Ryan Bridge: The clock for Coster is now ticking

Coster is a dead man walking at this point. 

Anyone not completely brainwashed during Covid could see there was something a bit off about him - this IPCA report is proof they were right.

He knew about this so-called ‘affair’ McSkimming had - the woman had worked for the Police.

He didn’t ask the questions he should have. He promoted McSkimming and didn’t tell the people he should have told about dodgy stuff. Which makes it look, well, dodgier, doesn’t it?

In August, I asked Coster about McSkimming. No answers then, and still no answers now. 

We’ve asked to speak to him this morning, he’s on leave.

Nicola Willis gets tangled up in this, too. She recommended Coster for his current job. He’s still got five years on his contract. She says she’s appalled, but she can’t fire him. That’s a job for Brian Roche. 

I don’t think there’s any doubt he’s going to get the sack, unless he resigns first.

The whole thing is an absolute cluster.

In a big government job like Police Commissioner, you’ve got to cross the t's and dot the i’s. It’s a $700k job. Coster wasn’t up to the job.

And if he doesn’t quit his current one, it’s only a matter of time now before it's taken from him.

The clock for Coster is now ticking. 

And for the frontline, sadly, respect and integrity takes a lifetime to earn and moment to lose. 

They're the ones who'll cop the backlash. They're the ones who have to actually talk to real people everyday. As of 6 o'clock last night, their jobs just became a lot harder. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Costa is a dead man walking at this point. Anyone
not completely brainwashed during COVID could see that there was
just something a bit off about him, and this IPCA
report is proof that basically they were right. He knew
about this so called affair mix skimming heads the woman
had worked for police. He didn't ask the questions he
should have, he promotes MC skimming, didn't tell the people

(00:20):
he should have told about dodgy stuff, which makes it
look well, just all the more dodgy, doesn't it. In
August I asked Costa about mix skimming. A lot of
your colleagues have said that they were sort of shocked
to find out. Were you guys mates. I'm just not
going to come in at the moment. I'm sorry, do
you does it make you uncomfortable seeing him, you know,

(00:41):
walking into court again? I just won't comment by on.
Of course, it's a really disturbing situation, but I'm not
going to go into this until its spind was on.
So no answers then, and still no answers now. We've
asked to speak to him this morning. He's on leave.
Nikola Willis gets tangled up in this too. Unfortunately for her,
she recommended Costa for his current job. He's still got

(01:04):
five years on his contract. She says, she's appalled, but
she can't fire him. That's a job for Brian Roache,
and I don't think there's any doubt that he's going
to get the sack unless he resigns first. Of course,
the whole thing is an absolute cluster. In a big
government job like police commissioner, you got to cross the
t's and dot the eyes. It's a seven hundred thousand

(01:25):
dollars a year job, and Costa wasn't up to the job.
If he doesn't quit his current one, it's only a
matter of time now before it's taken from him. The
clock is ticking for Costa and for the front line. Sadly,
respect and integrity take a lifetime to earn in a
moment to lose. They're the ones who'll cop the backlash.
They're the ones who have to actually talk to real

(01:47):
people every day, and as of six o'clock last night, sadly,
their jobs just became a whole lot harder. For more
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