Why the creeping
militarisation of our police has experts worried
Australian
police are increasingly being "militarised".
Front-line officers in Queensland and Victoria, and specialist units
across the country, are being trained in military-style tactics and thinking.
Lawyer and former Australian Defence Force officer John Sutton
describes this "convergence" as slow and worrying.
"Typically, a close ideological and operational alliance between
the police force and the military has always been associated with repressive
regimes," he says.
"Australia has a very strong democracy and a very robust civic
mindedness among its population.
"Nevertheless, these developments are certainly
concerning."
So just how concerned should we be? And what's driving the shift?
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