Revealed:LGAs where police strip-searches occur most often

Revealed:LGAs where police strip-searches occur most often

A coalition of justice and health organisations has urged the state government to outlaw such searches of young people due to their traumatic impact.

  • byMax Maddison andCindy Yin

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Bullying,assault claims at Sydney school,girls arrested ‘unlawfully’

Bullying,assault claims at Sydney school,girls arrested ‘unlawfully’

The “violent and shocking” assault of a year 9 girl was caught on CCTV. The police log recorded that “up to 30 students” were attacking staff and students.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated
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Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.

  • byRiley Walter andNick Newling
‘Serious misconduct’:NSW Police inspector had 13 beers,8 spirit drinks before crash,watchdog says
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‘Serious misconduct’:NSW Police inspector had 13 beers,8 spirit drinks before crash,watchdog says

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has released a damning report about the high-ranking officer,who allegedly crashed his work car in Sydney’s NorthConnex tunnel.

  • byPerry Duffin andTiffiny Genders
‘I’m an old bloke,I was excited’:Ex-cop says sex with teen inside police station was consensual

‘I’m an old bloke,I was excited’:Ex-cop says sex with teen inside police station was consensual

A week after allegedly raping the 19-year-old while investigating her complaint,Glen Coleman messaged:“The final offer. $700 for two hours. Either way,this will be the end”.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Woman breaks down in court detailing alleged rape inside police station
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Woman breaks down in court detailing alleged rape inside police station

The former sex crimes detective was investigating the then-teenager’s complaint when he allegedly put $70 on the police station desk and said she could leave if they had sex.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
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Detective’s alleged teen rape victim ‘kept asking to leave’ when he groped her in police car,court told
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Detective’s alleged teen rape victim ‘kept asking to leave’ when he groped her in police car,court told

The then-19-year-old has accused the sex crimes detective of raping her,and thought she had to ask permission to leave his car because “he was a cop”.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Sex crimes detective raped woman whose complaint he was investigating,court told

Sex crimes detective raped woman whose complaint he was investigating,court told

Glen Coleman allegedly raped the 19-year-old woman at a police station and sexually touched her without her consent in his police car.

  • byClare Sibthorpe
Chris Minns’ political platitudes do not pass the drug test

Chris Minns’ political platitudes do not pass the drug test

The premier makes the simplistic observation that it would be better if young people did not take drugs before music festivals,while we await a drug summit promised before the election.

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Dozens of children strip-searched by police over summer
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Dozens of children strip-searched by police over summer

NSW Police strip-searched children,including 12 and 13-year-olds,in the four months after the Minns government promised to review the practice,an FOI request has revealed.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Former friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon reveals bizarre behaviour of alleged murderer
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Former friend of Beau Lamarre-Condon reveals bizarre behaviour of alleged murderer

A serving police officer and one-time friend of alleged double-murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon has shared memories of his extravagant and intense personality.

  • byClare Sibthorpe