Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre
Police Complaints
Complaints Against Police in Victoria
When you make a complaint against police in Victora, it is most likely that your complaint will be investigated or otherwise managed by police officers.
The Office of Police Integrity investigate 3% of complaints in Victoria.
Human rights standards require that complaints against police are investigated by an agency that is independent of police.
On 10 August 2009, with the assistance of Shani Cassidy, Greg Taylor and Charandev Singh, the Flemington & Kensington Community Legal Centre wrote to the Premier of Victoria and the Minister for Police about the need for the independent investigation of police involved deaths and human rights abuses.
Letter to the Premier of Victoria.
To read more about human rights standards and the failure of the Victoria Police complaint system to meet these standards download:
This report looks at complaint systems in the US, UK, Northern Ireland and Canada as well as looking closely at the Victoria complaint system both today and over the past two decades. It contains links to documents and inquires from many jurisdictions.
The Department of Justice, Indigenous Justice Unit investigated complaints by Koori people in Victoria over a 13 year period. You can down this report here.
"Why don't people complain" by Graham Smith, Manchester University 9 May 2009
