30-year-veteran cop investigated for sexual harassment for second time in less than twelve months

Two more female officers have claimed a former Kings Cross station police commander acted improperly towards them. The 30-year-veteran is now under investigation for sexual harassment against younger junior officers for the second time in less than twelve months.

• Head of Kings Cross police station accused of sexually harassing female officer

Two more female officers have claimed the former Kings Cross station police commander acted improperly towards them, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

Superintendent Zoran Dzevlan went on immediate sick leave after the allegations surfaced earlier this year just a months after he had been transferred to the city’s most high profile station because of similar claims while he was boss at Wollongong station.

Superintendent Zoran Dzevlan went on immediate sick leave after the allegations surfaced. Picture: John Appleyard

The 30-year-veteran is now under investigation for sexual harassment against younger junior officers for the second time in less than twelve months.

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller warned all senior officers last year that any form of sexual harassment would feel the full wrath of his office.

Senior police sources said Dzevlan was also removed from Wollongong last April while an investigation was carried out after complaints he was giving one female officer far too much attention which was not of a professional kind.

Dzevlan is now under investigation for sexual harassment.

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After a six month internal investigation it was found the allegations could not be substantiated. There was also a suggestion there was serious tension in his command after he initiated an internal investigation into an officer for improper use of the police computer system which led to him being criminally charged.

In October last year he was given the prestigious role of commander of Kings Cross. Senior police were alerted to problems after a junior female officer was seen leaving his office in distress earlier this year. She then confided she believed her boss had acted inappropriately when he hugged her in his office.

When other female officers were questioned it emerged two others believed they had been subjected to a form of sexual harassment but had not reported it. The allegations were first reported in The Daily Telegraph yesterday with police only confirming an investigation was underway and Superintendent Dzevlan was not at work.

“An investigation is currently underway and the officer is not currently in the workplace,’’ a NSW Police spokesman said today.

A number of sources have said his behaviour was never physically threatening but described the claims as more of a “creepy nature.’’

The investigation has been hampered by the fact officers from the Professional Standards Command have not been able to put the allegations to him formally because he is not considered medically well enough to be questioned.

There is no suggestion the allegations could lead to charges being considered.