It is not a problem that belongs to an older generation of police officer. There is no clear type of officer who engages in acts of corruption. The most important requirement of you throughout your policing career is that you ensure that your integrity is never compromised. Second, for a proportion of you, it is possible that criminals will seek to cultivate associations and friendships with you. The criminal environment is one that is in a constant state of change.
Criminal figures rise and fall in their influence, wealth and notoriety.
But there is at least one constant feature within the criminal world - the desire for access to police officers and access to confidential police information. Such access can give criminals a degree of immunity from investigation and can even give them an edge over their criminal competitors. Third, some may think that the Police Integrity Commission sees only the bad side of police officers and of policing. That is not true. There have been a number of occasions where in our investigations, and those of the Police Service, we have seen individual police officers coming forward because they have seen things occurring around them that they did not believe to have been ethical or even legal.