#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.

[frogwhispererer]

[qnewsau]

Police tighten gun rules after Jesse and Luke's alleged murders

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Police tighten gun rules after Jesse and Luke's alleged murders

The NSW Police Force plans to roll out new gun handling rules after off-duty officer Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly murdered Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in Sydney.

Commissioner Karen Webb called for an immediate review after former senior constable Beaumont Lamarre-Condon allegedly killed the two men at his Paddington home.

NSW Police allege Beau Lamarre-Condon broke into the home and shot the two men with his police-issued firearm on February 19.

Police later charged him with domestic violence-related murder and break and enter with intent to commit an indictable offence. He has remained in custody since his arrest and has not entered pleas.

In February, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said procedures had “failed” if Lamarre-Condon had “used a service firearm in the manner that’s alleged.”

A taskforce was set up to review the issue, storage and movement of general issue firearms.

Image: Network 10

On Friday, Commissioner Webb (above) said key recommendations from the review include digitising the force’s movement register for weapons and application form to store arms and other equipment away from an officer’s host Command have also created a compliance manual for all officers handling firearms.

This allows officers to “better track and report on the location of firearms in real time, monitor storage location approvals and monitor inspection compliance,” NSW Police said. Currently, the system is paper-based.

Commissioner Webb vowed to “tighten” the procedures. the review aims to ensure best practices and better oversight of police-issued weapons and other equipment.

“While the work is not yet complete, I am confident the review and its recommendations represent a clear path for improvement in this area,” she said.

After the murder charges, Beau Lamarre-Condon was sacked from the force by mid-March.

Lamarre-Condon’s case is due to return to court in November. His lawyers have indicated he could enter a plea to two charges of domestic violence-related murder.

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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.

[theshampyon]

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Two NSW police officers have been pulled from active duty and had their guns removed after posting a BeReal with their weapons. The image shows a female officer pointing her handgun at a male officer who held his gun to his head. An investigation is underway.

I wish I was surprised.

[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]

[yourwizardofaus]

A 1983 Ford Falcon highway patrol car from NSW, Australia.  It was fitted with the venerable 351 Cleveland V8 at a time when its civilian use had been restricted to the flagship LTD luxury model.

[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."

[nando161mando]

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

[frogwhispererer]

still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that the NSW POLICE COMMISSIONER actually said ‘Haters gonna hate’ in response to genuine valid criticism to the mishandling of the case where 2 gay men were murdered by a police officer (also a gay man) with a police issued gun. [read more]

like. in what fucking world did she think that was an okay thing to say?? and now she’s pushed the sydney mardi gras board to let the nsw cops march in the parade (not in uniform). even the federal police read the room and decided to not march.

the more i see on the whole thing the clearer the fuckups become.

[qnewsau]

Mardi Gras gives update on police marching in next Parade

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Mardi Gras gives update on police marching in next Parade

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will host community consultation sessions next month and put out an independent report on the contentious issue of police officers marching in future parades.

Mardi Gras said that police participation in the parade is “a topic of ongoing discussion within our community.”

“Our aim is to ensure that all voices within our community are heard, and that members have the necessary information to make informed decisions on this issue,” they said.

There’s some consultation sessions planned. The first in-person session, for Mardi Gras members only, is next week.

Additional sessions open to Mardi Gras members and the community are on in September, including two online meetings over Zoom.

Mardi Gras explained, “The results of this consultation will be compiled into a report by an independent consultant who understands our organisation but has no vested interest in the outcome.

“The findings will support a motion at the 2024 AGM. Members will vote on the future of police participation in the Parade.

“The Board will not direct how members should vote. Our role is to ensure that the decision is based on comprehensive and unbiased data.”

Mardi Gras explained the consultation relates only to police officers marching in the Parade.

“The operational presence of police at our events, mandated by NSW law, is not part of this consultation and will continue as required,” they said.

Mardi Gras cancels long-standing Police Accord

At last year’s AGM, Mardi Gras members voted to cancel the contentious NSW Police accord in heated scenes at the meeting.

Mardi Gras and NSW Police signed the agreement in 2014 after a violent arrest of a paradegoer the year before. The accord was ripped up earlier this year.

Ahead of this year’s Parade, the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by a then-police officer rocked Sydney.

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

Join one of the consultation sessions

Session for MEMBERS ONLY: 31st August @ Glebe Town Hall, 11am – 12:30pm

ONLINE session for members and community: 4th September, 6pm – 7:30pm (Zoom meeting)

IN PERSON session for members and community: 7th September @ St Peters Town Hall, 11am – 12:30pm 

ONLINE session for members and community: 11th September, 6pm – 7:30pm (Zoom meeting)

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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."

[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