Dozens of NSW Police Facing Serious Criminal Charges
It has been reported that over 50 NSW police officers are facing a range of serious criminal charges, including sexual assault, child rape, domestic assault and perjury. The details, obtained under freedom of information laws, suggest that 32 of NSW...
A Pistol With That, Sir? Officer Leaves Gun at McDonalds
Imagine you’re a car salesman and accidentally have a brand new car stolen because you left it in a public place, unlocked with the keys in the ignition, with a full tank of petrol, while you were on the job....
Police Punished for Good Deed
It might sound like protocol gone mad: two Sydney police officers have been wrapped over the knuckles for doing a good deed – going out of their way to help a woman stranded with a flat tyre. In a separate...
Love 146 and HAART Kenya: Freeing Children from Sexual Slavery
Love 146 “We found ourselves standing shoulder to shoulder with predators in a small room, looking at little girls through a pane of glass. All of the girls wore red dresses with a number pinned to their front for identification....
Beware, Police Are Watching!
Reports that American police officers have been using fake Facebook profiles to track activists, whistle blowers and suspected criminals have raised privacy concerns closer to home. According to Tec.Mic, Police departments across the United States are using false Facebook accounts,...
Police Keep Jobs Despite Committing Crimes
Police officers swear an oath to uphold and enforce the law, and many feel it is both hypocritical and damaging to the integrity of the force for officers to commit criminal offences during their period of service. Many also believe...
Meals-on-Wheels Thief Learns Her Fate
72-year old Marlene Barry will serve the next 15 months on home detention in Sydney, after being sentenced by Magistrate Favretto in Downing Centre Local Court for stealing almost $150,000 from the Benevolent Society. Court reports say Ms Barry worked...
The $80,000 Facebook Post
Scotland Island is described as “a thriving, vibrant and welcoming community situated in the Pittwater estuary, Sydney”. But when disgruntled Island resident Matthew Palmer put up posters warning of dogs owned by another resident, Nader Mohareb, he started a chain of...
Grand Mufti Sues News Corp for Defamation
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed, the Grand Mufti of Australia, has filed a defamation suit against Sydney’s Daily Telegraph over a series of news stories the paper published about him last year. On 18 November, just days after the Paris terrorist...
Without Privacy There Is No Freedom
Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s first email to Laura Poitras reads like something from a spy novel: “At this stage I can offer nothing more than my word. I am a senior government employee in the intelligence community. I hope you understand...
