Speeding fine challenges likely after landmark South Australian court ruling, lawyer says

  The accuracy of hand-held speed detection devices are under the spotlight.(ABC TV) Share More drivers are expected to challenge speeding fines after an Adelaide man successfully challenged the accuracy of hand-held speed guns used by South Australian police. Adam Butcher’s charge of driving at 102 kilometres per hour in a 50kph zone in 2012 Read More …

Adelaide man gets off red-light camera fine because no-one tested cars going through it on red

The red-light camera was last tested on February 26 but not with cars going through a red light.(File: ABC News) Share An Adelaide man has had a red-light camera fine overturned because it was never tested while cars were going through the intersection on a red light. Key points: David Woolmer’s car was photographed going Read More …

Police Camera Ruling ‘denies courts critical evidence’

Victoria Police officers cannot be compelled to release footage from body-worn cameras in civil proceedings following a County Court decision last month which has prompted calls for urgent reform of the laws that regulate their use. The court ruling is expected to deny crucial evidence being tendered during civil trials that could prove an abuse of Read More …

Victoria police to get military style, semi-automatic non-lethal rifles

Waiting for Gun Control Australia to step in and explain this one. From The Age:   “Victoria’s riot police are to be armed with crowd control guns and rubber pellet grenades to confront violent demonstrations, running street battles and prison uprisings in a move Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton says ‘‘will be confronting to watch’’. Initially Read More …

UPDATE ~ Former Victoria Police sergeant Rosa Rossi jailed for claiming vacant houses in property scam

By court reporter Danny Tran Rossi, pictured after a June hearing, suffered an abusive childhood, the court heard.(AAP: James Ross, File Photo) Share A disgraced police officer has become the first female member of the force to be jailed in Victoria after she was caught using obscure laws to effectively steal houses to boost her Read More …