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Covid has brought an incremental erosion of civil liberties and suddenly Victorians are living a dystopian nightmare. Cartoon: Johannes Leak From Editorials September 3, 2020 3 MINUTE READ 388 IT’S A GRUESOME SCENARIO MOST OF US KNOW ONLY FROM FILMS. JUST A FEW PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA WHO HAVE LIVED UNDER THE NAZIS, THE STASI Read More …
ABC Ballarat / By Charlotte King Posted FriFriday 22 FebFebruary 2019 at 1:53pm, updated FriFriday 22 FebFebruary 2019 at 7:35pm Security footage shows police using capsicum spray, kicking and stripping woman in custody.(ABC News) Share A police officer who kicked a woman while she lay handcuffed and half naked on the floor of a Ballarat Read More …
ABC Gippsland / By Jarrod Whittaker Posted FriFriday 31 JanJanuary 2020 at 5:51pm, updated FriFriday 31 JanJanuary 2020 at 6:51pm Senior Constable Dallas Howell challenged his conviction in the County Court.(ABC Gippsland: Jarrod Whittaker) Share A police officer in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, east of Melbourne, has been convicted of punching a prisoner in the head Read More …
The Victoria Police Motto is “Uphold the Right”, but, what does that actually mean? Let’s take a look at the Code of Conduct, the Victoria Police Mission Statement and the Code of Ethics and explore how they play a fundamental role in the formation of the Victoria Police Motto. Watch the video to Read More …
25 September 2019 Victoria Police needs to improve the way it manages personal information it holds about Victorians to make sure it is not misused or falls into the wrong hands, according to a report released today by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC). IBAC’s report, Unauthorised access and disclosure of information held by Victoria Read More …
A former police superintendent charged with misconduct in public office will front court on Monday, more than a year after officers from the state’s corruption watchdog raided his home on the Mornington Peninsula. Former police superintendent Paul Rosenblum in 2012. Paul Rosenblum is accused of trying to influence police investigations during his time with Victoria Read More …
Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago National Sergeant Rosa Rossi in 2016. Photo: DAMJAN JANEVSKI A senior Victoria Police officer has pleaded guilty to 10 fraud offences, including dishonestly obtaining six properties and rorting Centrelink, following a major investigation by the state’s corruption watchdog. Sergeant Rosa Catherine Rossi, 57, also pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Read More …
By Adam Cooper March 4, 2020 — 5.18pm One of two police officers who hit an “unhinged” man with a torch, kicked him and left him with a cracked rib after being called out to a domestic dispute has been found guilty of assault. But the officer’s colleague, who was with him at the time Read More …
A former Victoria Police Sergeant, Robert Beckingham, was convicted and sentenced today at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to a $7,500 fine after pleading guilty to a charge of unauthorised access to police information contained on the LEAP database that related to nine different persons. The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission, IBAC, charged Mr Beckingham with a Read More …
By court reporter Danny Tran Posted TueTuesday 11 AugAugust 2020 at 4:36pm, updated TueTuesday 11 AugAugust 2020 at 6:34pm A former high-ranking Victoria Police officer, whose job it was to maintain ethical standards within the force, has been convicted of rubbing his genitals on a man in a Melbourne bar. Key points: Michael Simpson — Read More …