Governor Sir Richard Gozney yesterday urged those with knowledge of bribes and “backhanders” in the public sector to report them to police.He issued a statement in the wake of the Auditor General’s Special Report on the Misuse of Public Funds, in which he said police would investigate signs of criminality only where they existed.The report by Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews revealed the “inappropriate use” of taxpayer dollars to pay consultancy fees at a quango, as well as the private legal fees of former Premier Ewart Brown and Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess.But Mrs Matthews referred to criminality only once in her report, in relation to the withholding of information from her by Government.She said she considered pursuing the matter in the courts but decided against it “to avoid a lengthy and costly legal battle at public expense”.Sir Richard said in his statement that “in view of recent reports and allegations of financial malpractice in the public sector” it was useful to be reminded that: “Sign of criminality will be investigated by the police, who will then put the facts to the Director of Public Prosecutions, who will decide whether to charge suspects to court.“Anyone who witnesses suspected criminality is urged to report to the police, for example, any requests for bribes or any knowledge of backhanders.“Until and unless they have signs of criminality, the police will not investigate and nor should they.”He said the ongoing police inquiry into claims made by David Bolden at his court trial last year, as well as a pending fraud trial involving several government officials, showed detectives would investigate and pass a file to the DPP where there were “clear signs of suspected criminality”.The Governor added: “Other signs of suspected abuses of position by officials are matters for the Head of the Civil Service. An action may have breached the Financial Instructions which bind civil servants.“Actions which may be regarded by most Bermudians as questionable, of questionable ethics, or even questionable morality, are not matters for the police unless those actions break the law.“And actions by officials are matters for the Head of the Civil Service only if they break Financial Instructions or other official guidelines.”Sir Richard said Premier Paula Cox had done “much to tighten the law and the official guidelines” with more changes on the way.