Friday, January 20, 2006

Redfern, Macquarie Fields, Cronulla, what next?

2005 Macquarie Fields riots
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A Fields day for the do-gooders - March 3, 2005 - Events of this week offer a sound argument for zero tolerance of crime, writes Miranda Devine. Tim Priest blames the riots on a culture of impotence at the top of a NSW Police Service that is so preoccupied with avoiding complaints against officers it is paralysed at times of crisis. The result is that front-line officers are left unprotected and looking foolish while future rioters are emboldened.
So the riots will continue and police will remain powerless, just as they were in the Redfern riots a year ago. We haven't learnt anything since then, Priest says. A lengthy NSW parliamentary inquiry came up with the dazzling conclusion that the police who were attacked in the Redfern riots needed more "cultural awareness training".
Ken Moroney
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Ken Moroney is and has been the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia since 2002.
He replaced the former Commissioner Peter James Ryan in the position. Ken Moroney was selected for the position by the State Labor Government of Premier Bob Carr. Ken Moroney has worked under three separate police ministers them being Michael Costa, Minister John Watkins and the current Carl Scully.
Carl Scully
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Patrick Carl Scully (born 4 April 1957), Australian politician, is Minister for Police in the New South Wales state government.

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