Tag Archives: qldpol

You think you're going to change the police officer's mind, but you're wrong.*Despite all the advice and warnings publicly available, many suspects in Queensland still answer questions.Driving these p...

Children are not adults. Ever. The evil of the "Adult Crime, Adult Time" slogan is that it stops us from seeing the offender as a child. A child committing an "adult crime" - whatever meaning th...

Senior Constable: You’re under arrest, mate.Drinker: For what?Senior Constable: For assault.Drinker: Stick it up your arse, brother.Senior Constable: You’re under arrest.Drinker: Fuck you.Constable: D...

Not yet in force, and they might never be as an election intervenes, but Queensland's Parliament has passed laws to create a new criminal offence of coercive control. The offence requires an intent...

In England & Wales, the offence of coercive control was set at a much higher threshold than what is proposed for Queensland. The controlling or coercive behaviour must be engaged in “repeatedly...