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IBAC has found police officers are continuing to target vulnerable women and children, and that the conduct remains under-reported.

The details – and number – of the cases remain shrouded in secrecy, but the blowout in financial settlements has renewed calls for an independent police oversight body. 

A senior constable who admitted to sexually assaulting a female colleague at their Sunshine station was not sacked and has never been criminally charged. The case is now before the corruption watchdog and civil court.

Criticism mounts of Victoria’s police oversight model, with Andrews government urged to establish new watchdog

The Victoria Police’s use of capsicum spray at the October 2019 blockade of the International Mining and Resources Conference is being challenged in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Leo Crnogorcevic reports.

Climate protesters have launched legal action against the Victorian government, claiming police inappropria...

A class action has been filed in the Supreme Court against the Victorian State Government and Victorian police over the use of capsicum spray on protesters.   Law firm Phi Finney McDonald and the Po

If successful, the legal challenge could have implications for the future deployment of the spray, which was routinely used to subdue unruly crowds during anti-lockdown protests last year.

If successful, the legal challenge could have implications for the future deployment of the spray, which was routinely used to subdue unruly crowds during anti-lockdown protests last year.