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NSW Police has been accused of being out of step with the times.

NSW Police culture resists change and outsider expertise

Australia’s biggest police force has problems that have been ignored for too long.

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Former NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb.

‘Blind eye to insidious behaviour’: Former top cop demands change to ‘unacceptable’ culture

Karen Webb commissioned the review into NSW Police culture which found that while there had been significant reform, toxic personalities and behaviours persisted.

  • Amber Schultz
A police officer walks down the Campbelltown street on Monday night.

How are bullied and burnt-out officers expected to keep people safe?

Rampant bullying and unaddressed trauma are leaving officers stressed out and psychologically injured, an independent review has revealed.

  • Amber Schultz
NSW Police spends millions on recruitment but women make up around a quarter of graduates

NSW Police faces dire shortage of female officers despite multimillion-dollar blitz

NSW Police faces a chronic staffing problem as the force battles crises of public confidence, internal culture issues and serious understaffing.

  • Amber Schultz
A number of other hospitals are on the block, including the Prince of Wales hospital in Sydney.

Nurse seriously injured in patient’s Sydney hospital rampage

The 51-year-old man is alleged to have attacked six people, including three nurses, at Prince of Wales Hospital on Saturday night.

  • Harriet Alexander
The attack allegedly took place on Sunday at the NSW Police Academy, Goulburn.

Police recruit allegedly raped female colleague at training academy

The sexual assault allegedly occurred on Sunday night at the NSW Police training centre in Goulburn.

  • Amber Schultz and Riley Walter
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The line of police move in to make the arrest.

Police watchdog called in over dawn arrest of Herzog protester

A woman was arrested by a group of tactical officers and her door allegedly smashed after she was accused of throwing a water bottle in the Town Hall protest more than a month ago.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Michael McGowan
Lindy Lucena died in Ballina in January 2023 following a fatal bashing

Police commissioner rejects critical findings into woman’s bashing death

It took police nearly an hour to respond to a Triple Zero call that a man was “bashing the hell out of his woman”.

  • Amber Schultz and Jessica McSweeney
Eddie Hayson is back behind bars

Ex-brothel owner Eddie Hayson back behind bars after alleged bail breach

His return to prison on remand comes a week after this masthead revealed the police watchdog is investigating allegations senior officers accepted free services from sex workers.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
The careers of four senior NSW Police officers are in doubt over allegations they accepted free brothel services from former Stiletto owner Eddie Hayson.

Prison visit at centre of watchdog probe into senior police

The officers are under investigation over alleged connections to Sydney brothel owner and accused drug runner Eddie Hayson.

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