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Subscriber only NSW Police has released a list of some of the most common signs of a grow house after a recent raid in Redfern uncovered a hydroponic house and the seizure of nearly $275,000 of marijuana. In recent crime statistics, released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, The data revealed that Brooms Head, Pillar Valley, Lanitza and Halfway Creek areas experienced a rise in the illegal cultivation of cannabis between October 2019 and September 2020. The data shows at least two incidents involving cannabis cultivation in either a park, bushland or garden at Brooms Head, while incidents at Lanitza, Pillar Valley and Halfway Creek were identified on residential properties.
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Study after study has shown that contact with the criminal justice system at a young age can do lasting damage to children, their families and communities.
The younger a child is the first time they’re sentenced, the more likely they are to reoffend violently, to continue offending and to end up in an adult prison before their 22nd birthday. According to a 2016 report by the Sentencing Advisory Council, 94% of children in detention aged 10 to 12 returned to prison before they were 18.
A cell at Banksia Hill detention centre in Perth. A study of 99 children there found nine out of 10 kids had some cognitive impairment – and 74% were Aboriginal
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The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) released its report into police strip search practices on December 15, and made 25 recommendations.
It questioned the legality of forcing people to squat or move their genitals during a strip-search, said officers need to be retrained to ensure a “lawful strip search” and said there needs to be better record keeping on the number of searches being conducted.
Meanwhile, Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon is exploring a class action of victims of strip searches.
In the early 2000s, NSW became the first state to introduce drug detection dogs for policing. Then-Labor Premier Bob Carr enacted the Police powers (Drug Detection Dogs) Act 2001, which authorised their use. Unfortunately for the authorities, the dogs failed in their task.