ROGER Rogerson's lawyer says the disgraced former policeman has been "treated like a dog" after being forcibly taken from his Sydney home for questioning over the alleged murder of university student Jamie Gao.
"We're back to the Gestapo days now," a handcuffed Rogerson said as he was escorted by detectives through a media scrum outside his home in Sydney's southwest.
He was taken to Bankstown police station where he was later joined by his lawyer Paul Kenny.
Detective Inspector Mick Sheehy and Detective Inspector Russell Oxford, who were unable to track down Rogerson in Queensland on Monday, also arrived at the police station.
Rogerson was meeting with Mr Kenny on Tuesday morning when police swooped, banging on his door and surrounding his Padstow Heights home.
Mr Kenny said he would be calling NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione to complain about his client's treatment.
"He was treated like a dog. I've never seen conduct like this by NSW police," Mr Kenny said.
"This is like something off a TV show, but a bad TV show."
Mr Kenny said Rogerson, 73, was just about to head off to a meeting with police when the officers arrived.
"Police starting smashing at the door and a number of them came into Mr Rogerson's office where we were having a legal conference to make arrangements to go into the city," he said.
"I was just about to call Superintendent (Luke) Moore to let him know we were on our way."
Mr Kenny said Rogerson would be defending any possible charges.
"It was just very distressing and disturbing ... just the way they spoke to Mr Rogerson, it's most unnecessary," he said.
But NSW Police said in a statement that they were not satisfied with Rogerson's arrangements and decided to arrest him.
Fellow former Sydney detective and self-titled whistleblower Glen McNamara was charged on Monday with Gao's murder.
Police allege Mr Gao was killed last Tuesday after a drug deal went wrong.
Mr Kenny said earlier on Tuesday said that Rogerson was shocked at being linked to the murder.
He also appealed for calm, telling journalists Rogerson wanted to avoid any media hysteria.
"We don't want any OJ Simpson situation," he said.
Rogerson is one of the most infamous policemen in NSW history.
The highly-decorated detective was dismissed from the force in 1986 before being convicted of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
His police career was later depicted in the ABC drama series Blue Murder.
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