Law enforcement in Australia

The Victorian Police Association had made repeated attempts to improve the pay and conditions of the force, and had made representations over the use of "spooks" as inappropriate for supervision to the Nationalist government of Victoria under the Premier, Harry Lawson. The strike was led by Constable William Thomas Brooks, and was not a Police Association initiative, although they negotiated on behalf of the strikers with the Premier, Harry Lawson. Most of the strikers were constables, many of them being returned servicemen. Detectives and senior officers did not participate. ...more on Wikipedia about "1923 Victorian Police strike"

The Redfern riot occurred on February 14, 2004 in the inner city suburb of Redfern, sparked by the death of Thomas 'TJ' Hickey, a 17 year old Australian Aborigine. ...more on Wikipedia about "2004 Redfern riots"

The "2005 Sydney race riots" began with an incident of mob confrontation which took place at Cronulla Beach, a southern coastal suburb of Sydney, Australia's largest city. On Sunday December 11 2005, approximately 5000 people had gathered in an ad-hoc protest to "reclaim the beach" from recently-reported incidents of assaults, harassment, and intimidatory behaviour by individuals from certain groups of non-locals, most of whom were identified in the earlier media reports as Lebanese Muslim youths from the western suburbs of Sydney. The crowd had assembled following a widely-reported series of earlier confrontations, and an assault on three volunteer lifesavers which had taken place the previous weekend. In the week leading up to the major incident of the 11th, these confrontations and the subsequent circulation of anonymous calls (spread via SMS text messaging and other means) to gather at the beach were the subject of much publicity and media commentary. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Sydney race riots"

Australian Coastwatch is a Division of the Australian Customs Service, which is an agency of the Australian Federal Government. With its headquarters based in Canberra, Australia, Coastwatch manages a fleet of 38 metre ocean going civil maritime Patrol Boats (known as Australian Customs Vessels - or ACV's). ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Coastwatch"

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), formerly known as the Trade Practices Commission (TPC), is an independent Australian commonwealth government authority established in 1995 to protect consumer rights, business rights and obligations, perform industry regulation and price monitoring and prevent unauthorised anti-competitive behaviour. The ACCC administers the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), more commonly known as the TPA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Competition and Consumer Commission"

The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) was established when the Australian Crime Commission Act came into effect on 1 January 2003. It replaced the National Crime Authority which was disbanded. The primary objective of the ACC is strengthening the fight against nationally significant crime within Australia, the ACC particularly deals with organized criminal activities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Crime Commission"

The Australian Customs Service (ACS) is responsible for overseeing international movement of trade goods and people into Australia, for the collection of customs and excises, for undertaking border management activities, and for detecting drugs coming into the country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Customs Service"

The Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) is an Australia wide policing intitiative to coordinate the efforts of Australian law enforcement in combating serious crime involving complex technology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian High Tech Crime Centre"

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC's role is to enforce and regulate company and financial services laws to protect Australian consumers, investors and creditors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Securities and Investments Commission"

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia has a lower crime rate than Sydney (see Crime in Sydney for details), and it is a reasonably safe city by world standards. It has the lowest per capita rate of violent crime of any Australian capital city. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crime in Melbourne"

The Northern Territory of Australia has the highest level of crime per capita of any state or territory in Australia. Darwin has per capita the highest crime rate of any Australian city, while Alice Springs has the second highest crime rate of any Australian city (and the highest murder rate). In spite of this, the Northern Territory has no known organised crime, and the majority of crime is alcohol related or in relation to issues surrounding indigenous Australians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crime in the Northern Territory"

Crime Stoppers is a community policing initiative that commenced operation in the Australian state of Victoria in 1987, it has been operating Australia wide since 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crime Stoppers Australia"

The CrimTrac Agency was established on 1 July 2000, to assist Australian police services to take advantage of recent forensic science, information technology and communications developments and enable information exchange across state and federal jurisdictions. ...more on Wikipedia about "CrimTrac"

The Government Radio Network (or GRN) is a system of interconnected repeater stations, mobile (vehicle mounted), portable and static radio transceivers used within Australia for secure communications. ...more on Wikipedia about "Government Radio Network (Australia)"

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is a national independent statutory body of the Australian Government. It has the responsibility for investigating alleged infringements under Australia’s anti-discrimination legislation. According to its website, matters that can be investigated by the Commission include "discrimination on the grounds of race, colour or ethnic origin, racial vilification, sex, sexual harassment, marital status, pregnancy, or disability." The Commission falls under the portfolio of the Attorney-General of Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission"

Law enforcement in Australia is served by police, sheriffs and bailiffs under the control of state, territory and the Federal governments. A number of state, territory and federal agencies also administer a wide variety of legislation related to white-collar crime. ...more on Wikipedia about "Law enforcement in Australia"

Rupert Maxwell (Max) Stuart is an Australian Aborigine who was controversially convicted of murder in 1959. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maxwell Stuart"

The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) was established in Australia in 1986, an upgraded system commenced operations in April 2001 and provides technological improvements in fingerprint matching for use by law enforcement agencies. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Automated Fingerprint Identification System"

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) was established by New South Wales Premier Nick Greiner upon his election in 1988. As a result of hearings held there in 1992, Greiner was forced to resign his office. Greiner was subsequently cleared of any wrongdoing. The first commissioner was Ian Temby QC. ...more on Wikipedia about "New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption"

The New South Wales Police Association was formed in 1922 and is the industrial association representing over 99 percent of the sworn police officers in the State of New South Wales, Australia. The current president of the association is Bob Pritchard. ...more on Wikipedia about "New South Wales Police Association"

The New South Wales Police College is located at the city of Goulburn in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. The college has been known under its current name since 2002. Prior to this it was known as the New South Wales Police Academy. The college is the sole provider of education to constables of the New South Wales Police. Prior to shifting to Goulburn the college was based at the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern for a number of years. The college is situated on the banks of the Wollondilly River and the buildings were the former campus of the Goulburn College of Advanced Education and before that known as the Goulburn Teacher's College. The college has significantly expanded the facilities and buildings in use and also now has a new site located on the Taralga Road which is used for police driver training purposes. This new site is known as the School of Traffic and Mobile Policing. ...more on Wikipedia about "New South Wales Police College" Tell your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com

The Offset Alpine fire is an incident in Australia's recent history that is still subject to investigation and speculation, amid suspicions that the printing plant was burnt down as part of an insurance fraud. It has gained attention because of the high profile of individuals involved. ...more on Wikipedia about "Offset Alpine fire"

Operation Auxin was an Australian police operation in September 2004, leading to the arrest of almost 200 people on charges of child pornography. These people had all purchased child pornography over the Internet, using their credit cards, from Belarusan crime syndicates, the credit card payments having been processed by a company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Among them were people holding positions of trust in the community, such as police officers (including one police officer assigned to investigate child pornography), members of the military, teachers, and ministers of religion. Several of the suspects committed suicide. It was the follow up to the U.S. FBI operation Operation Falcon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Operation Auxin"

The Pacific Patrol Boat Program (PPB) was created by Australia to provide small neighboring South Pacific nations with a maritime surveillance capability. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pacific Patrol Boat Program"

The Pacific-class patrol boat were developed by Australia to provide small neighboring South Pacific nations with a maritime surveillance capability. They were developed as part of ...more on Wikipedia about "Pacific-class patrol boat"

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