Federal Court of Australia
JUDGMENT No. WP €2. (39)
IN THE FEDERAL POLICE )
) No. 6 of 1986
DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL )
TRIBUNAL: DATE:
ROBERT ALEXANDER GEORGE DONALDSON
Against
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
IN THE MATTER of the Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981.
DECISION
Mr. Justice Jenkinson, Deputy President
2 dune, 1987
The Tribunal Orders That:
The appeal be allowed.
The penalty imposed on the appellant on 7 July 1986 by the Commissioner in respect of the disciplinary offence
of which the appellant was found guilty in the proceeding in the Tribunal numbered FPDT 3 of 1986 he
set aside.
In lieu of the penalty aforesaid the penalty in respect of the said disciplinary offence be that the apellant pay a fine of $500.
The said fine be paid within 2 months of this date.
IN THE FEDERAL POLICE ) No. 6 of 1986
DISCIPLINARY TRIBUNAL
ROBERT ALEXANDER GEORGE DONALDSON
Against
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
IN THE MATTER of the Complaints (Australian Federal Police) Act 1981.
2 June, 1987 MR. JUSTICE JENKINSON Deputy President
REASONS FOR: DECISION
Appeal by a member of the Australian Federal . Police, Robert Alexander George Donaldson, against the penalty imposed on him by the Commissioner of Police, in respect of. a breach of discipline, in pursuance of s.67(6) of the Complaints (Australian . Federal Police) Act 1981.
On 3 April 1986 this Tribunal, constituted by Mr. 8.K. Maguire Q.C., found the appellant guilty of a disciplinary offence
specified in paragraph 18(1)(d) of the Australian Federal Police
(Discipline) Regulations : improper conduct otherwise than in an
official capacity. The conduct specified as that of which the breach consisted was that Sergeant Donaldson, being a more senior
officer, had requested Senior Constable Geoffrey Stephan Hobart
2. not to report an offence which was known to Hobart, Donaldson
knowing that Hobart was required to report such an offence.
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