Author archive for Police Accountability Project

The first research paper using data from the national COVIDPolicing.org.au monitoring project has now published.

The authors, Louise Boon-Kuo…

There have been a series of reviews and inquiries into Victoria Police over the past two decades. They have…

Phi Finney McDonald and Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre’s Police Accountability Project are investigating a potential class action against…

Human rights and legal organisations have condemned a police operation targeting Djab Wurrung protestors who are protecting sacred Djab…

IBAC Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Redlich AM, QC, has made the strongest calls yet for adequate government resourcing of…

So, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?

For the…

Victoria requires a fully independent system to investigate serious incidents of alleged police misconduct, human rights abuses and complaints.

We…

These new Stage 4 restrictions in Victoria are important to slow the spread of COVID 19 and we recommend…

Legal and human rights groups condemn the heavy-handed, policing response to a public health emergency, rather than the much-needed…

The Police Accountability Project is calling for the immediate withdrawal of police from the public housing estates experiencing the…

Risk-based tactics like pre-emptive breaking up of groups, close monitoring of known offenders, and unjustified police stops all translated…

The Police Accountability Project, run by the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre is united in its support for Aboriginal…

The stories coming through the covidpolicing website only give us snapshots of what is going on, but these sometimes…

New technologies such as facial recognition, video surveillance systems, body worn cameras, automatic number plate recognition and social media…

The IBAC have released a summary of findings into its inquiry about serious injuries caused by police in a…

As Victoria escalates its crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria Police must ensure its police responses are aligned…

Australia’s first police complaints chatbot has been launched by Josef Legal, Robinson Gill and ourselves to help people…

A team of young advocates against racial profiling by Victoria Police is a finalist in the 2019 Racism: It…

Dear Premier,

In light of yet more shocking revelations in the national media about the abject failure of the…