Tactical police who stormed Lindt cafe threaten to boycott future 'debriefs' if confidentiality stripped away

By Deborah Snow
Updated November 16 2016 - 1:08am, first published November 15 2016 - 9:00pm
Hostages flee from the Lindt cafe in Martin Place during the early hours of December 16, 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares
Hostages flee from the Lindt cafe in Martin Place during the early hours of December 16, 2014. Photo: Andrew Meares

Rising tensions within NSW police over the long-running Lindt cafe inquest have burst into the open, with senior officers warning that some police from the elite Tactical Operations Unit are refusing to co-operate with sensitive internal "debrief" sessions over fears they will not remain confidential.

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