Criticism of state-wide rollout of extraordinary knife-search powers comes as report says metal detector trial didn’t reduce violence
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Extraordinary stop and search powers to be rolled out across Queensland were used by police to racially profile potential targets during a Gold Coast trial, which an independent review found had failed to reduce violence.
Civil libertarians are warning the decision to expand the use of metal-detector wands by police could amount to “mass, suspicion-less, warrantless” searches that would “inevitably result in unwarranted invasions of privacy”.
Continue reading…Criticism of state-wide rollout of extraordinary knife-search powers comes as report says metal detector trial didn’t reduce violenceGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastExtraordinary stop and search powers to be rolled out across Queensland were used by police to racially profile potential targets during a Gold Coast trial, which an independent review found had failed to reduce violence.Civil libertarians are warning the decision to expand the use of metal-detector wands by police could amount to “mass, suspicion-less, warrantless” searches that would “inevitably result in unwarranted invasions of privacy”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading…