This is the submission by Legal Aid NSW to the NSW Sentencing Council's review of firearm, knife and other weapon offences. 

Legal Aid NSW, NSW Sentencing Council Review of firearm, knife and other weapon offences - Legal Aid NSW submission (Submission, 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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Legal Aid NSW, NSW Sentencing Council Review of firearm, knife and other weapon offences - Legal Aid NSW submission (Submission, December 2023)

Pre-emptive policing: Police searches