Why the creeping militarisation of our police has experts worried.

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?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-20/creeping-militarisation-of-police-why-experts-are-concerned/11517266

Home Invasions & Assaults 2018 to date.

Possessing any object specifically for the purpose of self-defence, lethal or non-lethal, is a criminal offence in Australia. There are many women, raped and/or murdered, who would have been liable to prosecution had they been carrying anything that might have saved them.

Home Invasions & Assaults 2018

Teen arrested over two 'frightening' attacks on women in Sydney's west

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/police-alarmed-by-two-frightening-attacks-on-women-in-sydney-s-west-20180511-p4zetf.html

A man allegedly throws rocks at police in Darlington after attempted break-in

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/the-pulse-sas-breaking-news-blog-triple-murderer-steven-peet-viciously-assaulted-in-yatala-labour-prison-by-another-prisoner/news-story/da9877468bc6e61f74e0a533ae1531e1

WA Police hunt for man in relation to sexual assault

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/wa-police-hunt-for-man-in-relation-to-sexual-assault-ng-b88834029z

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/manhunt-for-armed-sex-offender-with-woods-tattoo-under-his-eye-20180511-p4zeuv.html

Investigation continues into Margaret River massacre

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/investigation-continues-into-margaret-river-massacre

https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/margaret-river-tragedy-australia-sees-its-worst-mass-shooting-since-port-arthur-in-1996-20180511-p4zere.html

Judge cries in court while sentencing woman who killed abusive partner

https://au.news.yahoo.com/judge-cries-court-sentencing-woman-killed-abusive-partner-120744779.html

CCTV of missing 12-year-old moments before he was pulled into car

https://au.news.yahoo.com/cctv-missing-12-year-old-moments-pulled-car-205946420.html

Another home invasion!

Man on the run after assaulting 12-year-old girl

https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-run-assaulting-12-year-old-girl-050411020.html

Another home invasion! Eight-year-old girl 'assaulted after man climbs into bedroom window'

https://au.news.yahoo.com/eight-year-old-girl-assaulted-man-climbs-bedroom-window-202858359.html

Home Invasions. New Victoria police taskforce targeting wayward teens in home invasion crackdown

http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/new-victoria-police-taskforce-targeting-wayward-teens-in-home-invasion-crackdown/news-story/3c55249e127cc83a1f217fc46c5f18fa

Masked men threaten family with machetes and tomahawk in home invasion

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/05/16/10/50/logan-reserve-home-invasion-armed-men-on-the-run

Home Invasion. Man charged over death of young mum found next to baby

https://au.news.yahoo.com/man-charged-death-young-mum-found-next-baby-014619974.html

Police release CCTV of Elizabeth South home invasion in which a bullet was fired into a bedroom

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/police-release-cctv-of-elizabeth-south-home-invasion-in-which-a-bullet-was-fired-into-a-bedroom/news-story/76425ec6779d1927cc1caf8be5a4536f

TERRIFYING CAIRNLEA HOME INVASION STILL UNSOLVED

THE VICTIM of a terrifying home invasion has recalled the moment three thugs stormed her home and held a doona over her head.It comes as police make a fresh appeal for public assistance following the aggravated burglary and false imprisonment in Cairnlea in

https://myaccount.news.com.au/sites/heraldsun/subscribe.html?sourceCode=HSWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&mode=premium&dest=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/police-launch-a-fresh-appeal-for-information-over-terrifying-2016-cairnlea-home-invasion/news-story/2136a72edce8df1dd4ae8dff094b625f&memtype=anonymous

Nine charged with murder over stabbing death of woman

https://au.news.yahoo.com/nine-charged-murder-stabbing-death-woman-055854438.html

'I was screaming blood-curdling screams': Brave woman speaks of shock sex attack

https://au.news.yahoo.com/screaming-blood-curdling-screams-brave-woman-speaks-shock-sex-attack-100925357.html

Lake Macquarie Police District officers charge man, 44, over alleged axe attack of man, 73, in Rathmines this morning

https://www.lakesmail.com.au/story/5410052/police-charge-man-over-alleged-axe-attack-in-rathmines/

Man threatened with gun and knife during Hornsby home invasion

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/hornsby-advocate/man-threatened-with-gun-and-knife-during-hornsby-home-invasion/news-story/ff8b02faf1d3ebe78c7905387a08f02d

Armed Home Invasion. A TEENAGE boy has been charged with armed robbery after an alleged break-in at an Armidale NSW house.

https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/5410031/teenage-boy-granted-bail-for-robbery-home-invasion-charges/

Self Defence Laws In Australia.

You are not legally allowed to use a gun to defend yourself or your family. Whatever you do use, you will have to prove that it was a random choice of normal items you had in the house at the time. You can't for instance have a baseball bat unless you can prove you regularly play baseball. You can't have a table or chair leg by your bed to use in self defence. If the assailant has a gun, the best you can do is try & get your family out of the house, but bare in mind they may be in danger outside too! You can use a chair or a kitchen knife but these have their limitations if there is more than one intruder & they are armed. Basically you have a choice, you can either be a victim, or you can be a criminal! 

Possessing any object specifically for the purpose of self-defence, lethal or non-lethal, is a criminal offence (in Australia). There are many women, raped and/or murdered, who would have been liable to prosecution had they been carrying anything that might have saved them.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/opinion/an-assault-on-our-right-to-selfprotection/news-story/f743f8b76f21a586a6efb2396c9b2f8d

Violent Home Invasion! Home invasion victims left defenceless by Australian government anti-self defence laws!

https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/39862294/violent-home-invasion-at-burnside-heights/

Home invasion victims left defenceless by Australian government anti-self defence laws! Surely protecting one's self & family from harm should be a human right ???!!!