Australian police and policing
News, comment and analysis on the Australian federal police (AFP) and state and territory police forces
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Exclusive: footage from body-worn camera shows police restraining confused dementia patient Rachel Grahame in 2020
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Karen Webb says it is not ‘necessary that I actually view it’ as Nowland remains in Cooma hospital
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Disability advocates outraged at ‘heavy handed’ response, while Greens MP says incident should mark turning point in police misconduct reviews
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Police said the officer’s duty status was under review, as civil liberties groups demanded an independent investigation into incident that left Clare Nowland in critical condition
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The woman was taken to Cooma district hospital and family say they do not expect her to survive as police launch internal investigation
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ACT government spokesperson says director of public prosecutions is on leave at his request
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Police allege the offender or offenders used an old student yearbook from Kilbreda College Mentone, which contained home addresses
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The question was, ‘How many people have died since the 1991 royal commission?’ Nobody knew – so a Guardian Australia team spent eight months trawling through inquests and media reports, striving to highlight human stories behind shocking statistics
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Queensland police say an 18-year-old man has been taken into custody after incident at Peace Lutheran College and is helping with the investigation
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Notes before the special commission of inquiry show some police wanted to ‘defeat’ the 27-year-old’s family for ‘pushing’ for homicide investigation
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Leaked audio from Brisbane’s watch house outraged Australia. Reporters Eden Gillespie and Ben Smee reflect on the game-changing scoop – and a ‘blue wall of silence’
Not caging children under 14 is the bare minimum we can do to not torture kids