Police Homophobic Misconduct and Culture
TOXICPOLICE.COM - EXPOSING AUSTRALIAN POLICE MISCONDUCT
Based on the numerous published police misconduct cases, homophobia exists within all Australian police forces, both in relation to the public and in relation to serving homosexual officers.
It's noticeable that New South Wales and Victoria feature predominantly under this heading.
HOMOPHOBIA? MURAL OF SYDNEY'S QUEER HISTORY REMOVED FROM SURRY HILLS POLICE STATION DAYS AFTER GOING UP - 2025 NSW
Surry Hills Police Station has removed a mural depicting Sydney's queer history just days after it was installed. Sources have told the ABC it was removed after an officer complained. NSW Police has not given a reason for removing the work but says it needs to "ensure all officers are able to work in a professional and inclusive office".
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WHISTLEBLOWERS SCEPTICAL AS DETAILS OF REVIEW INTO NSW POLICE CULTURE EMERGE - 2025 NSW
NSW Police has confirmed that a review into claims of a toxic culture are now underway. Last year, ABC investigations explored claims of widespread homophobia, bullying, sexism and a lack of mental health support with the state's police force.
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OFFICER GUILTY OF HOMOPHOBIC SLURS TOWARDS FELLOW OFFICER - 2024 VIC
Ordered to pay $12,000 in compensation
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OFFICER EXPERIENCES HOMOPHOBIA AND BULLYING OVER TWENTY YEARS POLICE SERVICE - 2024 NSW
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ_B6foFGH0
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A LOT OF HURT AND ANGER: HOW THE QUEER COMMUNITY FEELS LET DOWN BY NSW POLICE - 2024 NSW
Despite a 26-year tradition of officers marching at Mardi Gras, the Paddington alleged murders have brought growing discontent with the force to a head.
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REPORT SAYS NUMEROUS POLICE FAILING IN INVESTIGATING GAY HATE CRIMES - 2024 NSW
The report details numerous police failings in investigating the crimes, saying some members of the NSW force were "indifferent, negligent, dismissive or hostile" when dealing with crimes against gay men.
https://www.openlynews.com/i/?id=c8e58179-05e6-4ea2-b561-c8ddd762f351
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GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS ALL 19 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LANDMARK INQUIRY INTO THE STATE'S HISTORICAL LGBT HATE CRIMES - 2024 NSW
The inquiry heard of shocking violence directed at the LGBT community, with Justice Sackar observing that this was compounded by some officers who'd been "indifferent, negligent, dismissive or hostile". In public statements, NSW Police supported the inquiry.
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FORMER COP SAYS SECRET POLICE STRIKE FORCE INTO GAY HATE CRIMES WAS 'DIRTY, CHEAP, UNDERHANDED' - 2024 NSW
Former police detective sergeant Stephen Page doesn't hold back when asked about the secret New South Wales Police strike force that he says destroyed his reputation."It was just a dirty, cheap, underhanded attack trying to make some political hot potatoes go away,"
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NSW POLICE IS BEING ACCUSED OF HAVING A TOXIC AND RACIST CULTURE BY TWO INDIGENOUS FORMER OFFICERS - 2024 NSW
The New South Wales Police Force is facing accusations of an overtly racist culture from two Indigenous former officers. They say it’s also contributing to the record number of First Nations people in custody across the state. The former officers have joined dozens of current and former personnel who have spoken to the ABC as part of an investigation into the culture at NSW Police.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99twnm
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SPECIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO LGBTIQ HATE CRIMES (NSW) - FINAL REPORT - 2023 NSW
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Government response, including 'We acknowledge that in some instances NSW law enforcement and justice agencies have failed to adequately identify, investigate, and prosecute violent crimes that were, or may have been, motivated by bias based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and for that we are deeply sorry.'
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POLICE OVERLOOKED 'COMPELLING' EVIDENCE OF HOMOPHOBIA IN 1989 MURDER, LANDMARK INQUIRY HEARS - 2023 NSW
Inquiry into LGBTQ+ hate crimes told a ‘mosaic of motives’ showed anti-gay bias in killing of John Hughes.
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NSW POLICE ATTITUDE TOWARDS UNSOLVED GAY HATE DEATHS INQUIRY 'OVERLY DEFENSIVE, EVEN ADVERSARIAL' - 2023 NSW
The attitude of NSW Police towards an inquiry into unsolved gay hate deaths in the state appeared "overly defensive, even adversarial", the commissioner leading the inquiry has been told. But Mr Gray said those statements were "not easy to reconcile" with the stances adopted during hearings, including the "slow, incomplete and spasmodic" production of requested material.
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QUEENSLAND POLICE APOLOGY TO LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES - 2023 QLD
On Sunday morning, Commissioner Carroll consulted with prominent LGBTQIA+ community members. She listened to their lived experiences surrounding the harm that QPS has historically inflicted. In response, the Commissioner expressed her personal remorse.
https://qnews.com.au/queensland-police-apology-to-lgbtqia-communities/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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POLICE OFFICER MEETS TASMANIAN LGBT ACTIVIST 30 YEARS AFTER ARRESTING HIM - 2022 TAS
Thirty four years ago a young newly graduated police constable Tim Dooley arrested LGBTQI activist Rodney Croome, who was calling for the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania. Last week the two met for the first time after over three decades in very different circumstances.
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A THIRD OF LGBTI PEOPLE SURVEYED SAY POLICE ARE HOMOPHOBIC - 2022 NSW & QLD
The survey of LGBTI people who had sought support from LGBTI police liaison officers in NSW and Qld found that 36 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement “police are still homophobic and transphobic”.
