AAP General News (Australia)
08-29-2011
VIC:Police IR action could halt Vic courts
MELBOURNE, Aug 29 AAP - Victoria's magistrates courts could come to a halt if police
prosecutors go ahead with industrial action as part of a police union claim for better
wages.
Police prosecutors could be locked out of the courts by refusing to let security staff
scan them or their property as they enter courts, The Age reports.
Their enterprise-bargaining agreement representative has told The Age he was recently
warned that police prosecutors would be denied entry by court authorities if they refused
to be scanned.
Police are threatening not to prosecute CityLink and EastLink tollway cases and licence
restoration and alcohol interlock applications.
Police Association representative Sergeant Richard Bowers said police prosecutors conducted
about 200,000 cases a year yet were the lowest-paid members in the force.
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KEYWORD: PROSECUTORS
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