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Subscriber only Counsel for a Queensland police officer at the centre of a breath test bungle has told a hearing that claims the officer desperately shifted blame were nonsense . Queen s Counsel Jeff Hunter on Thursday told a Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing that Senior Constable Naomi Shearer, 51, was not disputing that she acted corruptly when she influenced another police officer not to breath test retired Victorian Police sergeant Kevin Perry outside the Alexandra Headland Surf Lifesaving Club on July 27, 2016. The allegation was brought by the Crime and Corruption Commission which further alleged Ms Shearer on two occasions provided evidence which wasn t truthful during a police interview a week after the incident.
A Coast police officer will face a disciplinary hearing over allegations she allowed an interstate officer to skip out on undergoing a breathalyser test.
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Premium Content  Footage has emerged of the moment a Queensland police officer discouraged a colleague from breath testing an interstate officer after he flashed his ID and admitted to having drunk a couple of glasses of red . Retired Victorian police sergeant Kevin Perry was pulled over outside the Alexandra Headlands Surf Life Saving Club in 2016 after making an illegal U-turn. A Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing held late last year heard two young officers pulled Mr Perry over but radioed for help from another crew when he tried to convince them to let him walk home.