Victoria Police conduct
Predatory police officer exploited family violence victims for sex
A former Victorian police officer is facing time behind bars for exploiting his position to contact a string of women for sex.
- Erin Pearson
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‘Bike boy’ campaign accused of giving cash gifts to potential witnesses in case against Daniel Andrews
Court documents say those driving the “bike boy scandal” spent tens of thousands of fundraising money on “gifts” to potential witnesses in lawsuits they lodged on behalf of the young cyclist injured in a 2013 crash.
- Sherryn Groch
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Innocent family sue police over raid, arrest in Dezi Freeman manhunt
A resident who says he had never met Freeman was ordered at gunpoint to lie facedown and restrained with zip ties, before he was told by officers he was under arrest for harbouring a fugitive.
- Cameron Houston
Victoria Police backs down on using GPs to approve police recruits
The move follows intense opposition from the peak doctors’ group and concerns the policy was a risk to public safety.
- Chris Vedelago
Dozens of Victoria Police employees caught drink-driving over nearly a decade
Victoria Police recorded seven drink-driving detections among its workforce last financial year, matching its five-year average.
- Carla Jaeger
Victorian police officer charged with rape while off duty
The senior constable who was working in Victoria’s western region will fight three sex-offence allegations at a contested hearing.
- Emily Woods
Former police officer charged with taking bribes to misuse his powers
Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog has made allegations of serious misconduct against a former police officer and three associates.
- Kieran Rooney
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Family launches civil claim over young dad’s arrest death
Steven Woodhouse, 30, died after he was repeatedly shot with bean-bag rounds, Tasered and arrested by members of a specialist police team.
- Cameron Houston
‘Idiotic, cruel, boneheaded’: Judge slams police over sleep-deprived inmates
A Supreme Court judge has warned that regional courts may no longer be able to hold some criminal trials because of hourly welfare checks being conducted on inmates.
- Cameron Houston
Court rules police use of capsicum spray on protester was ‘cruel, inhuman’
Police illegally assaulted and broke the human rights of a protester doused with capsicum spray outside a mining conference in 2019, a judge has found.
- Rachael Dexter