A report finds the policy's selection process likely contributed to the 'gross over-representation of young Aboriginal targets' — which was 'unreasonable, unjust, oppressive' in effect.
A discontinued NSW Police policy that attempted to proactively prevent crime through suspect lists led to an over-representation of young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people as targets, a report has found.The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission started an investigation in 2018 amid concerns the policy could be used in a discriminatory way
It did not provide police with additional powers, but officers would increase their attention on targets, including by monitoring, observing, visiting them at home or stopping and searching them. Chief Commissioner Peter Johnson SC acknowledged the decision of police to discontinue the policy as of this month, which was made after the force was given a draft of the LECC report.
The LECC believed the revised policy met the threshold for agency maladministration, based on a review period of November 2020 to February 2022.
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