TV crime shows and discussions on talk-back radio may be creating a negative impression of the Australian justice system, after a survey found just 35% of Australians had confidence in their court and prison system.
While 79 per cent of Danish citizens surveyed had “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the [...]
This may be the law, but is it justice?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 to the comment subset
Night Jack, the musings of a blogging police officer
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 to the blogs subset
The blog of an English police officer, who is known only as Night Jack, has been named winner of the Orwell special prize for blogs on account of its gritty yet engaging writing style:
The dispatches of the pseudonymous copper do not always make for cheerful reading. One of the earliest posts told the story of [...]
NSW Police ask public to be cameraphone cops
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 27 March, 2008 to the comment subset
NSW Police ask public to be cameraphone cops
Never mind Big Brother watching you, now everyone will be watching you.
NSW Police Minister, David Campbell, has revealed details of a new project encouraging citizens to capture video and photographic evidence of crimes on their phones and upload it securely over the Web to law enforcement agencies.
