Qld Police Drops Documentary On Youth Crime, Accidentally Exposes Own Potentially Unlawful Acts

Queensland Police really thought it *did something* when it released its 30-minute documentary Policing Young Offenders,

Operational Procedures Manualyet look at how that turned out

Policing Youth Offenders, QPS' new documentary, reveals the complexities behind the issue of youth crime in Queensland and how police are working to divert youth away from a life of crime.
The 30-minute film will be available online from Tuesday, May 23 at 12pm. pic.twitter.com/3qypJD0j6B

— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) May 22, 2023

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“The police arguably did not have the power to handcuff that young girl because she appears to have been fully complying with their oral instructions and there was no risk of her running away, from what the video footage shows,” she said, per ABC.

“One of our clients is a 13-year-old boy who has been on the streets for about six months, a young Aboriginal boy, very small and underweight.

“He was asleep under the Grey Street bridge, and police kneed him in the back to wake him up and put him in handcuffs straightaway.

“There was no clear indication that he wasn’t complying with their instructions.”

Katarina Carrollcouldn’t confidently recall the rules around handcuffing kids in a press conference

Queensland police officers handcuffing a young woman who appeared to be compliant to their orders. (Source: Queensland Police).

“Why are police funded to make videos about their failure?”asked Sisters Inside advocate Debbie Kilroy, per ABC.

“We as a community must hold police accountable and not fall victim to their marketing.

“Police are not victims, they are overly funded to do a job they admit they can’t do, ‘end youth crime’.”

The documentary comes off the back of a lot of drama around youth offending in Queensland. New data released in January revealed Queensland has the highest youth detention rates in the country. The Queensland government introduced a controversial set of proposed laws in March which would make breach of bail an offence for children, increase maximum jail sentences for kids, and force courts to consider a child’s bail history while sentencing them. The legislation caused outrage and concern among critics who noted that locking up kids has never actually done anything to prevent crime, and in fact, only makes things worse. “What we know from the evidence is that they are going to be more likely to reoffend and cause harm to other victims,” Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall said at the time, per 9News. It’s common knowledge that kids who enter the justice system early are more likely to reoffend and find themselves back in it. Locking them up is not the answer. Whatever happened to compassion?

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