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Inside the ‘Dog Pound’ police chat: How a group of cops created a secret WhatsApp group to discuss ‘rootable’ new officers at their station and joke about rape and Aborigines
- At least nine officers from Botany Bay Local Area Command were involved
- The group chat was the subject of an Industrial Relations Commission hearing
- Group creator Constable Calvin Dunne wrote ‘she’s not hot, but not ugly’ in 2017
- When talking about a senior officer, one constable said the woman was a ‘bit old’
- An officer said a woman would be ‘worth the rape charge’ in another exchange
A shocking WhatsApp group between police officers dubbed ‘Dog Pound’ has been exposed, where cops made racist remarks and discussed ‘rootable’ new colleagues.
At least nine officers from Sydney’s Botany Bay Local Area Command used the encrypted messaging app to joke about rape and make sexual remarks about women.
The group chat, which was initially named ‘Patrol Fairies 2.0’, was the subject of an Industrial Relations Commission hearing this year and led to two officers being sacked.
In damning messages obtained by The Daily Telegraph, Constable Calvin Dunne, who started the group, wrote ‘she’s not hot, but not ugly’ in July 2017.
Constable Jordan Crotty replied to a message about a woman: ‘so just average. Rootable after a few beverages’
In damning messages, Constable Calvin Dunne, who started the group, wrote ‘she’s not hot, but not ugly’ in July 2017
Female constables were surprisingly also in the group chat, with one replying ‘so just average. Rootable after a few beverages.’
When talking about a senior officer, one constable said the woman was a ‘bit old’ before Dunne responded ‘that’s not old. That’s a female sexual peak. Yeah she’s 30 hahaha she’s a mad flirt as well.’
In another series of vile messages, an officer shared a photo of a civilian woman to which a cop replied ‘she’d be worth the rape charge’.
Constable Jordan Crotty wrote ‘100% you could have pulled that. Chick (sic) who post stuff like that are gagging for anything’.
The officer wrote back saying he didn’t ‘f**k her’ because she was drunk and a childhood friend.
Crotty replied saying she would still ‘want it’.
A racist message from an unnamed cop read ‘if I get fired, I’m pulling the Aboriginal card’.
An officer who was part of the group defended the messages, claiming the conversations were simply ‘muster room talk’ and ‘normal chat’.
Erhan Sevgin, a non police officer who was wrongly charged in 2017, was also discussed in the group chat.
Crotty told the group Mr Sevgin rammed her with his bike.
Dunne asked: ‘Did he ask for his phone and watch back?’ to which she replied ‘c**t wouldn’t dare today.’
Crotty said she charged the man with six offences, including malicious damage and use offensive weapon to avoid apprehension.
She joked that it was a ‘massive load up’ – a term used to describe charging someone with an extreme amount of offences.
In another series of vile messages, an officer shared a photo of a civilian woman to which a cop replied ‘she’d be worth the rape charge’ (stock image)
Mr Sevgin pleaded guilty to all charges and spent seven months in jail.
The contents of the WhatsApp chat was handed to his lawyers, prompting an appeal and the quashing of his conviction.
The group chat was exposed in late 2017 when one of the officers involved showed it to their boss, prompting a Professional Standards Command investigation.
As a result, Dunne and Constable Ben Vizzone, who was part of the chat group, were fired, while Crotty faced internal disciplinary action and was placed on restricted duties.
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