#NSW police

[nando161mando]

Today marks eight years since NSW prison guards held the young man down and caused him to suffocate, despite him repeatedly saying he couldn’t breathe.

[qnewsau]

Police review hundreds of cold cases after hate crime inquiry

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Police review hundreds of cold cases after hate crime inquiry

NSW Police have doubled staff and undertaken new DNA testing on hundreds of unsolved murders following the state’s gay hate crime inquiry.

The Special Commission of Inquiry examined dozens of unsolved cases and found reason to suspect LGBTQ bias in many of them.

The inquiry’s report found police failed to properly investigate dozens of potential gay hate crimes over 40 years.

Commission head Justice John Sackar accused the police of an “adversarial or unnecessarily defensive” approach to the inquiry.

The report also exposed major failings including lost exhibits and incomplete investigative files. The report made numerous recommendations to police.

NSW Police established Taskforce Atlas in response to one of those recommendations, which ordered police to “conduct a systematic review or audit” of decades of unsolved murders.

Under the taskforce, NSW Police appointed 25 detectives to examine details of 213 unsolved homicide cases between 1970 and 2010.

It’s not clear how many of these cases relate to members of the state’s LGBTQIA+ community.

More detectives and new DNA testing

Detective Chief Superintendent Grant Taylor told the Sydney Morning Herald the unsolved homicide team was now almost double the size. It’s the largest ever allocation of resources to that department, he said.

Of the 213 cases, detectives have fully reviewed and digitised 50 of them. Detectives will conduct a new investigation into seven. Two have been assessed as bias-motivated crimes.

“We’re picking through every single bit of the material, archive records and exhibits and seeing with fresh eyes whether we can elicit any new evidence and bring those to some sort of fruition,” he told the Herald.

Some evidence has been sent away for DNA testing to develop a suspect’s profile.

Detective Inspector Matthew Russell said the detectives hope the process unearths new leads.

“We hope in all of these boxes there’s a little bit of gold,” he told the Herald.

‘This work is long overdue’

ACON CEO Michael Woodhouse said the community consultative committee allows crucial information to flow between community and police.

Woodhouse said it comes as hate crimes and violence against the LGBTQIA+ community escalate in New South Wales.

“I want to know when people in our communities experience serious crime, they meet a police force that will … make it as easy and comfortable as possible to tell their stories, to get the support and to get the protection that they need. I want to make sure it’s done consistently.

“The community is looking to know we’re using all the tools available … to try and get justice.”

He said examining cold cases could offer a “healing moment” for those who knew victims.

Independent MP Alex Greenwich is also on the committee and has consulted with the officers on the work.

“This work is long overdue, but I’m glad justice is finally being delivered for those impacted by this dark time in our state’s history,” he said.

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Pair arrested after allegedly ramming police during pursuit across Melbourne

By Allanah Sciberras, 4:57pm Oct 2, 2023

Two men have been arrested after they allegedly rammed a police vehicle during a pursuit in Melbourne's south-east.

Police began pursuing the pair after they spotted a grey SUV car with suspected cloned plates travelling on Blackburn Road in Blackburn about 1.50pm today.

After attempting the intercept the car, the driver allegedly took off at a "fast rate of speed".

Multiple units responded to the incident in Armadale. (Nine)

The car came to a stop in Armadale. (Nine)

Officers followed the car with assistance of the Air Wing, through Caulfield and Malvern, before stop sticks were set out on William Street in Armadale.

The car came to a stop after ramming a police car.

The passenger of the vehicle, a 41-year-old man, allegedly then fled on foot towards Dandenong Road. He was arrested nearby.

The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old Frankston man, was taken to hospital under police guard.

The pair are currently assisting police with their enquiries.

[energetic-koala]

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Calling people 'haters' for asking you to do your job?

This coming from the same woman who called a premeditated murder carried out by a cop with a history of concerning behaviour a 'crime of passion'.

[coochiequeens]

Finally a peice that talks about how 5 of the 6 in the people killed in the sydney stabbings were women. And yes he was mentally ill but he felt entitled to a girlfriend.

By Victoria Smith 16 April, 2024

Did Joel Cauchi, the man who killed six people in a Sydney shopping centre, do so because he was mentally ill? Or did he do it because he hated women?

Five out of six of Cauchi’s victims were women, which does seem targeted. Nonetheless, according to his family, Cauchi, 40, “battled with mental health issues since he was a teenager”. For this reason, some have found talk of misogyny unseemly, if not exploitative. To categorise Cauchi’s act as male violence against women, if not terrorism underpinned by misogynist ideology, can be appear dismissive of genuine sickness. Sometimes, bad things just happen because people are unwell. 

