'Raptor 13' is no more! No nonsense cop is booted from 'Strike Force Raptor' and put in an admin role - after he was filmed threatening and abusing two Muslim women - amid many controversial encounters
- Raptor 13 has been booted from his elite strike force and put in an admin role
- No nonsense cop Andrew Murphy punished over behaviour to Muslim women
- Police watchdog report last year was scathing, calling it 'serious misconduct'
- Murphy had garnered reputation for viral confrontations on Sydney's streets
- But the hard-nosed officer has now lost the right to his prized codename
- Police said the officer 'transferred' after 'management action' was taken
No longer Raptor 13: Senior Constable Andrew Murphy has been booted from Strike Force Raptor
No nonsense cop Raptor 13 has been booted from his elite strike force and put in an administration role, as his commanders punish him for 'serious misconduct'.
Daily Mail Australia can exclusively reveal Senior Constable Andrew Murphy has been disciplined over a video where he threatened and abused two women last April.
Mr Murphy's in-your-face tactics have made him the star of several viral videos, winning him praise from shock jocks but dividing the community over the past two years.
But NSW Police has now confirmed he has been kicked out of New South Wales's bikie-busting Strike Force Raptor - losing the right to his prized codename, Raptor 13.
The final straw was a scathing report from the police watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), over a 'threatening and bullying' road stop in Parramatta, in Sydney's west, last April.
In footage that sparked massive uproar, Raptor 13 and his squadmate were seen pulling over a P-plate driver, 24, and her stepmother passenger.
But it was this incident with two Afghan women which drew the attention of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), finding him of 'serious misconduct'
Mr Murphy berated the driver as 'the most stupidest person I've ever met' and threatened to send her passenger, a new migrant, 'back to jail'.
He told the driver: 'Don't argue with me love or you'll be going back in the paddy wagon as accessory to bloody murder.'
The watchdog described Raptor 13's behaviour as 'intentionally intimidating, abusing, threatening and bullying' and slammed it as 'serious misconduct'.
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The LECC recommended he be disciplined under s127 of the Police Act 1990 - and it can now be confirmed that Mr Murphy has been punished.
A NSW Police Force spokeswoman today confirmed 'management action' has been taken following an internal review.
'The officer has transferred from the Criminal Groups Squad to a non-public facing unit,' she said.
That means he will essentially be doing administrative police work, and only working with his fellow officers.
Daily Mail Australia has confirmed he is no longer part of any of the eight specialist squads that make up State Crime Command - which includes Strike Force Raptor, the Homicide and Organised Crime Squads.
The development comes amid dissension in the ranks of the Raptor Task Force, which is feared for the unconventional tactics it uses against outlaw motorcycle groups.
'NO NONSENSE' COP: CONTROVERSIAL RAPTOR 13
Senior Constable Andrew Murphy first caught the interest of the public about two years ago when videos of his stand-offs with members of the public began to go viral.
The hard-nosed officer is part of an anti-gang police enforcement squad named Strike Force Raptor, which targets outlaw motorcycle groups and uses unconventional tactics.
He sparked headlines for confronting mourners on their way to the burial of slain Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, waving a metal pole near a man's head and getting in an elderly man's face.
One of Raptor 13's first viral incidents occurred when he waved a metal pole at a member of the public's head
Two of the many tense standoffs involving Raptor 13 which have gone viral: Left, he inspects a motorbike. On right, he confronts a 'veteran' in an angry stoush
'Move it ... I'm not asking, I'm telling you,' he told the latter man.
Mr Murphy has been praised on talkback radio for his 'no nonsense' tactics - and videos circulating through Facebook show he rarely backs down in tense stand-offs.
But he has also become a hate figure and the target of vile online abuse, including rape and death threats.
The Daily Telegraph claimed this week that two of the squad's most senior officers have quit the squad, and others have 'applied to leave', after officers were benched over a car pursuit.
Feared as the squad may be, none of the officers have the public profile of Senior Constable Murphy - who has been deluged with death and rape threats, and more than 37,000 members of the public have signed petitions calling for his sacking.
Raptor 13's infamously stopped mourners travelling on their way to the burial of slain Comanchero boss Mick Hawi. He went viral for waving a metal pole near a man's head, pushing a member of a 'veterans' motorcycle group and this final stoush with the Afghani women.
The women who complained to the police watchdog have been briefed over Raptor 13's new role and a NSW Police spokeswoman said the news was 'well received'.
But Ahmad Shady, a migration agent who started the most successful petition calling for Mr Murphy to be sacked, said Raptor 13's disciplining was not enough, given his 'colourful history'.
'He still keeps being on the police payroll, police benefits and pension,' Mr Shady said.
'That's not a sufficient deterrent to other officers on the street from doing the same actions again.'
