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Victoria police team involved in violent arrests will put public at risk if not overhauled, Ibac says

State’s anti-corruption commission finds critical incident response team officers failed to properly record use of force

The Guardian - AU

Vic arrests after cocaine found in chicken

A cocaine-laced frozen chicken truck tried to cross the Hume Freeway, but did not make it to the other side.

The New Daily

Corruption watchdog warns of misconduct risks in Victoria Police's Critical Incident Response Team

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has told Victoria Police to improve the way it reports the use of force by officers in its Critical Incident Response Team after a number of complaints about excessive force.

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Vic police unit fails on force, gender

Victoria's police watchdog has found the state's critical incident unit has not accurately reported the use of force and is overwhelmingly male-dominated.

AAP

Ex-prosecutor jailed for intimate filming

Former police prosecutor Simon Luebbers, 44, has been jailed for three years for intimately filming a woman and recording a teenage girl undress in her bedroom.

AAP

Vic police family violence complaint fail

A complaint by a woman abused by her police partner has laid bare systemic problems within a Victorian integrity agency, its regulator says.

AAP

Survivor of police-perpetrated family violence failed by Victorian corruption watchdog, report finds

When Michelle was physically assaulted and strangled by her former police officer partner, a series of failures by Victoria Police and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission exposed her to further harm and denied her justice, the Victorian Inspectorate finds.

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Privately owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria Police enforces safety blitz

A week after a 28-year-old man died in an e-scooter crash, Victorian police crack down on frighteningly high-powered e-scooters that could land their owners in deep legal trouble, or worse.

ABC News

Arson probe into fatal Melbourne fire

Investigators are at the scene of a house fire in Melbourne's northwest, in which a man died.

AAP

Victorian opposition didn’t consult hospitals on plan to deploy protective service officers

Pledge to station officers at five hospitals, despite inquiry finding it would be ‘contrary to the good management of security’

The Guardian - AU

Watch A Lonely E-Scooter Be Loaded Onto A Giant Tow Truck In The Name Of A Police Crackdown

Victoria Police are cracking down on e-scooters in Brunswick and one was seized, towed away on a giant truck and impounded this morning.

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Foreign call centre raided over alleged links to scam tricking Australians out of their superannuation

A call centre in the Philippines is being investigated over multi-million-dollar superannuation scams that have seen a number of Australians lose their retirement savings.

ABC News

Woman in coma with 'horrific' injuries after being struck by rollercoaster

The 26-year-old remains in hospital with "horrific" life-threatening injuries and "hardly a thing that's not broken" after a being hurled several metres into the air at the Melbourne Royal Show

Daily Mirror

A Woman Is In A Critical Condition After An Incident On A Ride At The Melbourne Royal Show

“The ride went up like normal, then there were screams, then it stopped and stayed that way for ages.”

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Child dies in shed fire in Melbourne

A fire at a property in the Melbourne property of Ringwood is being investigated, after the death of a child.

ABC News

Coroner releases findings into death of Fyans Creek murder victim Colin Snooks

A coroner finds Janice Bufton was the "primary aggressor" in family violence incidents and police should not have made an intervention order application for her.

AAP

Push for Vic cops to report response times

Victoria Police would record and report response times if the Liberals win the upcoming state election.

ABC News

Victorian opposition unveils state election pledges on police and triple-0 response times

The Victorian opposition vows to further overhaul the state's triple-0 call service if it wins the November election, and put a greater focus on police response times and mental health.

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AAP

Freedom for man acquitted of cop killings

After his acquittal for the murders of two Victoria Police officers, Jason Roberts is awaiting sentencing for 10 armed robberies designed to terrify victims.

AAP

Ex-cop denies work Christmas party groping

Retired Victoria Police officer Michael Lamb has denied indecently assaulting a then-colleague by groping her at a police work Christmas party in 2009.

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Double fatality at Australian off-road event

Two people were killed in an incident at the Rainbow Desert Enduro round of the Australian Off Road Championship.

ABC News

Research suggests it is easier than ever for criminals to get guns illegally in Australia

Criminals with connections to the underworld are able to access guns within 30 minutes of leaving prison, according to a Deakin University study.

ABC News

Class action launched on behalf of anti-mining protesters who were capsicum sprayed by Victoria Police

Lawyers say the use of capsicum spray by Victoria Police against anti-mining protesters at a demonstration in Melbourne in 2019 was unlawful and excessive.

AAP

Protesters sue Vic gov over capsicum spray

A class action has been filed in the Victorian Supreme Court, accusing police of inappropriately dousing protesters in capsicum spray at a 2019 demonstration.

AAP

Vic police rebuked over $2b staff program

Hiring 2700 extra police officers as part of a $2 billion package may not have had the desired effect of keeping Victorians safer, a watchdog has found.

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