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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...
POLICING – IT’S NOT THE NUMBERS; IT’S HOW YOU USE THEM
Victorian Police were known colloquially in the 1980s as the ‘People's Force ', ironically the...
NEW PREMIER, NEW PROMISES
Picture: Courtesy Herald Sun Yesterday, 28 July, a new Premier for Victoria, Ben Carroll, was...
POLITICISING THE VICTORIA POLICE – IT’S ON AGAIN
For quite a period, the politicisation of Victoria Police has been evolving, and no more so than...
ONE-UP PATROLS -V- MULTIPLE MEMBER PATROLS
Our article on One Up patrols certainly drew some attention across the spectrum of social media....
ARE ONE UP POLICE PATROLS AS INHERENTLY DANGEROUS AS CURRENTLY BEING ARGUED?
All Police work can be dangerous; every police member knows that, and denial would be inane....