{"id":195018,"date":"2025-10-07T08:27:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195018\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:27:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:27:07","slug":"ex-police-bosss-porn-sharing-nephew-fails-to-get-job-back-with-the-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/195018\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-police boss’s porn-sharing nephew fails to get job back with the force"},"content":{"rendered":"

A former police commissioner’s nephew who shared pornographic material with his mates has failed to get his job back with the force.<\/p>\n

Alexander James Cox, 31, was stood down as a police constable in March after sharing explicit images, video and audio with his colleagues over an 18-month period in 2019 and 2020.<\/p>\n

Acquitted of recording and distributing intimate images without consent in April 2024, Cox was still let go from the NSW Police Force because of the pornographic content he shared.<\/p>\n

\"NSWAlexander Cox won’t be reinstated as a police constable despite being cleared of charges relating to pornographic material. (AAP Image\/Duncan Murray)<\/p>\n

Saying he was just joking around and had made a “silly mistake,” the former officer claimed to have been the victim of a “witch hunt” by then-police commissioner Karen Webb.<\/p>\n

Cox, who is the nephew of former commissioner Mick Fuller, sought to challenge his termination in the Industrial Relations Commission, which then tossed his lawsuit today.<\/p>\n

In her decision, commission deputy president Jane Paingakulam called the 31-year-old an “unimpressive witness” who had insufficient insight into his misconduct.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe former officer claimed to have been the victim of a “witch hunt” by then-police commissioner Karen Webb. (Dominic Lorrimer)<\/p>\n

While he was a capable, hard-working officer with an exceptional record, the former constable had responded to the allegations in an aggressive manner instead of with any contrition, Paingakulam found.<\/p>\n

“(It) would appear that he still lacks insight into the seriousness of his misconduct,” she wrote in her decision.<\/p>\n

Instead of expressing remorse, Cox had felt regret over the consequences of his actions, the deputy president said.<\/p>\n

“Both Mr Cox’s disposition and his apparent lack of candour do not reflect well on him,” she wrote.<\/p>\n

His removal from the force was not harsh, unreasonable or unjust, Paingakulam found.<\/p>\n

The dismissal was warranted, partly due to an explicit video shared with his colleagues.<\/p>\n

\"CoxCox is the nephew of former NSW Police commissioner Mick Fuller. (9News)<\/p>\n

Cox falsely told them the woman in the clip was an individual who cannot be named or identified for legal reasons.<\/p>\n

In acquitting the 31-year-old of the criminal charges in 2024, magistrate Holly Kemp still described his actions as “utterly in poor taste, grubby, juvenile and unacceptable”.<\/p>\n

Further conduct, which has been completely suppressed by the commission, was also grounds for his dismissal.<\/p>\n

Paingakulam found Cox’s other actions were less serious.<\/p>\n

These included playing the audio of a woman having sex at the encouragement of his superior officer while working at a Sydney police station.<\/p>\n

This spoke to the culture at the station, Paingakulam said.<\/p>\n

A separate instance where Cox shared explicit content with his colleagues while they were on a private weekend away would by itself also not be sufficient reason for his dismissal, the deputy president wrote.<\/p>\n

After being acquitted, prosecutors were ordered to pay the then-constable almost $77,000 for his costs of successfully defending the charges.<\/p>\n

Support is available by calling 1800 RESPECT on 1800 737 732 or the National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former police commissioner’s nephew who shared pornographic material with his mates has failed to get his job…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-195018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}