Victim flown to hospital after alleged police station bashing, court hears [ABC News]
A man who alleges he was bashed by a police sergeant in the question room of a station in eastern Victoria pleaded guilty to assaulting the same officer a decade earlier, a committal hearing is told.
Victoria Police makes secret payout in ex-officer brutality case [The Age]
Victoria Police have made a confidential payout of more than $500,000 to settle a case involving an ex-policewoman who was handcuffed, stripped of her underwear, stomped on and kicked by fellow officers in a police station.
Lawyers call for police complaints system overhaul as shocking new reports of police abuse emerge [Human Rights Law Centre]
Lawyers, advocates and victims of police abuse are again calling on the Andrews Government to take action and introduce an independent body to investigate police misconduct, as horrific new cases of police brutality come to light.
Thrown, punched in the head: Doctor who tried to help bleeding man claims police turned on her [The Age]
A Melbourne doctor claims police threw her to the ground and punched her in the head after she tried to help a barely conscious and bleeding man who was surrounded by officers.
CCTV footage shows police officer assaulting disability pensioner inside police station [ABC News]
A Victorian policeman retained his job and rank despite being caught on CCTV assaulting a drunk disability pensioner at Geelong Police Station.
Arrested for someone else’s crime, a teen was left badly injured [The Age]
Even before the skinny Indigenous teenager was handcuffed and hurled into a fence, at least six police officers were worried an innocent man had been arrested.
