Damning review finds WA police held injured woman in custody without treatment

Police accused of ‘serious misconduct’ over treatment of woman whose hip was dislocated during arrest

Police in Western Australia have been accused of “serious misconduct” over their treatment of a woman who was held in custody for more than five hours without medical treatment after her hip was dislocated during her arrest on New Year’s Day in 2017.

Video of her time in custody shows a female police auxiliary officer telling the woman to “tone the whole act down” and asking “is your daughter embarrassed of you?”

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