Angelo Dellosa, 31, and James Delinicolis, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of misconduct in public office and were sentenced in the NSW District Court on Friday.
A hotel encounter where Delinicolis told his mate he had "already f***ed her," to which he responded: "OK, when I come it's going to be my turn," was laid bare following an anonymous complaint.
For the Police Transport Command officers this "was not unusual," Judge Peter Berman said, both having handed out their number to numerous women for sexual relationships between May 2019 and May 2020, while on duty.
In March 2020 Delinicolis was stationed at a bus stop at Cabramatta railway station when he saw Violet, 17, wearing a school uniform.
Violet is a pseudonym to protect her identity.
The policeman asked her several intrusive questions then handed her his number from a pile he carried in advance to hand out, according to the facts.
"As the police officers drove away, some of the officers, to their discredit, congratulated Delinicolis," the judge said.
That same day Violet contacted Delinicolis on Whatsapp and the two began exchanging sexually suggestive messages. He then told another officer at work: "I'm going to try and organise to have sex with her before my next 12 pm shift".
The next day he asked to see "her pussy" and was sent an explicit photograph, and relayed this to Dellosa.
Another officer asked: "Are you guys seriously talking about a schoolgirl? Haven't you just seen what happened to the Bulldogs players .... really you guys aren't that stupid, are you?".
Later that evening Delinicolis propositioned Violet for sex at a hotel instead of going to school, and the following day he collected her and asked if she would have sex with his friend.
"I'm not going to have sex with two people. Maybe one at a time would be OK," she said.
The two then checked in to a hotel and following the sexual encounter Violet asked if he had done this to other girls.
"Yeah, with teenage girls still in school," he said.
He then asked if she had any friends to which she said "she did not want any of her friends to be placed in the same position she was".
Dellosa soon arrived and engaged in further sexual acts, all of which have been suppressed by the court.
After the men said: "Don't tell anyone because we are police and we might lose our job".
Later Dellosa was heard saying Violet had gone cold and Delinicolis "was treating her like a slut," before he asked if she would hook up with his divorced friend.
She eventually blocked Delinocolis' number, and deleted WhatsApp to avoid communication, but contact continued from both offenders through text messages.
Eventually they gave up and the complaint prompted their arrest.
The judge was satisfied both men spent a "frightening" time in custody and that both had shown genuine remorse, especially Dellosa, who sobbed giving evidence.
"Both offenders were of otherwise good character before they committed the offence for which I will sentence them," he said.
Delinicolis was sentenced to an intensive corrections order of two years and 400 hours of community service. Dellosa was subject to a community corrections order for 18 months, and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service.
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