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Redfern Legal Centre and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre lodged a complaint calling for the LECC to investigate internal directives regarding the NSW Police Force's approach to fines.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have lodged a complaint against former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller and NSW Police over their heavy-handed approach to handing out more than 60,000 COVID-19 fines during the pandemic.

Nineteen community organisations have come together to warn the NSW Government’s proposed rent bidding legislation will spark legal rental auctions and further push up prices.

Justice experts say there needs to be a more rigorous process for when Tasers and guns can be deployed to change the way officers manage incidents.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has just released the NSW Police Use of Force Manual. Redfern Legal Centre has pushed to have the use of force examined by the LECC and for police documents about the use of force to be released.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will begin examining the use of force by NSW Police Thursday, along with other systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.

Police have been questioned about when they are able to use force after a 14-year-old Indigenous boy was hospitalised following his arrest.

A former senior official at the state’s police watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), has warned there are too many failings in a system that relies on police examining the actions of colleagues.

The LECC on Thursday put police officer training under the microscope as it investigated allegations excessive force was used during the arrest of an Indigenous teenager in northern NSW in September 2022.

Tomorrow (25 May), the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will examine the use of force by NSW Police, along with systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.