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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Victoria police team involved in violent arrests will put public at risk if not overhauled, Ibac says

A police car drives past Flinders Street station in Melbourne
The Victorian Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission found police officers in the critical incident response team still posed misconduct risks. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

A highly trained Victoria police team involved in a series of violent arrests could continue to put the public at risk unless it is overhauled, the state’s corruption watchdog has said.

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) said in a report on Tuesday that misconduct risks relating to the critical incident response team (Cirt) remained, despite previous investigations.

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