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Blitz on troubled youth heats up the political debate, and it’s dangerous.
Just as the media warns that things might get desperate in the political race to govern Victoria,...
HAVE VICTORIA POLICE CHIEFS GOT IT ALL WRONG?
Victoria Police's announcement in the Herald Sun on the 6th of November is, in a sense, a seminal...
Truancy and Crime
Reducing truancy will reduce crime/ break the tsunami's cycle. In Victoria, school non-attendance...
POLICE CHIEF GETS TOUGH ON HIGH-RISK DRIVERS, AN INCONGRUITY?
The incongruity stems from the ‘Hairy-chested’, get tough on High-Risk Drivers (HRD’s) (Hoons)...
HAS POLITICAL INTERFERENCE BOOSTED OUR JUVENILE CRIME RATE?
By Ivan Ray CEO/Secretary, CAA Inc An interesting statistic jumped out from the reading of...
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS YOUTH STRATEGY
By Ivan Ray, CEO/Secretary, CAA Inc. At last, somebody, and in this case, the Auditor General, has...
IS THE LAW AN ASS?
By Ivan Ray CEO /Secrtary CAA Inc. The news of a Magistrate freeing a 12-year-old accused of a...
MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE
By Kelvin (Kel) Glare, former Chief Commissioner and Chair of the CAA. Misconduct in public office...
VICTORIA CRIME – CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA – HOMES HIT EVERY 2 HOURS – CARS STOLEN EVERY 43 MINUTES
The latest crime figures released by the Insurance Council of Australia are not surprising, but...
THE POLITICS IN POLICING…
There is no escaping the impact of politics on policing, both good and bad, and we are now...
VICTORIA’S ANTI-CRIME STRATEGY IS WRONG-HEADED
A well-hackneyed proverb sums up the current approach to reducing crime: insanity. “The definition...
POLICE – GOVERNMENT SEPARATION OF POWERS – A DANDEROUS FAILURE
The Herald Sun 13/08/2026 carries an article headed, “PSOs TO PATROL SHOPS” and reports that the...