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[Link] Cleo Smith detective stood down amid misconduct probe
Read: 8/9/2022 www.theguardian.com
The decision to stand down a prominent West Australian homicide detective accused of misconduct does not mean he is guilty, the state’s police chief, Col Blanch, said.
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[Link] 'Not fit for purpose': Call to close NT's shipping container cop shops
Read: 27/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
The Northern Territory's police union has renewed calls for the closure of 14 remote police stations – some of them just repurposed shipping containers – which it says have fallen into severe disrepair.
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[Link] Cop Caught on Video Shooting Man in Wheelchair 9 Times From Behind
Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com
The officer, Ryan Remington, has since been fired from the Tuscon Police Department as a result of the deadly shooting, police said Wednesday. Remington, a four-year veteran of the force, also faces possible charges in the fatal incident. Police say that sometime before 6 p.
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[Link] WA Police officers who refuse vaccine will be stood down on full pay, union says
Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The WA Police Union says about 20 officers are likely to be stood down for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before Wednesday's deadline, but they could continue to receive full pay for months.
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[Link] Thick blue line: Victoria builds the country’s biggest police force
Read: 14/11/2021 www.theage.com.au
Victoria has become one of the most heavily policed states in Australia after a two decade-long law and order rivalry between the ALP and Coalition helped build the country’s largest law enforcement organisation.
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[Link] Why are so many NYPD officers fighting vaccination?
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
In New York City, the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) tried and failed to block the city’s vaccine mandate for all city workers. New York City police officers have been on the wrong side of public health for most of the pandemic.
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[Link] The Great Cop Vax Mandate Apocalypse That Never Happened
Read: 2/11/2021 www.vice.com
When New York City announced that city workers—including cops–would have to be vaccinated against COVID-19, there was howling, threats, and promises that thousands would walk off the job or retire, turning the city into a dangerous, crime-ridden hellscape.
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[Link] This Black Cop Got Kicked Out of Her Union for Supporting BLM
Read: 23/10/2021 www.vice.com
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[Link] Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo Is Getting Fired
Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Art Acevedo had a busy six months as the chief of the Miami Police Department: He unknowingly took a photo with a Proud Boy, said the city was run by “Cuban mafia,” and made enemies for pushing the COVID vaccine on officers.
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[Link] Age photographer pepper-sprayed at anti-lockdown protest
Read: 20/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
The conduct of some Victoria Police is being investigated after a newspaper photographer was pepper sprayed and video was published online showing a woman being pushed to the ground and sprayed by an officer at a violent anti-lockdown protest in Melbourne at the weekend.
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[Link] Why Won’t the Cops Fight Each Other in 'Grand Theft Auto 5'?
Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com
Last year, the video of Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd sparked another wave of of protest against police violence and its role in upholding systemic racism.
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[Link] This Is How Bad COVID Is Getting in Police Departments
Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. COVID-19, the leading cause of death among cops in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic, has continued to explode in departments around the country, as the profession’s vaccine rates continue to lag.
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[Link] Queensland police union condemned over claims DVOs used to get advantage in family court disputes
Read: 16/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The union representing Queensland’s police officers has been criticised for claiming some people seek domestic violence orders to gain an advantage in family law disputes.
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