Author archive for Police Accountability Project

This exciting event features Police Accountability Project founder, and now PHD Candidate, Tamar Hopkins, along with former Police Accountability…

This is your chance to let Parliament know what you think is needed for a fair, impartial and human…

The recent Melbourne nightclub shooting shows exactly why we need independent investigations of critical incidents involving police.
Yesterday’s tragic police…

The Victorian Parliament’s IBAC Committee has announced an Inquiry into the external oversight of police corruption and misconduct in…

My passion lies with helping those that are most underprivileged and those who experience inequities due to their race,…

While the NSW LECC model is likely to significantly improve some aspects of police oversight and accountability, there are…

The “Horvath Test” is simple. If Corinna Horvath’s 1996 assault by Victoria police occurred again today, (and many…

A new study from the United States suggests that police officers are more likely to speak to white community…

A number of Pasifika youth around Melbourne have shared their experiences, their thoughts and opinions of racial profiling and…

Making a police complaint in Victoria is a long, costly and often fruitless experience. Daniel Haile-Micheal speaks about his…

In between his studies now, he is a volunteer at the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre’s Peer Advocacy…

“We are talking about people who have already served time in custody for a crime they have committed. Subjecting…

Wotton is a landmark case in Australian public interest law. Communities and individuals who believe they have been affected…

Legal practitioners have responded to an article by General Counsel of of the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission(IBAC), that was…

We have got to realise that this kind of policing has no boundaries. There are no limitations…Individuals are meant…

In this way ‘Apex Gang’ has been made into a substitute word. ‘Apex Gang’ now allows journalists, commentators, and…

More than 100 people attended ‘Without Suspicion – Measuring racial profiling in Victoria’ – a November public forum at…

On 20 December 2016, Victoria Police reported back on its Equality is Not the Same action plan, which was…