Domenico Cacciola
Domenico Cacciola (born in 1945) is an Italian decorated police officer who joined the
Queensland Police until the Fitzgerald Inquiry
.
[2] His second book, Who's Who in the Zoo, is an insiders story of crime and corruption in the police force, when he was a CIB and Special Branch detective.
Early life
Born in
Queensland Police in 1965.[2]
Career
Cacciola joined the
Queensland Police in 1966 and due to his background was assigned to undercover duties investigating illegal gambling activities within the Italian community.[2] In the 1970s he witnessed the full extent of corruption within the police force, serving under the now disgraced Sergeant Jack Herbert and former Commissioner Terry Lewis.[2] In the late 1970s he became a Special Branch detective, spending much of his time breaking up street marches in Brisbane in what was a period of social unrest.[3] In 1977 he received the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct, and the National Medal (Australia) in 1991.[1]
Books
- The Second Father: An insiders story of cops, crime and corruption (2009) ISBN 978-0-7022-3712-6
- Who's Who in the Zoo (2013)
References
- ^ a b Italian Cultural Institute in Sydney Archived 27 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d ""The good cop's story of a very bad state"". The Brisbane Times, 3 August 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ Good cops, bad cops – Life Matters – 16 July 2009
External links
- Two books about crime and corruption in the Queensland police—Gold Coast Writers Association, 2014.
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