For women who live with men who have severe mental health diagnoses, there is little comfort in discussions such as these. On the one hand, there is an enormous amount of pressure to downplay the idea that mentally ill men are more likely to be violent than other men (they are, but to say so is viewed as contributing to stigma). On the other hand, is it fair for a man with severe mental illness to be judged by the same moral standards as other men? Shouldn’t we be recognising that they cannot control their perceptions and fears?

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The Sydney attacker was desperate for a girlfriend, his family has revealed as police confirmed that he had targeted women.

Joel Cauchi killed five women and one man during a knife attack on the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre on Saturday.

Karen Webb, the New South Wales police commissioner, said: “The videos speak for themselves. It’s obvious the offender had focused on women and avoided the men.”

The majority of the 12 people Cauchi seriously wounded were female, including a baby girl.

Andrew Cauchi, his father, said on Monday he knew why his mentally unwell son had targeted women. The 76-year-old told reporters outside his home in Queensland: “Because he wanted a girlfriend and he’s got no social skills and he was frustrated out of his brain.”

Describing his son as “very sick”, he described trying to deal with the feelings of “loving a monster”.

A “heroic” policewoman who stopped a lone knifeman mid-rampage during a killing spree in a Sydney shopping centre has been named.

In one of several heroic attempts to disarm the attacker on Saturday, Amy Scott, a NSW Police Inspector, walked up calmly behind the attacker and ordered him to drop his weapon.

When he refused to do so and lunged at her with a knife, she shot him.

Six people were killed after the culprit – later identified by police as Queensland man Joel Cauchi – went on a stabbing spree in Westfield Bondi Junction, including a mother whose baby is reportedly now in a critical condition.

“She is certainly a hero. There is no doubt that she saved lives through her action,” Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, said on Saturday.

[jakemoogle]

I have not been able to stop thinking about those poor boys, Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

I know so much evil happens in the world and so much happens and tragedy is always around us (unfortunately) but this has really hit me so differently to anything else lately. I just can’t get over the fact that, not only have NSW Police been so casual about this entire thing and clearly not done their part regarding one of their own, the ACTUAL PERPETRATOR, regarding his very evil past and prior stalkings of celebrities and Jesse himself, and sweeping it all under the rug for him to be in the force, but also the way some people are so nasty and angry online towards this community with such homophobic comments and how we don’t matter, we are just scum. I’m falling into a bit of a sad state and I hate it.

Those two boys deserved better and should still be alive. This should never have happened.

[lanternman1312]

[australianwomensnews]

Police who face DV charges investigated by colleagues, keep weapons

"Police officers accused of domestic violence are investigated by their own colleagues, they can sometimes keep their weapons, and there are no policies detailing their supervision if they remain employed after being charged or convicted, a damning report has found.

About 100 NSW police of almost every rank have been charged with domestic violence-related offences since 2015, including nine so far this year to May 31, unpublished data obtained by this masthead under freedom of information laws found.

Allegations include aggravated sexual assault, rape, stalking, breaching Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders, destroying property and recording intimate images without consent. Most of the police were senior constables (54), but 22 were sergeants, one was an inspector, and one a superintendent. The remainder were probationary constables or constables. The data did not include how many charges resulted in convictions.

Domestic violence advocates say women can be scared to report allegations against police because they fear conflicts of interest and access to firearms, and worry that the officer facing allegations will use their knowledge of police procedures to their advantage.

There are more than 15,000 police in NSW, who attend 180,000 domestic violence incidents a year. Research into domestic violence by police is limited, but the report said officers were at least as likely, and possibly more likely, to offend as the general population."

[kimberellaroo]

Somewhere, Santa is getting his kneecaps broke because he lost the load of drugs off his sleigh coming in over the Pacific

Police have tweeted that large bags of cocaine are washing up on the beaches of Sydney and have asked the public not to touch them.

Merry Christmas everyone

[cld-n]

“uninviting the cops to mardi gras isolates those who wish to attend” ok mardi gras isn’t some queer careers day like surely they can still go just not in their uniform?? what’s not clicking

[nando161mando]

Around 20 heavily armed officers raided the man’s home over a social media post criticising the genocide in Gaza

[laintv]

the fact that it's the middle of sydney mardi gras (biggest LGBTQ event in the country) and a gay couple were stalked and murdered by a cop LAST WEEK. and they still let the NSW police in the 'pride march'.....

and when we have queer markets or marches the cops come out in hordes under the guise of "protecting us" so fucking disgusting

heres the article if you want to check it out.... the whole community here is grieving a week before our biggest pride parade and idk i just wanted to talk about it....

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Mardi Gras narrowly votes to allow police to stay in parade

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Mardi Gras narrowly votes to allow police to stay in parade

A bid to ban NSW Police from marching in next year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade has been voted down.

