Victoria Police have launched a takedown of firebrand columnist Andrew Bolt after he aired “nonsensical” claims that a man was arrested on Australia Day for wearing the national flag.
Officers fell “profoundly short” of the minimum standards expected after an undercover agent posing as an extremist engaged with a 13-year-old online,a Melbourne magistrate has found.
Police have admitted the information had been provided to the jailed murderer in a digital redacted form,but the prisoner was able to retrieve the redacted text.
The man will face court for three sexual assault offences alleged to have happened over several years.
A woman who was arrested for drug trafficking is suing Victoria Police after discovering an investigator allegedly forged evidence that connected her to the crime. Her lawyers claim the officer’s conduct was “egregious and offensive”.
Victoria Police allege two officers made false statements after evidence emerged challenging their claim a man had driven off with a policeman’s arm and torso still inside his car.
Confidential correspondence released under FOI shows police officers are using deportation as an alternative to the courts,in what experts say undermines the presumption of innocence for non-citizens.
Police said they were confronted by an armed Stanley Turvey at a home in Shepparton as they attempted to apprehend him.
Almost five years after the first deadly ISIS-inspired terrorist attack on Melbourne soil,victims argue Victoria Police has failed to learn from the incident.
Darren Culleton’s grief-stricken family cried after a Victorian coroner found “an unfortunate confluence of circumstances” led to his death.
Three more senior detectives were disciplined after disturbing images of murder victims were shared on mobile phones,as an officer dismissed over the scandal fights to keep his job.