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Article: Vic: Govt to pay police legal costs
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- September 17, 2002
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Vic: Govt to pay police legal costs
MELBOURNE, Sept 17 AAP - Victorian police charged with criminal
offences and then acquitted
by the courts will have their legal costs paid by the state government
after an agreement
with the Police Association today.
The deal reverses the termination of a similar reimbursement scheme
by the previous
government in 1999.
To qualify, police will have to be cleared of wrongdoing by the
court, and not be the
subject of internal disciplinary proceedings.
Premier Steve Bracks said police officers acting in ...