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Tom Perinovic criticises Victoria Police for his treatment by officers after he found his wife and three children dead

Melbourne man Tom Perinovic told an inquest into the death of his family he wants Victoria Police to formally apologise to him for how he was treated after discovering the bodies of his wife and children.

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AFL umpire one of four people arrested over suspicious betting on 2022 Brownlow Medal

Four people, including an AFL umpire, are arrested over suspicious betting activity around the AFL's 2022 Brownlow Medal, with Victoria Police alleging "a person with knowledge of the voting tally" gave information to others.

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Jewish leader says 'no meaningful action' taken over 'foul' anti-Semitism in Melbourne street

An Adelaide Jewish community leader who allegedly had anti-Semitic slurs and gestures including a Nazi salute directed towards him while in Melbourne says that police have taken "no meaningful action" against the offender.

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Former AFL coach Dani Laidley sues police over photo snapped at Geelong races

Dani Laidley alleges photo shared among Victoria Police officers and to social media suggested she was a spectacle for identifying as a woman

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Dani Laidley sues police over sharing pics

Ex-AFL coach Dani Laidley has launched fresh legal action against Victoria Police, seeking damages after being ridiculed by officers who shared photos of her.

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Cops called as prisoner climbs onto roof

Police have been called to one of Victoria's largest prisons after an inmate climbed onto the roof of a building.

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Racegoers brave storms for Melbourne Cup

After weeks of extreme weather and flooding across the state, tens of thousands of racegoers head to the Melbourne Cup for the first time in three years.

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Manslaughter charges dropped against trucking company boss Simiona Tuteru over Eastern Freeway tragedy

Trucking company boss Simiona Tutera is no longer facing manslaughter charges after one of his truck drivers killed four Victoria Police members in April 2020 while drug affected and sleep deprived.

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Matthew Guy backs Mildura Liberal candidate Paul Matheson after Victoria Police demotion

A police officer who worked at the same station as Liberal candidate Paul Matheson when he was demoted by Victoria Police has questioned his fitness for public office.

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

State’s anti-corruption commission finds critical incident response team officers failed to properly record use of force

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Vic arrests after cocaine found in chicken

A cocaine-laced frozen chicken truck tried to cross the Hume Freeway, but did not make it to the other side.

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Corruption watchdog warns of misconduct risks in Victoria Police's Critical Incident Response Team

Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has told Victoria Police to improve the way it reports the use of force by officers in its Critical Incident Response Team after a number of complaints about excessive force.

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Vic police unit fails on force, gender

Victoria's police watchdog has found the state's critical incident unit has not accurately reported the use of force and is overwhelmingly male-dominated.

AAP

Ex-prosecutor jailed for intimate filming

Former police prosecutor Simon Luebbers, 44, has been jailed for three years for intimately filming a woman and recording a teenage girl undress in her bedroom.

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Vic police family violence complaint fail

A complaint by a woman abused by her police partner has laid bare systemic problems within a Victorian integrity agency, its regulator says.

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Survivor of police-perpetrated family violence failed by Victorian corruption watchdog, report finds

When Michelle was physically assaulted and strangled by her former police officer partner, a series of failures by Victoria Police and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission exposed her to further harm and denied her justice, the Victorian Inspectorate finds.

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Privately owned e-scooters legal to buy, illegal to ride as Victoria Police enforces safety blitz

A week after a 28-year-old man died in an e-scooter crash, Victorian police crack down on frighteningly high-powered e-scooters that could land their owners in deep legal trouble, or worse.

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Arson probe into fatal Melbourne fire

Investigators are at the scene of a house fire in Melbourne's northwest, in which a man died.

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Victorian opposition didn’t consult hospitals on plan to deploy protective service officers

Pledge to station officers at five hospitals, despite inquiry finding it would be ‘contrary to the good management of security’

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Watch A Lonely E-Scooter Be Loaded Onto A Giant Tow Truck In The Name Of A Police Crackdown

Victoria Police are cracking down on e-scooters in Brunswick and one was seized, towed away on a giant truck and impounded this morning.

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Foreign call centre raided over alleged links to scam tricking Australians out of their superannuation

A call centre in the Philippines is being investigated over multi-million-dollar superannuation scams that have seen a number of Australians lose their retirement savings.

Daily Mirror

Woman in coma with 'horrific' injuries after being struck by rollercoaster

The 26-year-old remains in hospital with "horrific" life-threatening injuries and "hardly a thing that's not broken" after a being hurled several metres into the air at the Melbourne Royal Show

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A Woman Is In A Critical Condition After An Incident On A Ride At The Melbourne Royal Show

“The ride went up like normal, then there were screams, then it stopped and stayed that way for ages.”

AAP

Child dies in shed fire in Melbourne

A fire at a property in the Melbourne property of Ringwood is being investigated, after the death of a child.

ABC News

Coroner releases findings into death of Fyans Creek murder victim Colin Snooks

A coroner finds Janice Bufton was the "primary aggressor" in family violence incidents and police should not have made an intervention order application for her.

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