This article discusses the introduction of the general search power enacted by the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment Act 2014 (NSW).

Jane Sanders, Police powers update September 2016 (with postscript February 2017), The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre, (Paper, March 2017)

The law gives police the power to stop and search people and says how those searches must occur. In some circumstances this can include strip searches or searches under Firearm Prohibition Orders. Aboriginal and young people are disproportionately subject to these searches.

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Jane Sanders, Police powers update September 2016 (with postscript February 2017), The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre, (Paper, March 2017)

Pre-emptive policing: Police searches