IPID cases 'cover-up': McBride says Viewfinder exposé is 'misleading'
Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) boss Robert McBride has criticised an exposé by Viewfinder, which found that the police watchdog had failed victims of police brutality and helped officers escape accountability.
The story detailed how IPID officials allegedly manipulated the case management system and closed cases in order to improve performance statistics.
In his right of reply titled "If You're Going To Question People's Integrity You Better Have Integrity Yourself", McBride said the exposé was misleading.
"Someone who doesn't know the workings of IPID and the criminal justice system, would be alarmed by Viewfinder's attempt at a hatchet job against myself and IPID's hardworking investigators," he said of the report published on Monday.
In his statement, McBride addressed allegations against two IPID officials, saying "there was no irregularity here".