Members of the police SWAT team gather outside a small apartment building in Montréal in 2009.
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The deployments of SWAT teams by public police for routine police activities have risen in major Canadian cities. This militarization will likely fall disproportionately on those from minority groups.
For many victims of violence, the police are a large part of the problem.
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How our work with Indian police is helping women and girls find justice.
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As the service becomes more professional and diverse, the less it can be influenced by boys’ clubs.
New bobbies on the beat.
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A new breed of officers hold different views on what it means to be in the police.
A new Victoria Police strategy represents a major milestone in the evolving police approach to family violence.
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Under recently announced Victoria Police changes, family violence will be investigated as major crime by specialised units.
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Recent legal changes may not be enough to improve conditions in controversial police mental health detentions.
Nigerians don’t trust the police and often resort to mob justice.
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Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
If a woman fights back, it does not necessarily mean she’s the primary aggressor in a family violence situation.
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Police sometimes misidentify victims as perpetrators – because the real perpetrator has misled them, or because the victim is not displaying “typical” behaviour.
Young people are experiencing patterns of oppressive policing that are harmful to them, their families and the community.
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Children as young as ten have been targeted for intensive policing under the NSW Police’s secretive Suspect Targeting Management Plan.
A mural in memory of Alton Sterling, who was shot several times at close range by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on July 5, 2016.
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Neither the spurious ‘facts’ about killings of police nor the supposedly ‘colour-blind’ logic of the backlash against Black Lives Matter hold up under scrutiny. Instead, they confirm its point.
The functions of the AFP differ from state police forces in that it has a major role in combating crime impacting on Australia’s national security.
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The AWU case is not the first time the AFP has been embroiled in politics, nor will it be the last.
Nottingham: no more human trafficking.
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Slavery is a local issue – and stopping it requires a local approach.
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DNA evidence has a profile which it might not deserve.
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A few of the ways violence may create even more violence.
Danny Lim, Sydney, was convicted of ‘offensive behaviour’ for a sign that referred to Tony Abbott and alluded to the c-bomb. The conviction was dismissed in August this year.
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Australia has a reputation for swearing. Yet this sits at odds with laws that criminalise offensive words.
Police gather in West London after the incident.
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Terrorists are changing their tactics, so security services must too.
Australian police often have to request data about suspects from overseas.
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Support from overseas law enforcement and tech companies is typically a slow and cumbersome process.
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And yet it’s still technically legal in the UK.
Road trauma is already the ninth leading cause of death worldwide.
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Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
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328 football clubs, spanning all tiers of the game, are currently involved in the inquiry.