Badge of Betrayal
Badge of Betrayal
Playlist by Badge of BetrayalA senior cop. Decades of rumours. A trail of victim-survivors, buried complaints, and a police culture that looked the other way. Badge of Betrayal blows open the true story of Senior Sergeant Paul Re…23 clip(s) in playlist
The Three Memos from 2008
In this episode, we go back to Tasmania in 2008, when serious allegations about Paul Reynolds were first put in writing inside Tasmania Police. A newly released RTI reveals three key pieces of correspondence about what was allegedly said in a police bar allegations that Reynolds was a paedophile. …
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When Does the Badge Become a Shield?
In this episode of Badge of Betrayal, we examine two deeply sensitive stories that raise the same uncomfortable question: what happens when the person accused is part of the system itself? The episode begins with allegations involving “John”, a former police officer who later moved into another pu…
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The Regulator Speaks
***Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse, grooming, trauma, sexualised behaviour toward minors, and suicide. It may be distressing for some listeners. Please take care while listening. In this episode of Badge of Betrayal, we speak with Tasmania’s Independent Reg…
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The Silence Hides the Shame
***Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of child sexual abuse, grooming, trauma, sexualised behaviour toward minors, and suicide. It may be distressing for some listeners. Please take care while listening. For years, it was brushed aside as banter. Something uncomfortable, but never …
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The Child Safety Gap Inside TASPOL
A Tasmanian parliamentary hearing has exposed a shocking child safety loophole: for months, Tasmania Police were effectively outside the state’s reportable conduct scheme. In this episode, we unpack the committee bombshell, what the regulator revealed, and why the failure to report police matters …
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It Didn’t Break… It Bent
In 2019, a major review into Tasmania’s prosecution system found it was working “satisfactorily.” A few issues. Some pressure. Nothing the system couldn’t handle. But what happens when that pressure builds quietly… over time? Through an RTI-obtained document, a new internal review from 2024 revea…
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X - The Reynolds Victim Survivor
********Trigger and Content Warning******* This episode contains discussions of alleged abuse, addiction, and trauma. it also contains strong language. Listener discretion is advised. If this episode raises anything for you, support services are listed in the show notes. He doesn’t want you…
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The Documents They Won’t Release
There’s a reason this episode took longer to release. After our last episode aired, we were contacted by multiple independent sources urging us not to drop the story. What they shared raised new questions we couldn’t ignore. In this episode, we follow a name that continues to surface in connectio…
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The Ceremony Ten Days Later... that has never been shared
****Content Warning:**** This episode discusses alleged child sexual abuse and includes some graphic descriptions drawn from official Commission evidence. The content may be triggering or distressing. We encourage listeners to prioritise their well-being and pause or skip this episode if needed. T…
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Another Officer Comes Forward
In this episode a second current serving police officer comes forward. They attended Reynolds funeral and have their own experience inside Taspol. We also explore the links between Reynolds, James Griffin and the U-turn program that ran between 2003- 2013 in Tasmania. For clarity Mission Aust…
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