Police plead with parents to take control after figures reveal L-platers are …

Police plead with parents to take control after figures reveal L-platers are … Read more at Herald Sun.

Should we decriminalise drugs?

Should we decriminalise drugsPOLICE Minister Peter Ryan says decriminalising or legalising presently illicit drugs would be a leap towards disaster. Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association executive director Sam Biondo feels differently. Peter Ryan TO decriminalise or legalise … Read more at Herald Sun.

Should we decriminalise drugs?

Should we decriminalise drugsPOLICE Minister Peter Ryan says decriminalising or legalising presently illicit drugs would be a leap towards disaster. Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association executive director Sam Biondo feels differently. Peter Ryan TO decriminalise or legalise … Read more at Herald Sun.

War on drugs will never end: Vic police

Victoria Police deputy commissioner for crime Graham Ashton said calls for decriminalisation did not take into account the criminal flow-on effects of drug use like family violence, road fatalities and assaults. “Decriminalisation is a simplistic … Read more at Ninemsn.

Coal activists target Vic premier’s office

Coal activists target Vic premier's office … Read more at Ninemsn.

‘No drugs decriminalisation’ in Victoria

'No drugs decriminalisation' in VictoriaVICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu said he has no plans to decriminalise drug use. Foreign Minister Bob Carr has urged decriminalisation of low-level drug use so police can redirect their resources. He was part of a panel convened by not-for-profit think … Read more at Herald Sun.

Probe nearly over into fatal glider crash

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Brisbane Times Police at Ararat, in south-west Victoria, say an investigation into a glider crash that killed two people at the weekend is almost finished. The glider separated from its tug plane, soon after taking off from the Ararat airport on Sunday afternoon, … Read more at ABC Online.

Ambulance Victoria investigating car crash bungle

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The Age The police started taking their measurements and photographs, which is pretty standard procedure for, of course, a crash investigation. And the driver was still upside down in the vehicle and remained that way for, most probably, a good hour.Man given up for dead found aliveThe AgeSerious crash in Bacchus MarshABC Online'Dead' Victorian crash [...]

Bendigo man to face child porn charges

Police have charged a man from Bendigo, in central Victoria, with child pornography offences after allegedly seizing hundreds of images during a raid. Investigators say the 27 year old had computer equipment containing images of children as young as … Read more at ABC Online.

Weekend highway patrol blitz nabs wayward drivers on central Victorian roads

Sergeant Geoff Annand said three extra members joined three rostered members to target speeding drivers in 100 and 110km/h zones as part of Operation Double Up. Over the weekend police caught one suspended driver, 86 speeding drivers including four … Read more at Bendigo Advertiser.