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Victoria's police watchdog has found the state's critical incident unit has not accurately reported the use of force and is overwhelmingly male-dominated.

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Ex-prosecutor jailed for intimate filming

Former police prosecutor Simon Luebbers, 44, has been jailed for three years for intimately filming a woman and recording a teenage girl undress in her bedroom.

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Vic police family violence complaint fail

A complaint by a woman abused by her police partner has laid bare systemic problems within a Victorian integrity agency, its regulator says.

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Survivor of police-perpetrated family violence failed by Victorian corruption watchdog, report finds

When Michelle was physically assaulted and strangled by her former police officer partner, a series of failures by Victoria Police and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission exposed her to further harm and denied her justice, the Victorian Inspectorate finds.

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Privately owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria Police enforces safety blitz

A week after a 28-year-old man died in an e-scooter crash, Victorian police crack down on frighteningly high-powered e-scooters that could land their owners in deep legal trouble, or worse.

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Arson probe into fatal Melbourne fire

Investigators are at the scene of a house fire in Melbourne's northwest, in which a man died.

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Victorian opposition didn’t consult hospitals on plan to deploy protective service officers

Pledge to station officers at five hospitals, despite inquiry finding it would be ‘contrary to the good management of security’

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Watch A Lonely E-Scooter Be Loaded Onto A Giant Tow Truck In The Name Of A Police Crackdown

Victoria Police are cracking down on e-scooters in Brunswick and one was seized, towed away on a giant truck and impounded this morning.

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Foreign call centre raided over alleged links to scam tricking Australians out of their superannuation

A call centre in the Philippines is being investigated over multi-million-dollar superannuation scams that have seen a number of Australians lose their retirement savings.

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Woman in coma with 'horrific' injuries after being struck by rollercoaster

The 26-year-old remains in hospital with "horrific" life-threatening injuries and "hardly a thing that's not broken" after a being hurled several metres into the air at the Melbourne Royal Show

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A Woman Is In A Critical Condition After An Incident On A Ride At The Melbourne Royal Show

“The ride went up like normal, then there were screams, then it stopped and stayed that way for ages.”

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Child dies in shed fire in Melbourne

A fire at a property in the Melbourne property of Ringwood is being investigated, after the death of a child.

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Coroner releases findings into death of Fyans Creek murder victim Colin Snooks

A coroner finds Janice Bufton was the "primary aggressor" in family violence incidents and police should not have made an intervention order application for her.

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Push for Vic cops to report response times

Victoria Police would record and report response times if the Liberals win the upcoming state election.

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Victorian opposition unveils state election pledges on police and triple-0 response times

The Victorian opposition vows to further overhaul the state's triple-0 call service if it wins the November election, and put a greater focus on police response times and mental health.

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Freedom for man acquitted of cop killings

After his acquittal for the murders of two Victoria Police officers, Jason Roberts is awaiting sentencing for 10 armed robberies designed to terrify victims.

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Ex-cop denies work Christmas party groping

Retired Victoria Police officer Michael Lamb has denied indecently assaulting a then-colleague by groping her at a police work Christmas party in 2009.

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Double fatality at Australian off-road event

Two people were killed in an incident at the Rainbow Desert Enduro round of the Australian Off Road Championship.

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Research suggests it is easier than ever for criminals to get guns illegally in Australia

Criminals with connections to the underworld are able to access guns within 30 minutes of leaving prison, according to a Deakin University study.

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Class action launched on behalf of anti-mining protesters who were capsicum sprayed by Victoria Police

Lawyers say the use of capsicum spray by Victoria Police against anti-mining protesters at a demonstration in Melbourne in 2019 was unlawful and excessive.

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Protesters sue Vic gov over capsicum spray

A class action has been filed in the Victorian Supreme Court, accusing police of inappropriately dousing protesters in capsicum spray at a 2019 demonstration.

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Vic police rebuked over $2b staff program

Hiring 2700 extra police officers as part of a $2 billion package may not have had the desired effect of keeping Victorians safer, a watchdog has found.

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Suspected drink spiking in Ballarat prompts mother's call for action, as potential cases rise

A Victorian woman calls for stronger tactics to stop drink spiking, and more communication between police and hospitals, after her 23-year-old daughter became seriously ill.

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Criminal charges dropped against three Victoria Police officers accused of breaking man's neck

The alleged victim claimed to have been left a quadriplegic as a result of the 2017 incident, but on Friday the IBAC dropped all criminal charges against the trio.

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Charges dropped against three Vic police

Three Victoria Police officers accused of negligently causing serious injury have had their charges dropped.

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