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A 43-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged vandalism.

Man charged over police memorial vandalism, minister calls for ‘social harmony’

Steven Joseph Smith-Ince briefly appeared at court on Tuesday, where he failed in his bid to be released to a mental health facility. 

  • Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Nick Newling

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Anthony Flannery has been appointed as NSW Police executive director of public affairs, beginning in April.

‘Twiggy’ Forrest spinner lands $360,000 NSW Police job

Anthony Flannery will be the sixth person in three years to hold the high-profile media role.

  • Amber Schultz
Police Minister Yasmin Catley’s review of strip search practices has not yielded any change

Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

It has been 12 months since the NSW police minister promised to review the strip-searching of children. She has held only three meetings.

  • Michael McGowan
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‘We fundamentally failed’: Apology for victims, survivors of hate crimes

The NSW government has supported all 19 recommendations of a world-first inquiry into gay-hate crimes.

  • Max Maddison
Data from nearly six months of NSW’s landmark pre-court diversion scheme suggests the vast majority of people are still being sent through the overburdened legal system.

Postcode lottery: Where police have shunned state’s new drug laws

Data from nearly six months of NSW’s landmark pre-court diversion scheme suggests the vast majority of people are still being sent through the overburdened legal system.

  • Max Maddison
Commissioner Karen Webb speaks to the media outside Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills following the Wakeley stabbing.

Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has enjoyed a break from controversy, but her detractors are never far away. 

  • Alexandra Smith
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Police commissioner bans purchase of alcohol for gifts, hospitality

The under-fire Police Commissioner Karen Webb followed in the footsteps of her predecessor in giving alcohol as gifts. 

  • Alexandra Smith
The Premier, Chris Minns, Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism, Yasmin Catley and NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb speak to the media outside Sydney Police Centre. Surry Hills. Sydney. April 18 2024. Photo: Louise Kennerley SMH

NSW Police want tougher penalties for parents who let kids carry knives

NSW Police have asked for tougher knife-crime penalties despite data showing the overall rate of violent crimes involving blades has steadily fallen over the last decade.

  • Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
The 16-year-old accused of carrying out a terrorist attack at a church in western Sydney.

Teenage terror accused dropped out of school, was increasingly ‘disobedient’

The 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a western Sydney church had not attended school for more than six months, and his father had also seen signs of increasing “disobedience”.

  • Sally Rawsthorne, Lucy Carroll, Clare Sibthorpe and Patrick Begley
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb.

Three key reasons why the Steve Jackson hiring matters

It takes a special kind of incompetence to drag your government into another “jobs for the boys” scandal.

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