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A new NSW Police review sheds light on the prevalence of gay-hate crimes around Sydney in the last 30 years. Sarah McLenaghan reports for CIty Hub.

RLC analysis of NSW Police data has shown that over a three year period, the number of high-speed chases NSW police has engaged in has increased by 37%. Samantha Lee, head of RLC’s police accountability practice, speaks to Paul Gregoire from Sydney Criminal Lawyers about the increase in high-speed police pursuits.

Figures from an analysis of police data by Redfern Legal Centre show increased use of lethal practice in NSW. Paul Gregoire reports for Sydney Criminal Lawyers.

Police pursuits in NSW have spiked by more than 37 per cent since 2014, an analysis of NSW Police data has shown.

Redfern Legal Centre’s police powers solicitor Samantha Lee and Dr Vicki Sentas, convenor of RLC’s police powers clinic, spoke to Buzzfeed News about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) used by NSW Police to target children as young as nine years old.

The two deaths that occurred at a recent Sydney music festival are an absolute tragedy and RLC does not want to see young people’s lives put at risk.

Redfern Legal Centre’s Police Powers solicitor, Sam Lee, speaks to Caitlin McHugh from the Wire about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (the STMP), a secretive police program resulting in over-policing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and young people in NSW.

Redfern Legal Centre’s police accountability practice solicitor Sam Lee speaks to Marisa from 3CR Community Radio about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP).

NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, said about 55 per cent of people who are currently the subject of a Suspect Target Management Plan are Indigenous, prompting accusations that police are using a “racially-biased program” to combat crime.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for an end to a New South Wales policing practice known as the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP), a “hidden” blacklist used by police to target children as young as ten.