article_snippet.sent: Police in Western Australia  have come under fire after reports emerged that hundreds of officers unlawfully accessed information relating to the arrest of fallen AFL star Ben Cousins.
article_snippet.sent: Police in Western Australia have come under fire after reports emerged that hundreds of officers unlawfully accessed information relating to the arrests of fallen AFL star Ben Cousins (pictured on April 9) '
article_snippet.sent: I can confirm that WA Police are currently investigating accesses, by a large number of police employees, to the records of high profile persons within our internal computer systems,' Stephen Brown said in a statement. '
article_snippet.sent: Allegations will be investigated under Section 440A of the Criminal Code, which states police officers face up to 12 months in prison or a $12,000 fine for unauthorised computer usage. '
highlights_snippet.sent: WA Police have come under fire for allegedly accessing Ben Cousin's files .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: 'Hundreds' of officers are said to have unlawfully accessed the documents .
  