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This would be a war crime under only slight different circumstances. #NewYorkCity #NYPD #Police #PoliceWatchdog #4thAmendment

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/216551-nypd-caught-using-x-ray-vans-to-search-the-public-refuses-court-order-to-release-details

In May 2023, LECC described a pattern of consistent, systemic noncooperation from NSW Police, effectively thwarting or delaying many of LECC's attempts at investigation. As a result, LECC described some of its own powers as merely 'illusory': “In every critical incident investigation to date, involved police officers have refused to consent to the commission investigator being present or to remotely observe their interviews.”

In New South Wales, the number of official complaints each year of police misconduct have more than tripled since 2015–16.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231023104458/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/23/nsw-police-watchdog-routinely-denied-access-to-internal-officer-interviews-report-finds

#NSWpolice #LECC #NSWpol #corruption #transparency #PoliceWatchdog #PoliceAbuse #ACAB

The police watchdog is called the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, or #LECC. LECC ought never be mentioned without also mentioning that the former #Coalition government established it in 2017 with such insufficient funding that it only has the resources to investigate 1-2% of the thousands of complaints made against NSW Police each year. Enormous numbers of complaints, including those involving serious #corruption, are either completely unaddressed or handed over for police to investigate themselves.

The Coalition founded LECC in 2017 as a replacement for multiple prior police accountability organisations, including the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) that was set up after the Woods Royal Commission confirmed longstanding allegations of serious and non-isolated police corruption in NSW. As it was being set up, the Police Union and relevant government minister sought to prevent anyone who worked at PIC from being hired for LECC, according to testimony under oath in 2018 from the newly appointed LECC head to parliamentary committee (claims denied by the then police minister).

#WoodsRoyalCommission #PoliceCorruption #PoliceAbuse #transparency #PoliceWatchdog #NSWpol #NSWpolice

@Global_Repercussions @tofugolem

Speaking of history, I wonder whether historians are taking note of the fact that the Woods Royal Commission (into NSW police corruption) resulted in the establishment of the NSW Police Integrity Commission (a police watchdog that removed at least a few egregiously corrupt individuals), which was later folded (along with other anti-corruption instruments) into the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC), which was then de-funded by the (ICAC-confirmed) corrupt former #Coalition premier #GladysBerejiklian to a fraction of the former PIC budget, to the point where it only has the resources to investigate a mere ~2% of complaints it receives? The same premier also slashed the funding for #ICAC, to the point where it didn't have the resources to complete the investigation into her own corrupt behaviour in a timely manner (that delay ironically becoming one of bases for her failed attempt to appeal the findings made against her).

#NSWpol #NSWpolice #LECC #ICAC #PoliceWatchdog

2 Surrey police officers could face charges over wrong-way driver crash
The collision happened around on June 18, 2023, involving a suspect vehicle speeding the wrong way into oncoming traffic.
#globalnews #Crime #IIO #PoliceOversight #PoliceWatchdog
https://globalnews.ca/news/10501180/iio-surrey-crash-charges-possible/

Kelowna, B.C. man’s death under investigation by police watchdog
The Independent Investigations Office of BC announced Monday they were looking into an incident that happened at around 10 a.m. on Jan. 10.
#globalnews #Crime #IIOBC #KelownaRCMP #PoliceWatchdog
https://globalnews.ca/news/10274327/kelowna-b-c-mans-death-under-investigation-by-police-watchdog/

Police watchdog to investigate after Lumby man found injured while in police custody
A Lumby man who was found to be injured while in police custody earlier this month will be the focus of an investigation, according to a statement issued.
#globalnews #Crime #IIO #PoliceWatchdog
https://globalnews.ca/news/10247335/police-watchdog-to-investigate-after-lumby-man-found-injured-while-in-police-custody/

Man suffers broken nose after ‘encounter’ with Halifax police during arrest: watchdog
Police were called to a break and enter, and a high-speed chase ensued. It's alleged the driver of one of the vehicles received a broken nose after an "encounter" with officers.
#globalnews #Crime #HalifaxRegionalPolice #PoliceWatchdog #SIRT
https://globalnews.ca/news/10170288/sirt-watchdog-halifax-police-broken-nose/

Sault Ste. Marie police officer facing sexual assault charges: SIU
A northern Ontario police officer is facing sexual assault charges after an investigation into alleged incidents that took place last year. Ontario’s police watchdog says an investigation found sufficient evidence to charge a Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., police officer with two counts of sexual assaul...
#globalnews #Crime #PoliceWatchdog #SaultSteMariepolice #SaultSteMariesexualassault
https://globalnews.ca/news/10149102/sault-st...

Advocates welcome watchdog report panning ‘outdated practice’ of drunk tanks
"Whether it's sobering somebody up, it's still the same concept. It's going back to punishing somebody," said peer clinical advisor and advocate Guy Felicella.
#globalnews #Crime #BCIIO #DrunkTank #PoliceWatchdog
https://globalnews.ca/news/10061305/reaction-bc-police-watchdog-report-drunk-tanks/