Members gathered as Mardi Gras held their annual general meeting in Sydney on Saturday morning (December 7).

Three different proposals relating to police participation in the next parade were put to the meeting. All three were defeated.

The first motion a majority of members voted against was the board’s.

Mardi Gras said the motion was based on community consultation and proposed police officers not be allowed to march “until such time as they demonstrate a commitment to improving relationships with LGBTQIA+ communities”.

But Mardi Gras members voted against that motion 493 votes against to 459 in favour.

The second motion, from Rainbow Labor co-convenor Daniel Mitsuru Delisle, would have allowed LGBTQIA+ police officers to march as long as they did so out of uniform and without their service weapon.

A third motion from activist group Pride in Protest sought to ban police from marching altogether.

The two other motions were also defeated at the Mardi Gras AGM on Saturday.

NSW Police marching in the Parade

In September, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras host community consultation sessions on police participation, “a topic of ongoing discussion within our community.”

Just days before this year’s Parade, the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by a serving police officer rocked Sydney.

Initially, NSW Police personnel were banned from marching in the parade. That ban was later reversed, with officers joining the parade out of uniform.

NSW Premier Chris Minns even weighed in on police marching on Thursday.

He called the AGM motions “divisive” and asked Mardi Gras members to keep NSW Police in the parade, saying the decision to remove them undermines the event’s spirit of inclusion.

“The NSW Police Force has radically changed in the last decades. There’s many, many gay and lesbian members of NSW Police that serve with distinction and regard themselves as members of the LGBTQ community,” he said.

“I think it would be a slap in the face for them if the organisers uninvite them.

“It’s a bit hypocritical to ban them from marching if you’re going to rely on them, as everybody does for major events, for security.”

Read more:

78er explains why he wants NSW Police in the Mardi Gras parade

Mardi Gras members vote to scrap Police Accord at heated 2023 AGM

Former NSW cop recalls ‘horrific’ homophobia in the force

Trans woman ‘put through hell’ in prison settles discrimination complaint

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Terror plotter's brother charged over toddler gun photo

By AAP Newswire

Aug 1, 2023

Esau Namoa has been arrested in Sydney, after police found a picture of a toddler holding a gun -PR Handout Image

Investigations into one of Sydney's many recent shootings have led police to uncover a disturbing photo of a toddler holding a Glock-style pistol.

Esau Namoa was charged with 13 offences after a police raid at a property in Yagoona in the city's southwest early on Tuesday.

The 21-year-old is the younger brother of Alo-Bridget Namoa who was convicted in 2018 of plotting a terrorist act and once described herself and husband Sameh Bayda as a jihadi Bonnie and Clyde.

Esau Namoa was allegedly pictured holding weapons alongside the young child, who is believed by police to be about three-years-old.

Task Forces Magnus Commander, Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Weinstein said the images were among the worst he had seen in his policing career.

"Quite frankly the images that were on his individuals's phone are appalling and very disturbing," he said.

Last week police created Task Force Magnus to tackle escalating violence and underworld murders across Sydney.

The images of the toddler surfaced during investigations into the shooting death of 24-year-old Marvin Oraiha, who was gunned down in the driveway of his Elizabeth Hills home in May.

As part of their inquiries, in July police raided seven properties across Sydney and seized a number of items, including a ballistic vest, ammunition and six mobile phones.

Detectives located several images on the phones allegedly showing Namoa holding two pistols in the company of the child, who was holding a third pistol.

As a result police arrested Namoa and charged him with a string of firearms-related offences, including possessing an unauthorised pistol, not keeping a firearm safely, and supplying a pistol to a person unauthorised to possess it.

Under Task Force Magnus, police conducted over 300 inspections of known persons over the weekend, arresting 25 people on about 80 charges ranging from minor drug offences to possessing ammunition.

Minister for police and counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley said those responsible for criminal activity on Sydney streets will feel the full force of the law.

"We're already seeing results and Task Force Magnus is just warming up," she said.

"We will work with NSW Police to ensure they has everything they need to put an end to this senseless, intolerable violence and ensure the people of Sydney feel safe where they live."

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Deception and kidnapping had come to play a part in renewing the ranks of the Native Police. "A tremendous amount of steam" was got up in Sydney as these big men passed through the city. Some eyed them off like slaves at market.

Looking on the twenty-two strapping fellows, who have just entered the Queen's service, and the two comely dames that accompany them, all apparently in the enjoyment of robust health and capable of much endurance, it is difficult to believe the common doctrine, that they belong to a race which is fast wasting away through some mysterious arms inevitable decree. One would think that a people with such muscular frames, good appetites, and quickness or apprehension, required only prudent guidance to become a very useful element in the colonisation of Australia.

"Killing for Country: A Family History" - David Marr