Target on her back: Deborah Locke Pt. 2
3/2/202642 min
After sparking the Wood Royal Commission, Deborah Locke had a target on her back. Her “police family” turned on her, and Deborah feared for her life. In Part 2, Gary and Deborah talk about the fallout from being a whistleblower and what’s changed in policing since the Wood Royal Commission.
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First 90 secondsGary Jubelin· Host0:00
[upbeat music] The public has had a long-held fascination with detectives. Detectives see a side of life the average person is never exposed to. I spent 34 years as a cop. For 25 of those years, I was catching killers. That's what I did for a living. I was a homicide detective. I'm no longer just interviewing bad guys, instead I'm taking the public into the world in which I operated. The guests I talk to each week have amazing stories from all sides of the law. The interviews are raw and honest, just like the people I talk to. Some of the content and language might be confronting. That's because no one who comes into contact with crime is left unchanged. Join me now as I take you into this world. [upbeat music] Welcome back to part two of my chat with former New South Wales detective and whistleblower, Deborah Locke. If you listened to part one, I think you would've been shocked by what Deborah experienced as a young female cop in the '80s. Well, her life didn't get any simpler after she reported the corruption she'd seen as a young detective, and as you'll find out in part two, things in fact got a lot worse. I loved policing, but there were aspects about what occurred in policing that did bring shame to police forces across the country. Welcome back to, uh, part two of I Catch Killers. Um, if people have been listening to part one, they're probably thinking, "Is... What is this world we talk of?" [laughs] Or you talk of. I blame