This document was submitted by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Adequacy of Youth Diversionary Programs in NSW.

Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission to the inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW (Submission, 5 February 2018)

The law places limits on how police operate. Within those limits, police have a large amount of discretion about how they act. The way police use their discretion shapes people’s experiences with the criminal legal system and has been repeatedly linked to the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody.

Police discretion

The Suspect Targeting Management Plan was a NSW Police Force program that ran from 2000 to 2023. It identified people who police said were at risk of committing future crimes. It guided how police interacted with these people including more frequent stops, questioning, home visits, and searches. It had disproportionate...

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Public Interest Advocacy Centre, Submission to the inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW (Submission, 5 February 2018)

Police discretion

Pre-emptive policing: Suspect Targeting Management Plan