Victoria Police conduct
Coroner urges missing persons overhaul after probe into deaths of young trans women
The police search for Bridget Flack – whose body was found in park by members of the LGBTQ community – was plagued by deficiencies, including a failure to appreciate her risk of suicide and delayed efforts to triangulate her phone.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Law firm’s database bungle left crucial Lawyer X documents lying hidden
A search blunder meant hundreds of documents about Victoria Police’s conduct in the Lawyer X scandal weren’t discovered until last year.
- by Cameron Houston and Chris Vedelago
How one photo on the front page of The Age in ’94 marked Melbourne’s Stonewall moment
This week marks 30 years since the widely condemned police raid on the queer party night known as Tasty. The queer community plans to celebrate the former club in style.
- by Rachael Dexter
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Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest
Luke Briggs, 35, died from catastrophic injuries sustained during a police arrest in Hoppers Crossing last week. Police have not revealed what happened during his arrest.
- by Cameron Houston
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Police officers quizzed over arrest that left builder clinging to life
Luke Briggs is in hospital covered in bruises and on life support with a catastrophic brain injury after an arrest in Hoppers Crossing, leaving his family demanding answers.
- by Cameron Houston
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Culture wars
Victoria Police told to reinstate officer who questioned women-only gym sessions
Detective Senior Constable Brad McPherson was told not to come to work after questioning a trial of women-only gym sessions at the force’s training academy.
- by Cameron Houston
Police union wins battle for nine-day fortnight, endorses new pay deal
Police will get average annual pay rises of 4 per cent over the next four years and better working conditions in a new industrial agreement struck on Friday.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Crime
It’s possible to change from a life of crime, says former youth gang member
Now 19, he has been removed from a police watch list after severing ties with a notorious postcode gang.
- by Sarah Danckert
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Detention Secrets
A detective wrote to Peter Dutton about Mr Australia. Four years later, he’s still detained
Courts found no solid evidence was needed for the minister to kick Gary Lewer out of the country he has lived in for 50 years, just a letter from Victoria Police.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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‘On target’: How allegedly false police logs may have tainted dozens of criminal cases
Victoria Police’s internal investigators are probing allegations surveillance crews falsified logs to claim they were monitoring suspects when not doing so.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Sam Kerr is no crook, so why is she being treated as one?
The prosecution is proof the British system of justice has gone bonkers.
- by John Silvester
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