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- September 24, 2015
Craig Love finally compensated for violent acts of police officers
Read moreVictorian man Craig Love has today been told that the Victorian Government will compensate him for being assaulted, wrongfully arrested, falsely imprisoned and trespassed against by serving members of Victoria Police.
September 18, 2015Operation Fortitude: it’s not just clumsy wording that should worry us
Read moreCoupled with the sweeping legal powers described above, when a government deliberately creates a uniformed branch from what was previously an administrative agency, gives it an aggressive name and appoints a former police officer to lead it, it is…
September 2, 2015It’s time for Independent Investigations of Police Misconduct
Read moreThe Court of Appeal has handed down its appeal decision in the matter of Bare v IBAC which could have far-reaching implications for the investigation of complaints against police in Victoria.
July 29, 2015New Report: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Read moreA new report, released by the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre today, calls for an independent body to handle complaints about policing, to ensure officers were made more accountable for their actions.
July 1, 2015Victorian Government moves to restrict compensation claims brought against state and private prison operators
Read moreThe Victorian Ombudsman has observed that people detained in custody in Victoria face a greater risk of harm than at any time in the past decade. Against this context, the need for accountability for what takes place in Victorian...
June 11, 2015Police Accountability submission into Family Violence Royal Commission
Read moreOur contribution to the Royal Commission comes from the perspective of our Police Accountability Project clients, some of whom have been respondents to family violence complaints and/or victims of family violence.
This short submission highlight common concerns to both groups,…
June 10, 2015Lessons-not-yet-learnt: The magnitude of deaths in custody
Read moreThe family and community trauma caused by a death in custody cannot be over-stated.
A respected Aboriginal man from central Australia died in Darwin’s police cells two weeks ago. Few facts are known: he was taken into custody for minor…
June 3, 2015Police Accountability Practice Forum
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is presenting a unique full day professional development training for law practitioners, community & youth workers
Friday 10 July 2015May 20, 2015The Case for (and against) Police Body-Worn Cameras
Read moreBefore these cameras are rolled out across the state, Victorians should consider whether police body cameras are a desirable approach to counter police misconduct. That is, we should ask: Will BWCs actually improve police accountability?
May 14, 2015- May 8, 2015
Five things you should know about Victoria Police Receipting pilots
Read moreVictoria Police are currently piloting ‘stop & search’ receipting in Dandenong and Moonee Valley. Here are five things you should know about receipting.
May 6, 2015Supreme Court Hears Application to Close IBAC Hearing to Public
Read moreOn 15th April 2015 an IBAC hearing into a potential culture of violence within the Victoria Police Service at Ballarat was due to be heard at the County Court in Melbourne.
April 21, 2015Police use of force during raids undermines Safety First principles
Read moreThe Police Accountability Project is deeply concerned by accounts given by people experienced the police raids in Melbourne this weekend, of being racially abused and assaulted by Police members involved.
April 21, 2015Receipting Pilots underway in Victoria
Read morePolice and Protective Services Officers (PSOs) will issue receipts to members of the community initially in the Moonee Valley and Greater Dandenong Local Government Areas (LGAs) from 30 March until the end of December 2015
March 27, 2015Story of a ‘pepper spray party’
Read moreWe are calling for a wider review of powers, weapons and training associated with the PSO program currently in operating on Victoria’s public transport network. As reports of the use of capsicum weapons against children stretch over many…
February 17, 2015The Pointy End Of Police Racism: A Ken Lay Retrospective
Read moreThe Victorian Police Commissioner Ken Lay announced his resignation in early January 2015, to near universal acclaim. Anthony Kelly from the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre provides a restrospective on his work dealing with racism
January 13, 2015Supreme Court Kaba decision could set back racial profiling prevention
Read moreAn appeal decision has been handed down in the Victorian Supreme Court which could set back Victoria Police efforts to end racial profiling in Victoria.
The outcome overturns magistrate Duncan Reynolds’ 2013 ruling that police do not have an…
December 18, 2014Australia’s journey toward a police state – Professor Philip Alston
Read moreProfessor Philip Alston delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s recent legislative response to perceived security issues. Titled “Could Australia really become a police state?” the speech detailed the striking similarities between the Federal Government’s recent swathe of security measures…
December 11, 2014