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'I FEEL UNSAFE': MOST LGBTIQ VICTORIANS DON'T TRUST POLICE, NEW REPORT FINDS - 2021 VIC
A new report has highlighted the fractured relationship between LGBTIQ+ Victorians and authorities, revealing the majority of those surveyed do not trust the police.
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VICTORIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG REVEALS FULL EXTENT OF FORMER POLICE OFFICER'S 'OFFENSIVE' TROLLING - 2021 VIC
The former head of Victoria Police's ethical standards department used three aliases to publish dozens of homophobic, racist and offensive posts on social media, Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog has revealed.
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BIGOTRY RIFE WITHIN THE POLICE FORCE - 2020 NSW
investigation into the handling of internal complaints against police reveals further evidence of the culture of sexism and homophobia ingrained in the NSW Police Force.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/bigotry-rife-within-the-nsw-police-force/
PROUD, VISIBLE, SAFE - RESPONDING TO WORKPLACE HARM EXPERIENCED BY LGBTI EMPLOYEES IN VICTORIA POLICE - 2019 VIC
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REPORT DETAILS AN "ENTRENCHED CULTURE" OF "EVERYDAY HOMOPHOBIA" - 2019 VIC
Senior Victorian police have been accused of harassing and bullying LGBT members of the force, with violent language and slurs.
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CALLS FOR BRETT GUERIN INVESTIGATION TO BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC - 2019 VIC
Police accountability advocates have called for the release of IBAC’s 18-month long investigation into Brett Guerin, the former Assistant Commissioner of Victoria Police Professional Standards Command. Brett Guerin resigned in disgrace after he was discovered to have published deeply offensive homophobic and racist comments online under the cloak of a false name.
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POLICE BOSS APOLOGISES FOR HISTORIC LAWS THAT TARGETED LGBTQI AUSTRALIANS - 2019 VIC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-JE86uz7PU
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GAY POLICE OFFICERS WIN LANDMARK DISCRIMINATION CASE - 2019 NSW
​Four police officers who claimed they suffered gender discrimination at work have won their landmark case against the NSW Police Force.
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INQUIRY INTO LGBTIQ HATE CRIME COULD IMPROVE HOW POLICE AND COMMUNITIES RESPOND - 2018 NSW
Lessons learnt from a NSW parliamentary inquiry into hate crimes against Australia’s LGBTIQ community could change the way police and communities respond to complaints, and acknowledge the continued impact of past injustices. This broad remit could lead to far-reaching and significant recommendations that acknowledge the problematic past policing of LGBTIQ communities. A consideration of responses to past violence against LGBTIQ people will provide a basic level of acknowledgement of past harms. It will also clarify the legacies of those experiences in relationships with police today.
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'MISTAKES MADE': POLICE CONSIDER FORMAL APOLOGY FOR SYDNEY GAY HATE CRIMES - 2018 NSW
A review of 88 Sydney murders has revealed 27 men were likely murdered simply for being gay, with NSW police saying they can "learn from the past".
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AUSTRALIAN POLICE ADMIT KILLINGS OF 27 GAY MEN WERE LIKELY HOMOPHOBIC HATE CRIMES - 2018 NSW
Strike Force Parrabell concluded in a report this week that 27 of them were indeed homophobic hate crimes, despite originally being classified as suicides or tragic accidents.On Wednesday, the New South Wales police admitted that they had played a role in “marginalising” the LGBT community at the time.
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SYDNEY GAY HATE CRIMES: POLICE TASKFORCE SAYS IT'S 'ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE' TO IDENTIFY BIAS - 2018 NSW
The NSW Police Force says it will consider issuing a formal apology to the victims of a series of gay-hate crimes that took place across Sydney between 1976 and 2000, but say determining whether bias was a motivator in the crimes is "almost impossible". Assistant Commissioner Tony Crandell released the findings of Strike Force Parrabell — a police taskforce set up nearly three years to review the deaths of 86 gay men.
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VICTORIA POLICE APOLOGISES FOR HOMOPHOBIC HARASSMENT OF POLICE OFFICER - 2018 VIC
Victoria Police have apologised for the homophobic harassment of former police officer Michael Maynes. Maynes joined the Victorian police force in 2008 but resigned in 2011. Three years later, the former officer took his own life.
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SENIOR SERGEANT TROY LEHMANN ARGUABLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST GAY CONSTABLE, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMISSION SAYS - 2015 QLD
Queensland's Anti-Discrimination Commission has backed a complaint against a senior police officer, saying there is an arguable case he discriminated against a gay constable at the Coolangatta station.
The constable, Joshua Alexander, had made an internal complaint after the officer-in-charge at Coolangatta, Senior Sergeant Troy Lehmann, last year wrote the word "gay" next to Constable Alexander's name on the station roster.
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POLICE OFFICERS FACE SACK OVER RACIST EMAILS - 2015 VIC
A series of offensive emails shared among Victoria Police officers are too shocking to ever be released publicly, the state's police chief says. Up to 100 officers are being investigated and could face the sack for sending the emails on work computers. The emails are extremely racist, homophobic and pornographic, officers have told media outlets.
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POLICE VIOLENCE AT MARDIS GRAS - HOW FAR HAVE WE REALLY COME IN THE FIGHT FOR LGBT RIGHTS? - 2013 NSW
The brutal attack by NSW police on Jamie Jackson at the recent Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras, exposed on YouTube, has raised question marks over common sense ideas in society about the police and homophobia.
https://solidarity.net.au/mag/back/2013/54/mardi-gras/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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