A respected police officer who killed herself at Port Adelaide police station is said to have filed a bullying complaint before her death.
The female officer, a married mother of two, died on the afternoon of January 9 at the station, in the city’s northwest.
Some of her colleagues told an SA parliamentary committee on mental health within the police force that she had made a complaint of bullying sometime before her death.
“Bullying is rife across the organisation, despite a perceived culture change following a series of sexual abuse allegations a few years ago,” said a submission from a serving officer. The advertiser.
The female officer (pictured), a married mother of two, died at the station, in the northwest of the city, on Monday afternoon, January 9.
Some of her colleagues told an SA parliamentary committee on police mental health that she had made a complaint of bullying sometime before her death (photo: Port Adelaide police station, where she was found dead)
‘The day after the police officer recently committed suicide in West Adelaide, who incidentally filed a complaint that she was being bullied, it was business as usual.
‘No contact from some managers and no real acknowledgment of the effect this could have on her former colleagues.’
The submission claimed that the officer’s colleagues had to take leave to attend her funeral.
Another said morale within the SA Police was at an all-time low.
Daily Mail Australia previously revealed online reports from witnesses at the station who heard a loud bang in the building before discovering her body.
Devastated friends and colleagues paid tribute to the officer who was nominated for ‘Aboriginal Person of the Year’ in 2012 for her work within the First Nations community.
Colleagues remembered the officer for her “infectious laugh” and how she “always met people with a smile”
She was remembered as a ‘beautiful person’ with an ‘infectious, loud laugh’ that could be heard ‘across the station’.
A colleague previously said that during one of their last conversations, the officer told her, “It’s going to be okay, my friend.”
“You’ve said it to me a thousand times over the years,” her colleague wrote.
“It doesn’t feel like everything will ever be okay again.”
In a statement, SAPOL told the newspaper that it took the mental health of all employees seriously and offered several options to seek help.
“While not diminishing the sentiments of those who made comments, SAPOL does not believe these are indicative of the views of the wider workforce,” the statement said.
The death of the female officer in Port Adelaide remains the subject of a coronial inquiry and an ongoing commissioner’s investigation.
The police previously asked the media not to publish the name or photos of the officer in question for “cultural reasons.”
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