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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, 2020121 -
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 -
Remove police from public health responses
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is calling for the immediate withdrawal of police from the public housing estates experiencing the…
July 5, 2020 -
Systemic racism, violence, and the over-policing of minority groups in Victoria
Read moreRisk-based tactics like pre-emptive breaking up of groups, close monitoring of known offenders, and unjustified police stops all translated…
June 25, 2020 -
About the call for COVID-19 Stop data monitoring scheme
Read moreThe stories coming through the covidpolicing website only give us snapshots of what is going on, but these sometimes…
May 11, 2020 -
‘Data-driven policing: The hardwiring of discriminatory policing practices across Europe’
Read moreNew technologies such as facial recognition, video surveillance systems, body worn cameras, automatic number plate recognition and social media…
May 6, 2020 -
Peer Advocacy Team finalists in national anti-racism award
Read moreA team of young advocates against racial profiling by Victoria Police is a finalist in the 2019 Racism: It…
December 12, 2019 -
Have you ever been stopped by police?
Read moreAre you 18 years or over? Have you been stopped by the police in Victoria in a vehicle…
November 18, 2018 -
Police must take action on racial profiling after Four Corners expose
Read moreRacial profiling by Victoria Police and the harmful impacts of media distortion, stereotyping and racism have been exposed…
November 5, 2018 -
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 -
Contact Cards are not enough to prevent racial profiling
Read morePolice have launched new Contact Cards but these will not reduce or prevent racial profiling.
July 27, 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 -
No one should be stopped by police just because they’re black: 5 years since the race discrimination case
Read moreThe Haile-Michael case, in which the men alleged police had engaged in racial profiling, was settled by agreement on…
February 15, 2018 -
Youth Workers & Racialised Policing
Read moreIn the lead up to our Police Accountability Practice Forum we thought it would be useful to public extracts…
October 26, 2017 -
Racial Profiling monitoring call to the United Nations
Read moreA coalition of 56 Australian non-government organisations have called upon all Australian state and federal governments to adopt measures…
October 15, 2017 -
Introducing Achol – Peer Advocacy Team Member
Read moreI became involved in the Peer Advocacy team because I wanted to end racial profiling and be the voice…
September 12, 2017 -
Shrouded in secrecy: Racial profiling by Victoria Police
Read moreVictoria Police must take urgent steps to monitor racial profiling by members in police stops, say experts in a…
September 5, 2017 -
Monitoring Racial Profiling: Executive Summary & Key Findings
Read moreMonitoring Racial Profiling – Introducing a scheme to prevent unlawful stops and searches by Victoria Police
A report of the…September 5, 2017 -
Racial Profiling and the Globilisation of Policing: A Symposium
Read moreThis exciting event features Police Accountability Project founder, and now PHD Candidate, Tamar Hopkins, along with former Police Accountability…
August 23, 2017
Racial Profiling
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