Is that a wrap for Raptor 13? More than 30,000 people call for controversial officer to be removed from the police force after he was moved to an admin role for abusing Muslims
- 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
- Petition launched on Thursday is calling for Mr Murphy's sacking from the force
- Murphy had garnered reputation for viral confrontations on Sydney's streets
- Police said the officer 'transferred' after 'management action' was taken
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No longer Raptor 13: Senior Constable Andrew Murphy has been booted from Strike Force Raptor
Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the sacking of no nonsense cop Raptor 13 who has been moved to an admin role after abusing two Muslim women.
Raptor 13, real name Senior Constable Andrew Murphy, has been disciplined over a video where he threatened and abused two women last April.
NSW Police confirmed on Thursday that Murphy has been kicked out of New South Wales's bikie-busting Strike Force Raptor - losing the right to his prized codename.
It is understood he now working for a 'non-public facing unit', essentially doing administrative police work.
But thousands of people don't think this is punishment enough and have called for him to be removed from the force altogether.
A petition launched on Thursday already has 30,607 signatures calling for Murphy's complete dismissal.
Ahmad Shady, a migration agent who started the 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.'
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'
As of Friday afternoon, more than 30,000 people have signed the petition calling on Mr Murphy's sacking
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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 he has been on thin ice with bosses but 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.
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.'
'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 watchdog described Raptor 13's behaviour as 'intentionally intimidating, abusing, threatening and bullying' and slammed it as 'serious misconduct'.
A NSW Police Force spokeswoman today confirmed 'management action' has been taken following an internal review.
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.
