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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, 202001 -
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 -
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 -
Policing the Pandemic
Read moreAs Victoria escalates its crisis response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria Police must ensure its police responses are aligned…
March 29, 2020 -
Australia’s first police complaints chatbot
Read moreAustralia’s first police complaints chatbot has been launched by Josef Legal, Robinson Gill and ourselves to help people…
March 11, 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 this year’s Racism: It…
December 12, 2019 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Court opens door to domestic violence victim to sue police for negligence
Read moreIn refusing to strike out Smith’s claim, the court has accepted that it is arguable police could owe a…
August 30, 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
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