Statement of Malcolm Burgess for Lake Alice Child and Adolescent Unit Hearing 24 and 25 June 2021
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Malcolm Burgess is a former Assistant Commissioner of the New Zealand Police who retired from the Police in 2016. Mr Burgess was assigned the file following Mr Reid's retirement. Mr Burgess gave evidence of the investigation he undertook into the complaints over the period 2006 through to 2010 and explain the decision-making process not to lay criminal charges in 2010.