An NT assistant police commissioner has been demoted after a mysterious “disciplinary investigation” into unknown matters, which follows unresolved turmoil and severe integrity issues in the executive ranks identified in a report into the organisation’s senior police recruitment processes, and comes ahead of Police Commissioner Martin Dole’s expected announcement of a permanent deputy commissioner in the coming days.
Janelle Tonkin was demoted to the rank of commander on June 4, the Police Gazette shows, which follows the NT Independent revealing in March that Ms Tonkin sat on two hiring panels that promoted senior police officers with whom she had allegedly been involved in separate sexual relationships, which was anonymised and referenced in a draft version of the Justice Alan Blow report, but inexplicably removed in the final draft that was made public.
The NT Police brass and the NT Police in general are a laughing stock!
A very expensive, fully accommodated, infinite sick leave, well renumerated laughing stock.