Author archive for Police Accountability Project

Racial profiling by Victoria Police and the harmful impacts of media distortion, stereotyping and racism have been exposed…

A solution that’s often proposed to deal with problems of racial profiling is to increase police ­force diversity. …

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

The Victorian Government must, as a matter of urgency, resource a body separate from police to independently investigate all…

In refusing to strike out Smith’s claim, the court has accepted that it is arguable police could owe a…

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

Anti-association laws like this criminalise entire communities and entire generations. They send the visceral and racist message that these…

Police have launched new Contact Cards but these will not reduce or prevent racial profiling.

The Parliamentary Inquiry examining how police complaints about misconduct and corruption are handled in Victoria was due to report…

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…

Ultimately, building closer relationships between young people and police often results in the intensification of policing of those young…

And it should not be forgotten that true police accountability is located in the way operational codes are observed,…

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

The Audit of Victoria Police’s oversight of serious incidents (27 March 2018) has been described as ‘damning’ and ‘scathing’…

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…

Guerin is a product of a failed police complaints system and this is the broader issue, lost in the…

Would the independent investigation of police complaints remove responsibility for ethical standards from police? No, not at all…

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