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Policing biosecurity: police enforcement of special measures in New South Wales and Victoria during the COVID-19 pandemic
Read moreThe first research paper using data from the national COVIDPolicing.org.au monitoring project has now published.
The authors, Louise Boon-Kuo…
December 9, 202000 -
Our ten key concerns with policing under Stage 4 restrictions
Read moreThese new Stage 4 restrictions in Victoria are important to slow the spread of COVID 19 and we recommend…
August 7, 2020 -
The Victorian Government must end discriminatory measures and withdraw hundreds of police from public housing
Read moreLegal and human rights groups condemn the heavy-handed, policing response to a public health emergency, rather than the much-needed…
July 7, 2020 -
Policing the Pandemic
Read moreAs Victoria escalates its crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria Police must ensure its police responses are aligned…
March 29, 2020 -
Australia’s first police complaints chatbot
Read moreAustralia’s first police complaints chatbot has been launched by Josef Legal, Robinson Gill and ourselves to help people…
March 11, 2020 -
Calls for real change in policing of people with mental illness
Read moreThe Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has been urged to avoid “piecemeal reviews and more training updates”…
July 5, 2019 -
Will a more diverse police force reduce racial profiling?
Read moreA solution that’s often proposed to deal with problems of racial profiling is to increase police force diversity. …
October 19, 2018 -
Predictable, ineffective and dangerous: Impacts of anti-association laws
Read moreAnti-association laws like this criminalise entire communities and entire generations. They send the visceral and racist message that these…
July 30, 2018 -
Over-policing of young people: Making youth programs safer
Read moreUltimately, building closer relationships between young people and police often results in the intensification of policing of those young…
May 16, 2018 -
Body-worn cameras will help reduce police use of force, but the problem runs much deeper
Read moreAnd it should not be forgotten that true police accountability is located in the way operational codes are observed,…
April 18, 2018 -
Culture, Complaints and Systemic Change: Victoria Police in the Spotlight
Read moreThe current Inquiry into External Oversight of Police Corruption and Misconduct in Victoria has established beyond doubt the urgent…
March 14, 2018 -
Police in Schools a ‘terribly flawed idea’
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project has called the State Opposition Police in Schools Program (PIS)a ‘terribly flawed and outmoded’…
February 5, 2018 -
Racial disparities in officer respect: US Study
Read moreA new study from the United States suggests that police officers are more likely to speak to white community…
June 8, 2017 -
Palm Island Racial Discrimination Case – Implications for Prospective Litigants
Read moreWotton is a landmark case in Australian public interest law. Communities and individuals who believe they have been affected…
March 14, 2017 -
Launch of Police Complaints Clinic Report
Read moreThe Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre has released its first report on the Police Accountability and Human Rights…
September 7, 2016 -
The Case for (and against) Police Body-Worn Cameras
Read moreBefore these cameras are rolled out across the state, Victorians should consider whether police body cameras are a desirable…
May 14, 2015 -
Police use of force during raids undermines Safety First principles
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is deeply concerned by accounts given by people experienced the police raids in Melbourne this…
April 21, 2015 -
Supreme Court Kaba decision could set back racial profiling prevention
Read moreAn appeal decision has been handed down in the Victorian Supreme Court which could set back Victoria Police efforts…
December 18, 2014 -
Australia’s journey toward a police state – Professor Philip Alston
Read moreProfessor Philip Alston delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s recent legislative response to perceived security issues. Titled “Could Australia…
December 11, 2014 -
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