Police Chief Remains Silent on Crucial Issue

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has refused to answer questions about gun storage as shocking new allegations emerge about the alleged actions of accused killer Senior Constable Beau Lamarre.

The serving police officer is currently behind bars awaiting his next court appearance over the alleged murder of Channel 10 presenter Jesse Baird and Qantas flight attendant Luke Davies.

The commissioner is now facing questions about firearms handling protocols that may have allowed the gun provided to Mr Lamarre-Condon by police to disappear for days before and after the alleged killings.

Speaking to ABC’s 7.30 on Wednesday night, Webb was asked if she could currently account for the location of all the weapons issued by police.

“There are over 18,000 police officers in this state. Do you know where all their guns are?” Ferguson asked the commissioner.

Webb declined to answer, instead saying an “audit” of firearms storage is currently underway at every police command in NSW.

The work is expected to be completed within six weeks.

She explained that officers can store a weapon overnight in a police station or in an approved safe at home; however, they must obtain permission from their superiors.

When asked by host Sarah Ferguson if she knew if he had a certified safe in his home, she replied: “Actually, I don’t know.”

“It’s clear that something is wrong,” she added.

She did not comment on allegations about why Constable Lamarre-Condon was able to keep a weapon outside of work hours for so long, saying instead that would be part of the legal proceedings.

Shocking new police allegations about the officer accused of murder were revealed by Ben Fordham on 2GB radio on Thursday.

Fordham revealed that police allege Constable Lamarre-Condon fired three shots at Mr Baird and Mr Davies with his police-issued gun.

Police will claim in court that the number of gunshots appears to have been captured by a neighbour of Baird, with his CCTV security cameras recording the sound of three shots fired just after 9.30am on Monday 19 February in the quiet Paddington street.

The neighbor checked his security cameras days after the alleged murder when news of the couple’s disappearance hit the headlines.

Fordham said police will further charge Lamarre-Condon with using bullets stolen from a shooting range 15 days before the murder to reload his gun so as not to arouse suspicion from his police superiors when the weapon was returned to him.

Police said the gun was stolen from Miranda police station on Friday night and was stored at Balmain police station on Monday night after the alleged murders.

He was then reportedly taken back to the Miranda police station on Tuesday with a full magazine.

Police discovered the bodies of Mr Baird and Mr Davies at a property 160km southwest of Sydney on Tuesday afternoon.

The victims’ family made a two-hour journey to the crime scene on Wednesday, where police were still collecting evidence.

The couple’s bodies were found dumped in surf bags along a fence near the entrance to the Bungonia property in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales.

Detectives are now investigating a key line of inquiry that the alleged killer returned to the property earlier, retrieved the bodies and dumped them “elsewhere”.

NSW Police Assistant Commissioner David Hudson said a “gap” in the timeline of Lamarre-Condon’s whereabouts, particularly from 11.30am on Thursday until 8.30pm that day when he appeared at an acquaintance’s property in Newcastle, was being investigated.

“We’re still working on that theory and we’ve obviously started and undertaken significant investigations into that,” NSW Police Assistant Commissioner David Hudson told reporters earlier.

NSW Police also said there was no information to suggest Mr Lamarre-Condon had used his work MobiPol computer at any time during the period of the alleged murder.

“This and all of this man’s actions will be examined as part of the ongoing homicide investigation,” a NSW Police spokesperson told NCA NewsWire.

Constable Lamarre-Condon has been charged with two counts of murder and will appear in court again on April 23.