Posts tagged with ‘Australia’

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…

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 this year’s Racism: It…

The Police Accountability Project calls for the release of Operation Turon findings that expose potential leadership failures within Victoria…

In April 2016 Tommy Lovett was set upon by plainclothes detectives from Darebin Police. He was seriously assaulted, capsicum…

The onus now is on the current Victorian Government to ensure that Victoria has an independent body that can…

Lawyers and advocates from across Victoria have welcomed the Andrews Government announcement of a Royal Commission into police misconduct,…

Are you 18 years or over? Have you been stopped by the police in Victoria in a vehicle…

A parliamentary committee has recommended that all serious police misconduct be investigated by a new independent Police Misconduct and…

Four years ago, human rights, legal and social justice organisations called upon the Victorian Government to respond decisively…

Evidence from the behaviour of ‘High Reliability Organisations’ shows a clear path forward to improve, not just the perception…

Commentators such as Jon Faine on ABC Melbourne have pointed out that previous attempts taken in Victoria to independently…

An avalanche of news stories from people who have experienced excessive force, racist policing or other police misconduct, and…

The current Inquiry into External Oversight of Police Corruption and Misconduct in Victoria has established beyond doubt the urgent…

Dear Commissioner Ashton,
We urge you to ensure that the proposed trial and roll-out of BWCs is accompanied by…

One of the pervasive myths in the current debate about how complaints against police are investigated is the belief…

The Victorian Parliament’s IBAC Committee will commence Public Hearings this week as part of it’s historic Inquiry into the…