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COVID-19: Police, PSOs, and the problems with preventative detention powers
The power of authorities to enforce COVID restrictions is once again in the news as the Victorian Parliament is considering new laws that would permit detention of...
The new bill – the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2020 – seeks to insert additional detention powers into the…
- Maria O’Sullivan
- Monash University
Police, let alone the lesser-trained PSOs or security guards, are not appropriate people to be predicting who is unlikely to comply with health orders, who should be detained, and…
The bill is controversial for two main reasons.
First, detention is…