Police threats to slain officer’s on-duty partner

“My life was made a living hell for asking questions. I was shit-canned, I was threatened with 466s. I had done nothing wrong,” she told the coronial inquest on Monday.

(For context, a “466” is a form police officers fill in if they want to make a misconduct complaint against another officer. It is sent to the Crime and Corruption Commission and the police service’s internal Ethical Standards Command.)

“The environment I worked in, to me, was extremely toxic [after Senior Constable Forte’s death].

“So not only was I dealing with the death of my mate, I was dealing with shit from other officers.

“I was hearing different stories and different versions. I was told: ‘Nobody knew about the automatic gunfire and it was all…