Detective-in-training who investigated Prasad named NSW Police officer of the year
Chris Phibbs, then four months into detective training, investigated a sexual assault that led to a conviction and exposed a pattern of offending against vulnerable women.
A detective who was still learning detective work when he began investigating a sexual assault on an international student has been named NSW Police officer of the year for his work on several investigations, including one into a man found guilty of drugging and assaulting women he lured to his apartment.