The Floreat murders have been blamed on a 'broken system'. Where did it go wrong?

Ariel Bombara's devastatingly powerful address to WA Police contained a rhetorical question that should serve as a wake-up call to government. She was responding to the findings of an internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Bombara killed his wife's best friend, Jennifer Petelczyc and her teenage daughter Gretl. On Friday, WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said an internal investigation had found eight officers did not perform their duties, including by not issuing a protective police order against Bombara and seizing his firearms. "I hope that the recommendations from this report are a good first step in fixing a broken system that failed multiple families and eight police officers, and continues to fail women and children today. Probe finds eight police officers at fault before Floreat murders Photo shows Ariel Bombara speaking at a press conference An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat finds eight officers did not perform their duty.