AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2005
Vic: Police Minister awaiting explanation for file leak
MELBOURNE, Aug 16 AAP - Victorian Police Minister Tim Holding is awaiting an explanation
from the state's top cop, Christine Nixon, over the latest leak of confidential police
files.
A prison officer-turned-whistleblower who applied to see his own file received up to
1,000 files on others with the same surname.
Police said preliminary inquiries indicated a worker at global computer maker IBM,
which was under contract to conduct audits of the police LEAP database, had emailed the
information to the man.
The data included the full name and addresses of some victims of crimes and alleged
offenders, the Herald Sun newspaper reported today.
The breach follows an apology earlier this month from the Office of Police Integrity
head state ombudsman George Brouwer after the OPI mistakenly released confidential police
files on hundreds of people to a single complainant.
In the same week, the personal details of an alleged murderer and his victims were
leaked to the Victorian opposition - printed on the back of other, unrelated documents.
The prison officer had applied for his file because he feared it had been improperly
accessed by police and corrections officials after he raised concerns about a 2000 police
operation to collect DNA from a notorious child killer.
A spokesman for Mr Holding today said the leak should not have happened and the minister
would like a full explanation from Ms Nixon.
"Victorians expect that information stored on LEAP to be secure and not improperly
dealt with," he said.
The police ethical standards department was investigating the circumstances surrounding
the leak, according to a statement from Victoria Police.
"Victoria Police treats any inappropriate release of information - mistaken or otherwise
- extremely seriously," the statement said.
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