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Mark Sexton: Message to Serving Police Officers
Ex-Policeman Mark Sexton sends a message to serving police officers.
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July 2022
WA govt accused of preferencing political donors during Covid
A state government minister has been accused of preferencing political donors for border entry during the Covid pandemic. WAโs leading corruption body has received allegations the state government gave preferential treatment to political donors during the Covid pandemic. The claims emerged this week during an unfair dismissal hearing by the Public Service Appeal Board. Former [...]
WA Police in desperate overseas recruitment drive as officers quit in record numbers
WA Police are desperately trying to bolster recruitment efforts after more than 60 officers quit in June โ almost twice the normal monthly rate. The departures continue at an alarming pace with more resignations in the first five months of this year, as in the entirety of 2021. It comes as the police officers who [...]
June 2022
Victoria Police not always activating body-cams where required
Audit finds no footage for one in ten incidents. Victorian police officers are not always activating body-worn video cameras (BWCs) where they are required to, with no footage captured for one in ten incidents, the stateโs auditor-general has revealed. In an audit [pdf], the Victorian Auditor-Generalโs Office (VAGO) found non-compliance by at least one of [...]
Clearview AI breached Australians’ privacy, investigation finds
Image search tool trialled by police agencies. Clearview AI, whose facial recognition database was trialled by Australian police agencies last year, breached Australian privacy rules with its operating model. The company scrapes peopleโs photos from the web and then allows users to upload an image and search for a match against the database, which - [...]
May 2022
Legal challenge to Queensland vaccine mandates set to begin
Monday 30 May 2022 sees the start of a long-awaited legal challenge to Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carrollโs vaccine mandate for officers and staff. The case includes police, ambulance officers, and nurses who remain unable to work due to the mandates. Similar mandates have been thrown out in other jurisdictions such asย New Zealand with the [...]
Lockdowns saved just 10,000 lives in Europe and US combined: Updated John Hopkins study finds draconian measures had ‘little to no effect’ on Covid death rate
The first Covid lockdowns in Europe and US had 'little or no effect' on the virus death rate, analysis suggestsEconomists said draconian restrictions put in place in March 2020 reduced virus mortality rates by just 3.2%This equates to just 6,000 fewer deaths in Europe and 4,000 fewer in the US, according to the researchersRestrictions ordering [...]