‘A viper’s nest’: How Karen Webb became top cop

<p>The tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother, the double-murder of a Surry Hills couple, the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial and now the spike in domestic violence.</p><p>These are some of the biggest stories in Australia over the past 12 months, and all of them have drawn in one very powerful woman – Karen Webb, the commissioner of the NSW Police Force.</p><p>The veteran cop has found herself at press conferences and interviews having to defend herself and the force to a national audience.</p><p>Today, senior reporter for <em>The Saturday Paper</em> Rick Morton, on who Karen Webb really is and how she climbed her way through the vipers nest of the NSW police.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Senior reporter for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Rick Morton</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>