ABSTRACT

This article focuses on the system of civilian oversight of police misconduct and corruption in Victoria and the prospects for reform. It considers the 2018 report and recommendations of a parliamentary ‘Inquiry into the external oversight of police corruption and misconduct in Victoria’ by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) Committee, along with the cases and scandals that fuel calls for reforms to the current system. It compares the extant hybrid model of civilian review and investigation between police and IBAC in Victoria with the civilian control model in Northern Ireland where investigations of police misconduct and corruption are undertaken exclusively by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (PONI). It reflects on the current social and political factors in Victoria which might support or undermine reform in the context of lessons from Northern Ireland, where policing and police oversight underwent extensive reform at the turn of the millennium.

摘要

本文重点讨论维多利亚州警察不当行为和腐败的文职监督制度以及改革前景。它考虑了独立广泛反腐败委员会 (IBAC) 委员会在议会“调查维多利亚州警察腐败和不当行为的外部监督”的 2018 年报告和建议，以及推动改革呼声的案件和丑闻到现在的系统。它将维多利亚州警察和 IBAC 之间现有的民事审查和调查混合模式与北爱尔兰的民事控制模式进行比较，后者对警察不当行为和腐败的调查完全由北爱尔兰警察监察员 (PONI) 进行。