Stephen Protheroe
June 24, 2015
Crime and Misconduct Commission
To whom it may concern
I wish to lodge an official complaint again
with regards to the death of my son Jason Paul Protheroe on 17th
April 2012 by Queensland Police Officer Thomas Hess. During the Coronial Inquest into my son’s
death several issues were raised with regards to the release of mug shots and alleged
criminal histories of my son and the only independent “non-police officer” eye
witness to the shooting Krystal Sinn.
These photographs and information obtained by the media were very
clearly released by a Qld Police Officer as also recorded in the findings of
the Coronial inquest that the dissemination to the media of the mug shots and alleged
criminal histories involved either official misconduct and/or police
misconduct. The Coronial findings from
the Coronial Inquest also stated that this should be vigorously pursued as it
was a criminal act under Police Service Administration Act Section 10.1. The Coroner stated that the purposely
criminalization of the only independent eye witness and the deceased in the
eyes of the public is a particularly sinister development. It was also stated that the QPS information
technology systems are configured so as to record the identity of all users who
access any data. Therefore if an
investigation was to take place the identity of the person who leaked the
information to the media would be obvious and charges of misconduct laid. This information is clearly correct
considering the charges currently pending against Police Officer Rick Flori for
allegedly leaking CCTV footage of police corruption. Officer Rick Flori reported police misconduct
under the Police Service Administration Act section 7.2 which he had a duty to
do. This Police Officer in my mind
clearly went outside the gang style mentality of the Qld Police Force and
exposed the truth for what it really was and for this he is being
punished. Amazingly the police managed
to turn the tables on this whistle blower and file charges against him for
media leaks that involved corrupt police, in my opinion allowing the real
criminal police to get off criminal charges.
Yet in the case of my son’s killing the same situation (media leak by
Police) has occurred in this case against an innocent civilian and you don’t
seem interested to investigate let alone lay any charges. This incident occurred in January 2012 and
charges have just been laid. This
criminal act I am referring to in this complaint occurred in April 2012 and I
want answers, I want to know who is being charged with leaking photos and
information to the media under section 48 of the Coroners act. Leaking of this information perverted the
cause of justice and caused witnesses to have blurred accounts of the day. It also caused Krystal Sinn to have a fear
and intimidation of talking to the police for terror of repercussions. Everything about this case is wrong and I
have lodged complaint after complaint but I guess it is Police investigating
Police, I want the truth. Recently I
took out a private prosecution against Qld Police Officer Thomas Hess and I was
told that I was not to discuss this matter with anybody. Yet, the very day Officer Hess was served the
papers Qld Police Union President Ian Leavers appeared on the media. Not only did he expose that I had taken out
the said summons which by itself is questionable if not totally illegal within
the grounds of the law but he in detail said that Thomas Hess had been cleared
by all independent investigative bodies which in my judgment I can only assume
means the Police. Mr Leavers stated at
the Coronial Inquest that he had learnt from his mistakes but clearly he has
learnt nothing as he continues to behave in the same manner. I believe it is tantamount that yet again he
is trying to pervert the course of justice as I believe he did on the day my
son was killed with his viscous and damning lies. In closing it appears quite obvious that the
Police know who accesses their police database as it was so evident when
charges were laid against Police Officer Rick Flori when it suited the police hierarchy. Why isn’t it just as simple for me and my
family.
Yours Faithfully
Stephen Protheroe
