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Capacity concerns about NSW Police oversight body

The NSW police oversight body, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (the LECC) has released its first public report since it commenced operations.

15 March 2018

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Australia Day: It's Time To Change the Date

Redfern Legal Centre supports growing calls to change the date of Australia Day. 26 January should be commemorated as a day of mourning, protest and reflection, rather than a national day of celebration.

24 January 2018

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Tip-Off: RLC's UNSW Police Powers Clinic

As part of RLC's UNSW Police Powers clinic, held during Spring semester 2017, students were asked to research and create two short legal information videos targeting their peers.

28 November 2017

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Policing Young People in NSW: A study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan

RLC is proud to have supported the development of the first publicly available study on the New South Wales Police Force Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP).

21 November 2017

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Case Study: Offensive Language

Mr Black was walking along a quiet residential street in Sydney. George usually takes this road to TAFE in order to avoid the busy streets.

21 November 2017

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New report – Monitoring Racial Profiling: Introducing a scheme to prevent unlawful stops and searches by Victoria Police

The Police Stop Data Working Group have released a new report calling on Victoria Police and the government to take urgent steps to monitor racial profiling in police stops and searches.

8 September 2017

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UNSW Police Powers Clinic

The Police Powers Clinic is an experiential learning program located at RLC, run in partnership with UNSW. The clinic is convened by UNSW's Dr Vicki Sentas.

29 July 2017

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New police oversight body for NSW

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) is a new independent oversight body for the NSW Police Force and NSW Crime Commission.

2 July 2017

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New Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) launched

On 17 May, Susan Smith, the Coordinator of RLC's Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (Sydney WDVCAS), spoke at the launch of the new Family Advocacy and Support Services (FASS) program.

21 May 2017

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Consorting Laws – Impact on Vulnerable People

The NSW Ombudsman has released a review of the operation of the consorting offence in the Crimes Act.

31 August 2016

Topics

Capacity concerns about NSW Police oversight body

Australia Day: It's Time To Change the Date

Tip-Off: RLC's UNSW Police Powers Clinic

Policing Young People in NSW: A study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan

Case Study: Offensive Language

New report – Monitoring Racial Profiling: Introducing a scheme to prevent unlawful stops and searches by Victoria Police

UNSW Police Powers Clinic

New police oversight body for NSW

New Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) launched

Consorting Laws – Impact on Vulnerable People

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