UK Police Banned from Using ‘Stop & Search’ Powers
The Northamptonshire police force has taken proactive steps to stop its officers from abusing their powers and searching people without reasonable cause. In the UK, as in Australia, police frequently conduct searches without a proper basis. These searches are illegal....
Police Misconduct Puts Innocent Man Behind Bars
Everyone makes mistakes from time to time - but some errors have far greater consequences than others. Like, for instance, the blunder by Western Australian Police, who found a crucial piece of evidence in their own possession many years after...
Interpol: Catching Criminals or Persecuting Scapegoats?
The International Criminal Police Organisation, or ‘Interpol’, is a police force recognised by the United Nations and established to stop globe-trotting criminals from evading reprisals. From political targets like Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to Osama Bin Laden, Interpol has been...
Another Video of Police Brutality Prompts Internal Review
The Queensland Police Force will undergo an internal review following multiple incidents of police brutality, a number of which have been documented in our past blogs. The incidents have led to the appointment of a senior internal police investigator to...
Police Shoot and Kill Unarmed, Surrendering Man
Shocking footage has emerged from Texas showing two police officers shooting a shirtless man who is standing outside his home with his hands up in surrender. Gilbert Flores, 41, was shot twice and died at the scene. The official police...
People Shot Dead by Police in US, UK and Australia
A disturbing infographic depicts the number of people killed in the United States as a result of police shootings – a staggering 776 people have been shot dead by US police so far this year. By contrast, the total in...
Gold Coast Police Assault Man at Station
Last week, we published a blog about the courageous Sergeant Rick Flori, a former policeman at the Surfers Paradise Police Station who was suspended from work and charged with ‘misconduct in public office’ after leaking footage of his colleagues brutally...
Police Strip, Bash, Injure & Humiliate Woman
You’ve probably heard stories of police brutality, but 33 year old Joanne Martin experienced the torment, pain and humiliation first-hand after she was arrested in Perth for disorderly behaviour. She had been taken back to the police station after allegedly...
Honest Cop Charged With Misconduct
With incidents of police shootings and brutality on the rise, one might expect police officers who draw attention to instances of police misconduct to be praised for their honesty and integrity. But a Gold Coast police officer was stood down from...
Torture at Detention Centres
The Federal Government has found its treatment of asylum seekers under increasing scrutiny from human rights groups following reports that detainees at the Nauru and Manus Island facilities were sexually and physically abused. Since those allegations, the government passed the...
