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Impacts on Weapons Use by Victoria Police
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project (PAP) condemns the use of new weaponry and the rising militarisation of Victoria Police. We express concern about the oppressive policing of demonstrations generally. On Saturday 21st...
August 26, 202104 -
Victoria takes another cautious step toward independent investigations
Read moreWe finally have a formal government response to the joint parliamentary IBAC Committee’s Inquiry into the external oversight of…
May 21, 2021 -
Lawyer X inquiry calls for sweeping change to Victoria Police, but is it enough to bring real accountability?
Read moreThere have been a series of reviews and inquiries into Victoria Police over the past two decades. They have…
December 1, 2020 -
November 30, 2020 -
Victorian Government must respond to IBAC’s calls for critical resourcing.
Read moreIBAC Commissioner, The Honourable Robert Redlich AM, QC, has made the strongest calls yet for adequate government resourcing of…
October 15, 2020 -
How close is Victoria to having independent investigations of police misconduct?
Read moreSo, where is the push to get independent investigations in Victoria up to at the moment?
For the…
October 9, 2020 -
Independent Investigations Policy Briefing
Read moreVictoria requires a fully independent system to investigate serious incidents of alleged police misconduct, human rights abuses and complaints.
We…
September 30, 2020 -
IBAC findings fail to build trust and leave many questions unanswered
Read moreThe IBAC have released a summary of findings into its inquiry about serious injuries caused by police in a…
April 20, 2020 -
An Open Letter to the Premier of Victoria: Investigation of police misconduct
Read moreDear Premier,
In light of yet more shocking revelations in the national media about the abject failure of the…
November 14, 2019 -
Release the findings of Brett Guerin investigation: Our statement IBAC’s Operation Turon
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project calls for the release of Operation Turon findings that expose potential leadership failures within Victoria…
September 1, 2019 -
Independence critical in death-in-custody investigations
Read moreRevelations in Victoria’s Coronial Court today have highlighted systemic problems with police-contact death investigations in Victoria.
The Coronial Inquest…
August 11, 2019 -
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 -
Renewed calls for Independent police complaints system
Read moreIn April 2016 Tommy Lovett was set upon by plainclothes detectives from Darebin Police. He was seriously assaulted, capsicum…
January 20, 2019 -
Victorian Government must ensure that the Horvath case is not repeated.
Read moreThe onus now is on the current Victorian Government to ensure that Victoria has an independent body that can…
December 9, 2018 -
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,…
December 6, 2018 -
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…
September 14, 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…
September 1, 2018 -
Four years since the Horvath decision: Its time for parliament to act
Read moreFour years ago, human rights, legal and social justice organisations called upon the Victorian Government to respond decisively…
August 29, 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…
June 12, 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…
June 7, 2018
Independent Investigations
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