If you are stopped by the police in Moonee Valley or Greater Dandenong , Mildura or Boroondara this year – you should get a receipt.
A police officer or Protective Service Officer (PSO) should give you a receipt if you are stopped n the Moonee Valley, Greater Dandenong, Mildura or Boroondara areas this year.
This IS NOT A FINE.
It is a new project which Victoria Police is running to help ensure police contacts are fair and equitable to all people. Receipting can make police more accountable and help reduce racial profiling.
You should receive a receipt if a police officer or PSO:
- approaches you and asks for your personal details
- talks to you or asks you questions but doesn’t fine or arrest you
Ask for a receipt when stopped in public in Moonee Valley, Dandenong, Mildura or Boroondara.
What you can do with the receipt?
- Don’t refuse the receipt – it is not a fine and you are not under arrest
- Take a photo of the receipt and send it to us on 0476 922 361 along with details of what happened.
- Keep it in a safe place
- Contact us if you feel like you have been treated unfairly or just to let us know what happened.
Find out more about Stop and Search Receipting.
A copy of the receipts to be issued in Dandenong and Moonee Valley until the end of 2015. Receipts in Mildura will be a green colour.
For multilingual information from Victoria Police about the Receipting Proof of Concept go here
For info about your rights when stopped by police or PSO’s see streetsmartvic.com.au
Let us know what’s happening in your area, or what you think about these receipts
If you get stopped by police in Dandenong, Moonee Valley, Boroondara or Mildura
Report your stop by:
Filling out this form, or
Taking a photo of the receipt with your phone and sending it to us on 0476 922 361 along with a few details of what happened, or
Sending us a private message on our Facebook page, or
Calling or emailing us at the numbers below.
Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre
Ph: 03 9376 4355
Email: fklegal@fkclc.org.au
Moonee Valley Legal Service
Ph: 03 9376 7929
Email: blacota@mvls.org.au
Springvale Monash Legal Service
Ph: 03 9545 7400
Email: info@smls.com.au
Murray Mallee Community Legal Service
Ph: (03) 5023 5966
Email: acollyer@malleefamilycare.com.au
Reporting a stop will help keep police accountable and help us to see how effective the police receipting trial is, and whether people have found it positive or negative.
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A really practical guide to knowing your rights on the street:
REPORT A STOP
Factsheet for Young People (PDF)
Train stations where PSOs will hand out receipts
Dandenong
Springvale,
Sandown Park,
Noble Park,
Yarraman,
Dandenong
About StopWatchVic
StopWatchVic provides legal education to young community members within the trial zones of the Victoria Police receipting Proof of Concept trials, to increase understanding of and engagement with the pilots, and to monitor and report upon the outcomes.
StopWatchVic is a joint project of the Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre and Springvale Monash Legal Service and supported by a grant from the Victoria Law Foundation.
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