A former bikini model is outraged at the news no criminal charges will be laid against any of the 258 officers accused of snooping through her police file in Queensland.
After Renee Eaves’ files were accessed 1475 times between 2006 and 2016, she launched a $400,000 lawsuit against the Queensland Police.
But after an internal affairs investigation lasting 18 months, the Ethical Standards Command (ESC) has determined that not a single officer will be charged for snooping through the model-turned-activist’s personal details.
The long-time critic of the Queensland Police service felt ‘violated’ and was ‘forced to move’ after the violations were revealed.
A former bikini model has her personal details accessed by 258 officers 1475 times since 2006
Renee Eaves is ‘ropeable’ after no criminal charges were laid against the snooping policemen
According to the Courier Mail, only two officers were offered ‘managerial guidance’ for accessing personal files, and the rest faced no consequences.
The verdict came from left field considering that a growing number of state police officers are currently being prosecuted for computer hacking and accessing information not directly related to their cases.
Officers are using the official QPRIME database to look up the addresses and contact information of their wives, girlfriends, families, celebrities and co-workers, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
Although she was given ‘personal assurance’ that the officers responsible for the unauthorised access to her personal details would be ‘liable to prosecution for serious criminal offences’, not one charge was laid.
Ms Eaves said that it was ‘disgusting’ that there would be no consequences for those responsible.
‘I’m ropeable,’ she said. ‘After I was told that anyone who did this would face criminal prosecution, it’s a real kick in the guts, especially when you consider that many of the entries on my file coincide with times when I have been in the media supporting people against exactly this kind of behaviour.’
Ms Eaves felt forced to move house after it was revealed police had accessed her information
Ms Eaves (pictured in the 1999 Miss Bikini World competition ) said she ‘feared for her safety’
Ms Eaves, a social justice advocate on the Gold Coast, launched the lawsuit against the Queensland Police Service after her Right to Information request allegedly revealed officers had viewed her personal file more than 1400 times between 2006 and 2016.
Ms Eaves said she planned to move house after discovering some of the officers accessing her file have histories of misconduct, The Courier-Mail reported.
She admitted that she held ‘fears for her safety’ after launching the lawsuit, and told Daily Mail Australia at the time that ‘it felt like someone was looking through my underwear drawer daily’.
Ms Eaves has now launched a civil case against five of the accused officers.
Ms Eaves has launched a civil case against five of the officers accused accused of snooping
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