Victoria Police conduct
‘Hunting women’: Policeman who preyed on domestic violence victims jailed
When professional standards police first called Amanda* to ask her how she knew policeman Andrew Craig Adams, she professed he was the nicest policeman she’d ever met.
- Erin Pearson
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Police stations won’t reopen despite a $62 million recruitment boost
The government has promised to bring 200 officers back to the force, but aren’t planning to extend hours at stations operating just two days a week.
- Carla Jaeger
Former police chief commissioner requested to provide evidence in CFMEU case
Shane Patton has been issued with two subpoenas by defence lawyers for Joel Shackleton, who’s charged with threatening to kill the owners of an Indigenous labour hire company.
- Cameron Houston
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This investigator gave his life to the job: Is it slowly killing him?
Two former detectives contacted John Silvester angered at the way John Kelleher has been treated. “He was one of the best in the world ... to deny him just compensation is just wicked.”
- John Silvester
Predatory police officer exploited family violence victims for sex
A former Victorian police officer is facing time behind bars for exploiting his position to contact a string of women for sex.
- Erin Pearson
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‘Bike boy’ campaign accused of giving cash gifts to potential witnesses in case against Daniel Andrews
Court documents say those driving the “bike boy scandal” spent tens of thousands of fundraising money on “gifts” to potential witnesses in lawsuits they lodged on behalf of the young cyclist injured in a 2013 crash.
- Sherryn Groch
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Innocent family sue police over raid, arrest in Dezi Freeman manhunt
A resident who says he had never met Freeman was ordered at gunpoint to lie facedown and restrained with zip ties, before he was told by officers he was under arrest for harbouring a fugitive.
- Cameron Houston
Victoria Police backs down on using GPs to approve police recruits
The move follows intense opposition from the peak doctors’ group and concerns the policy was a risk to public safety.
- Chris Vedelago
Dozens of Victoria Police employees caught drink-driving over nearly a decade
Victoria Police recorded seven drink-driving detections among its workforce last financial year, matching its five-year average.
- Carla Jaeger
Victorian police officer charged with rape while off duty
The senior constable who was working in Victoria’s western region will fight three sex-offence allegations at a contested hearing.
- Emily Woods