Gold Coast Cops No Longer Allowed to Patrol in Groups
For many years, officers patrolled Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in groups of four or more, but a new ‘anti-violence initiative’ means many are now walking the beat in pairs. The move has officers claiming they are fearful for...
Police Officer Imprisoned for Domestic Violence
Shaun Perry stared at his estranged wife and children as he learned he would spend more than two-and-a-half years behind bars for offences including spitting in his wife’s face, pulling her hair, and assaulting her with a weapon. Perry, a...
The Footage Police Fought to Keep Hidden
It’s the CCTV footage the Victorian Police Association fought to prevent the public from seeing: police officers dousing a woman with pepper spray, forcibly dragging her along the floor of the police station, standing on her legs and kicking her...
Degrees of Harm in Assault Offences
Assault charges are differentiated by a number of factors, including whether the act was done ‘recklessly’ or ‘intentionally’, and the extent of injury (if any) caused. ‘Common assault’ is an offence under section 61 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)...
Police Commissioner Related to Officer who ‘Washed the Blood Away’
For four years, former police Sergeant Rick Flori has been fighting allegations that he engaged in ‘misconduct in public office’ - a criminal offence which carries a maximum penalty of seven years imprisonment – by leaking CCTV footage of four...
Honest Cop Fights On
Former Police Sergeant Rick Flori has been fighting to clear his name for more than four years. A Southport Magistrate has now ordered that his fight will continue – in a committal hearing late last week, Magistrate Michael Hogan ruled...
Man Faces Court for Cutting Hair
After several weeks of investigation and extensive examination of CCTV footage, Police have charged a 19-year old man with assault, after he allegedly used scissors to cut off a fellow passenger’s hair on public transport last month. The bizarre incident,...
Public Given Access to Police Brutality Hearing
The Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating allegations that a woman was brutalised at the hands of two police officers at Ballarat Police Station. The proceedings are being streamed live into a well-known Ballarat restaurant this week, to enable the...
Lawyers at Schools: Promoting Access to Justice
A school in Victoria is pioneering a trial that’s giving students and families better access to legal services. Vincent Shin is Australia’s first school lawyer, working from the Grange P-12 College in Victoria. He looks just like any other twenty-something,...
Domestic Violence in Indigenous Communities: It’s Time for Change
The recent episode of Four Corners that exposed the brutal death of Aboriginal woman Lynette Daley, was chilling to watch. For some, it was simply another example of a callous death suffered by a female at the hands of men....
