This document is a submission by the Aboriginal Legal Service to the NSW Sentencing Council review of sentencing for firearms, knives and other weapons offences.

Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, Submission to NSW Sentencing Council - Firearms, Knives and Other Weapons Offences (Submission, 22 December 2023)

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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Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, Submission to NSW Sentencing Council - Firearms, Knives and Other Weapons Offences (Submission, 22 December 2023)

Pre-emptive policing: Police searches