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Royal Commission into Victoria Police scandal welcome, but lawyers and experts call for immediate police accountability reforms
Read moreLawyers and advocates from across Victoria have welcomed the Andrews Government announcement of a Royal Commission into police misconduct,…
6 December 201802 -
New body for complaints against police in Victoria is a good move, with some caveats
Read moreA parliamentary committee has recommended that all serious police misconduct be investigated by a new independent Police Misconduct and…
14 September 2018 -
The independent investigation of complaints against police
Read moreThe Victorian Government must, as a matter of urgency, resource a body separate from police to independently investigate all…
1 September 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.
27 July 2018 -
UPDATE: Parliamentary report into police complaints system delayed.
Read moreThe Parliamentary Inquiry examining how police complaints about misconduct and corruption are handled in Victoria was due to report…
12 June 2018 -
What would it take for Victoria Police to make ethical standards their core business?
Read moreEvidence from the behaviour of ‘High Reliability Organisations’ shows a clear path forward to improve, not just the perception…
7 June 2018 -
Learning from history: The Police Complaints Authority
Read moreCommentators such as Jon Faine on ABC Melbourne have pointed out that previous attempts taken in Victoria to independently…
16 May 2018 -
Tip of the iceberg: Stories of a broken police complaints system
Read moreAn avalanche of news stories from people who have experienced excessive force, racist policing or other police misconduct, and…
5 April 2018 -
IBAC’s new Victoria Police audit is welcome but not enough.
Read moreThe Audit of Victoria Police’s oversight of serious incidents (27 March 2018) has been described as ‘damning’ and ‘scathing’…
28 March 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…
14 March 2018 -
Body Worn Cameras: A call for regulation, safeguards and accountability
Read moreDear Commissioner Ashton,
We urge you to ensure that the proposed trial and roll-out of BWCs is accompanied by…12 March 2018 -
Victoria Police ‘ownership’ of professional standards and integrity
Read moreWould the independent investigation of police complaints remove responsibility for ethical standards from police? No, not at all…
2 March 2018 -
Can civilians investigate police misconduct?
Read moreOne of the pervasive myths in the current debate about how complaints against police are investigated is the belief…
25 February 2018 -
First public hearings on police complaints in decades now underway.
Read moreThe Victorian Parliament’s IBAC Committee will commence Public Hearings this week as part of it’s historic Inquiry into the…
22 February 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…
15 February 2018 -
Reporting crime and race: A short guide for journalists
Read moreMore reflective, better researched and ethical public commentary around these issues will go some way towards reducing the racial…
3 December 2017 -
Youth Workers & Racialised Policing
Read moreIn the lead up to our Police Accountability Practice Forum we thought it would be useful to public extracts…
26 October 2017 -
Police Accountability Practice Forum
Read moreNEW DATE! The Police Accountability Project is presenting a unique full day professional development training for law practitioners,…
9 October 2017 -
UPDATE: Overhaul of police complaints system overdue
Read moreA Parliamentary Inquiry examining how police complaints about misconduct and corruption are handled in Victoria has received over 40…
3 October 2017 -
Sandra’s Story: complaining about police in a small country town
Read moreThe Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre (LCCLC) has made submission to the Parliamentary inquiry into the external oversight of…
25 September 2017
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