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Take a moment to walk in Ben's footsteps
On 28 November 2025, I sat in a Sydney Courtroom and witnessed a travesty of justice take place with Sergeant Ben Bryant sitting in the dock, convicted for simply doing the job he so loves - protecting the community, supporting his colleagues and trying to arrest offenders fleeing police after a crime spree affecting vulnerable families asleep in their homes.
Note. For legal reasons, this image is not of the actual offence - it is derived from open source materials. The footage of the actual offences was made available to the media by subpoena from the court, but have not been publicised.
The fateful morning
In the early hours of 19 February 2022, three offenders broke into several homes and stole two high-performance vehicles. Shortly after, they stole a trailbike parked within a unit complex car park.
About 7am, police spotted the stolen vehicles in Alexandria, driving in convoy with the stolen trailbike. In an effort to avoid apprehension, the trailbike rider accelerated harshly and rode along a marked bicycle lane at high speed to a point where the lane deviated and continued to the left.
The collision
Rather than following the marked directional arrow to leave the bike path, the rider of the stolen trailbike continued straight and mounted the reinforced concrete and hard plastic barrier at the end of the lane, which was also clearly marked with tall vertical bollards. The rider and bike became air-borne, travelled several meters through the air and collided with Sergeant Bryant’s vehicle as it was coming to a stop on the opposite side of the bike lane near to where another unmarked vehicle had already stopped.
Sergeant Bryant immediately rendered aid but despite his best efforts and the care of medical staff, the rider did not survive the collision. Though this was a traumatic and tragic accident for everyone involved, Sergeant Bryant was simply performing his duty as a police officer. He did not foresee the rider travelling at such speed, disobeying the directional arrows, hitting the raised kerbing at the end of the bike lane, becoming airborne and colliding with his vehicle. But it’s what happened next that is beyond belief!
Legal uncertainty
Over the next year, the NSWPF and Director of Public Prosecutions conducted a full review into the matter, overseen by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission and the NSW Police Force Crash Investigations Unit. Sergeant Bryant was cleared of all matters and was advised that no criminal prosecution was forthcoming.
In January 2024, a coronial inquest was commenced to find ways to prevent similar occurrences in the future. On the first day of the inquest, the Coroner, Theresa O’Sullivan - whose personal priority is preventing Indigenous deaths in custody - re-referred the matter to the DPP. https://www.smh.com.au/national/preventing-indigenous-deaths-in-custody-a-priority-new-top-coroner-20190711-p526cx.html
When the matter was referred a second time to the DPP for re-examination, the entire court room of the deceased’s supporters and activists rose to their feet to clap and cheer the coroner’s decision.
Court and conviction
On 18 February 2024 - the date the charge of Negligent Driving Causing Death was to pass its statute of limitations - the DPP served charge paperwork on Sergeant Bryant for the strictly indictable offence of Dangerous Driving Causing Death, and a backup offence of Negligent Driving Causing Death.
After many delays due to the Downing Centre flooding, Sergeant Bryant’s matter was heard in a judge-alone trial between August and September 2025. On 28 November 2025, Sergeant Bryant was convicted of the Dangerous Driving offence.
Judge Culver found that although Sergeant Bryant had no intent to collide with the rider and honestly believed the trailbike would not traverse the barrier at the end of the terminating bike lane, his belief was not reasonably held as an officer of his experience ought to have foreseen this as a possibility. Judge Culver acknowledged Sergeant Bryant had seconds to make this decision but came to the view his decision was dangerous and should not have been made in the circumstances.
Judge Culver ordered a pre-sentence report in advance of sentencing which is scheduled for April 2026.
About Sergeant Bryant
Ben is a Sergeant of Police who has worked as an operational frontline cop since 1999 and since 2008 has worked in one of Sydney’s most difficult commands at Redfern. He has cared for the vulnerable of that community, supported and nurtured young police in good times and bad seen things that would destroy most others.
The matter that brings Ben before the court has already placed a significant personal financial burden upon him and his young family. Now with the court’s decision, he faces significant additional costs, in his quest to clear his name and to avoid other possible sentencing outcomes.
In addition to this, he has had to deal with the stress and indignity of an ill-informed media and disinterested politicians who talk about supporting police but go into hiding as soon as their support is needed. Now he faces the challenge of his life. A challenge that could have ramifications for not just him but every cop, in every jurisdiction of Australia and in fact every community member, man, woman and child.
When the time comes that you need the help of police, and trust me, that time will come, you expect them to arrive, you expect them to investigate and you expect them to arrest those responsible. This is all at risk if Ben isn’t successful in his appeal. Anyone that knows or has met Ben is aware of his character and resilience. The dignity and positive outlook that he has maintained throughout this ordeal is quite frankly amazing. He hasn’t given up, so I don’t want to give up on him.
Like many of us, Sergeant Bryant has a wife, two children and a mortgage. He is also a primary carer for his mother-in-law who suffering from advanced dementia.
Ben was a member of the PANSW when he attested as a police officer in 1999. He cancelled his membership in 2010 for family and financial reasons. Although Ben restarted his membership in 2022, he was not a member at the time of the collision and accordingly, ineligible for full support in relation to this matter.
In the lead up to the trial, the association generously agreed to fund a portion of Ben's legal fees at a set schedule rate, after forming a view this matter affected the broader membership of 16,000 officers. As funding will be provided at a scheduled (not a full) rate, Ben was left with significant out of pocket expenses.
Sergeant Bryant has personally paid approximately $130,000 to date in legal costs for the judge-alone trial, and the anticipated appeal and/or future re-trials are likely to cost many more thousands of dollars. Sergeant Bryant could not afford to pay for the added cost of a jury trial in the first instance, due to the added length of such a trial and the possibility of a mistrial.
The PANSW have advised they intend to provide some ongoing assistance towards the appeal as the case and verdict impacts the entire membership. Nonetheless, Ben's personal legal costs will be significant.
First failed fundraiser
On 29 November 2025, I started a fundraiser for Sergeant Bryant on a well-known platform. Within 24 hours, so many people got behind the cause that over $57,000 was raised in Ben’s support.
On the morning of 30 November 2025, the fundraiser was unexpectedly taken offline by the fundraising platform without explanation. Some days later, the fundraiser account was removed entirely with all donations being refunded.
In explanation of the removal, the platform provided the following reason: “…because it violates our Terms of Service: Specifically 8.10, which prohibits ‘the legal defence of financial crimes, including those related to money laundering, murder, robbery, assault, battery, sex crimes or crimes against minors.”
For all those that generously donated in the first campaign and have now been refunded, please consider donating again.
Any funds raised that ultimately exceed Ben’s personal legal costs will be donated to Police Legacy and a full account will be published on this site.
Thank you
In the meantime, we can’t lose our momentum. That is why we decided to start this independent website that cannot be taken down or suspended. One that is not reliant on specialist crowdfunding platforms with policies or agendas that could conflict with our fight for justice.
We’re asking every community member, every member of the police and emergency services family, every person that wants to see a good cop, a wonderful family man with young children survive this ordeal to chip in to support his growing legal battle and those future financial burdens associated with lodging an appeal and all that will inevitably follow.
Thank you for your support for justice for Ben. Our community will be that little bit better if Ben can be successful in this ongoing saga and injustice!
While we appreciate people may have opposing views, this story is about helping a good cop who has done good things for a lot of people throughout his career. We are not looking for an argument and appreciate your understanding.