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The offence of misconduct in public office provides prosecuting authorities with an ability to charge a public official with an offence that reflects the fact that the circumstances of the offending amount to a non-trivial abuse of the public trust. The cases outlined above provide examples of the types of conduct and procedural breaches that Read More …
In O’Kelly v. Harvey (1882) 10 L.R.Ir. 285 (Q.B.D.). On appeal (1883) 14 L.R.Ir. 105 (C.A.) “An officers paramount duty was to preserve the peace unbroken, and that, by whatever means were available for the purpose.” “The citizen’s right to assemble lawfully and unmolested is more important than police inconvenience.” Connors v. Pearson. Read More …
If police have not tested a drug in a declared testing facility can the evidence of their determination outside of the declared testing facility be relied upon? In accordance with Section 97(1) Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981, the Chief Commissioner of Police has declared the following as declared testing facilities: Read More …
Australian Treaty Series 1963 No 32 DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE CANBERRA Agreement between the Government of Australia and the United Nations relating to a Seminar on the Role of the Police in the Protection of Human Rights (Canberra, 13 May 1963) Entry into force: 13 May 1963 AUSTRALIAN TREATY SERIES 1963 No. Read More …
As an integral part of the United Nations do Australian Law Enforcement agencies have an obligation under the UN Manual on Human Rights Training for the Police? This manual provides law enforcement with the tools to incorporate principals of the Charter in their daily tasks and duties. To date Australia has a poor human rights Read More …
Recommendation 14–1 Commonwealth, state and territory governments should review police procedures and practices so that the law is enforced fairly, equally and without discrimination with respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 14.19 Throughout this Inquiry, a number of stakeholders informed the ALRC that police practices and policies contribute to the over-incarceration of Aboriginal Read More …
As in other organisations, officers in a police service, from the Commissioner to the officer on patrol, are all called upon to exercise discretion. The focus in this article, however, is exclusively on the generally “lower level” exercise of discretion with respect to law enforcement (investigation, search, arrest, prosecution, etc) and public order policing, in Read More …
Police members must adhere to all policy, protocols and procedures including those contained in the Police Act 1892, Police Force Regulations 1979, the Police Manual and any other lawful directive. Criminal action, corruption, unlawful conduct, dishonest and unethical conduct, breaches of discipline and conflicts of interest, and failure to report the same, relating to Police, Read More …
This document has been signed by 70 police officers concerned with a takeover within Australia who state ~ We are reaching out to all our fellow police officers across the country, to write a similar letter to their respective police commissioners, or sign our form at https://advocateme.wixsite.com/copsforcovidtruth to show your support for this stance, which Read More …
