Police review into Jack Wighton and Latrell Mitchell arrest should be public

Police have begun an internal investigation of police officers who arrested the NRL stars earlier this year after the charges were dismissed in court.

The AFP executive have referred the entire matter to a professional standards team, which investigates serious misconduct and corruption matters.

The Canberra Times asked if the full review will be made public, before getting the following three dot-point response from the AFP:

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It is little wonder why Mitchell's barrister believes no meaningful change will come from the review into the failed case, which Mitchell has labelled a "traumatic experience".

"I have not the slightest faith that any internal police investigation will identify or root out the problems with ACT Policing which the Mitchell and Wighton case has highlighted," barrister Jack Pappas said.

The soon-to-be South Sydney teammates were charged in February for a scuffle outside a Canberra nightclub during celebrations for Wighton's birthday.

The pair had charges dismissed in the ACT Magistrates Court after one of the police officers involved, Sergeant David Power, gave "false evidence".

"What I saw appears to have not happened and my memory has failed me," Power said.

That's not good enough from anyone, let alone someone in a position of power. The findings of the investigation should hold those in question to account.

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