil Gagan, declined to be interviewed.
01:42 Thank you.
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