NSW Police Prosecutors

About Police Prosecutors are responsible for the prosecution of criminal proceedings, applications for apprehended domestic violence orders and other associated application Graduate Opportunities The NSW Police Force offers graduates a fast-tracked program to becoming a Police Prosecutor. proceedings in the Local Court and Children’s Court of NSW. Appeals filed in the District Court, Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeal connected with prosecutions in the Local or Children’s Court are generally handled by The pathway to becoming a Police Prosecutor is as follows: 1. Full time or Online study of the Associate Degree of Policing Practice to become a Police Officer the NSW DPP. 2. On the job training at a police station for 12 – 24 months

What kind of work? Police prosecuters provide legal advice to all levels of 3. Completion of the Associate Degree in Police Practice the NSW Police Office. Often this involves supporting major operations and serious crime investigations with strategic legal advice. Units within the Police Prosecutions Command include: 4. Transfer to Police Prosecutions, training for around 12 months passing all classroom and practical instruction and assessments to achieve designation status as a Police Prosecutor. - Coroners Court - Operational Legal Advice Unit - Covert Applications Unit 5. Serve a minimum tenure of 3 years as a Prosecutor within the Metropolitan area. - Exewcutive Legal Supoport Unit - Prosecution Support Unit You can find more information here: https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/recruitment/the_career/ Location accelerated_prosecutors_recruitment_program Across NSW Fun Fact / Recent Project Duty of Disclosure In 2018, Harley Bradley bit the finger of Katie O'Connor to the bone. Bradley was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and a police prosecutor was appointed. The police prosecutor refused to cooperate with the defendant's requests for police information on O'Connor's criminal history. Under section 183 of the Criminal Procedure Act, when a defendant indicates a plea of not guilty, the prosecution must provide a brief of evidence to the defence, which includes written statements and copies of documents and exhibits that the prosecution intends to rely upon to support its case.

The Supreme Court held that the police prosecutor had not met the duty required of her, and clarified that the duty of disclosure is not confined to DPP solicitors, but applies to investigating police officers and police prosecutors as well.