Former top cop Karl O'Callaghan trashes 'political' report into WA police

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, 19th June, 2019 PM News Update [Former WA top cop Karl O'Callaghan says the report, which focuses in the last few years of his tenure as police ...]( [Former top cop Karl O'Callaghan trashes 'political' report into WA police]( BY Marta Pascual Juanola Former top cop Karl O'Callaghan has trashed a report into the police force which he claims was politically motivated and designed to tarnish his legacy. --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Woolworths buys old Princess Margaret Hospital parking lots in Subi]( Subiaco, once a pumping village near the city centre, has seen rapid change in recent years. But things are slowly turning around. 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