The way police who handled Mel Gibsons drink-driving arrest in 2006 have been reviewed by an independent panel of investigators they have concluded that nobody tried to cover the incident up.In July last year (06), The Braveheart star, 51 was taken into custody in Malibu, California after he was caught speeding on the Pacific Coast Highway.Police initially told the world's media the arrest went "without incident".Even though, leaked details suggested that Gibson had verbally abused arresting officer James Mee with anti-Semitic remarks.Three employees at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department have been disciplined for violating police policy in relation to Gibson's arrest, but the Office Of Independent Review has concluded there was no deliberate cover-up.According to website TMZ.com, the report reads: "Because of a concern about certain information gathered during the arrest falling prematurely into the hands of media sources and because there was no clear departmental guidance provided on how to handle this scenario presented, supervisors made spontaneous decisions with regard to how to package the information and describe the arrest. "While these decisions do no indicate a violation of department policy, and were fairly sensible, they do point out the need for creating a thoughtful and systematic approach for how to handle future similar scenarios."
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