Craig Steven Dangerfield v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWIRComm 96

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Craig Steven Dangerfield v Commissioner of Police [2003] NSWIRComm 96 APPLICANT: Craig Steven Dangerfield PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Commissioner of Police FILE NUMBER: IRC 5715 of 2002 CORAM: Staunton J CATCHWORDS : Removal of police officer - review of order - procedural fairness - whether removal was harsh, unreasonable or unjust - onus and standard of proof in review proceedings - applicant charged with offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm of person in custody - offence proven but no conviction recorded - other officers convicted of assault and not dismissed from Police Service not such as to be relevantly compared - rule in Jones v Dunkel not applicable in the circumstances of Commissioner responding to summons for production - credibility of applicant - removal not harsh, unreasonable or unjust - application dismissed. Crimes Act 1900 s 59 LEGISLATION CITED : Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 s 10 Police Service Act 1990 ss 173 181D 181E 181F Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 84 Burrows v Commissioner of Police, Giardini v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWIRComm 333 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Little v Commissioner of Police (No 2) (2002) 112 IR 212 Miller v NSW Commissioner of Police [2002] NSWIRComm 296 CASES CITED : R v Williams (1990) 50 ACrimR 213 Starr v Commissioner of Police [2001] NSWIRComm 226 Van Huisstede v Commissioner of Police (2000) 98 IR 57 Wang v Crestell Industries Pty Ltd (1997) 73 IR 454 Wells and the Commissioner of Police (2000) 100 IR 106 HEARING DATES: 10/30/2002; 02/17/2003; 02/18/2003 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 04/04/2003