Queensland police sought youth of ‘certain ethnic backgrounds’ with new search powers, review finds
by Joe Hinchliffe from World news | The Guardian on (#65NQE)
Criticism of state-wide rollout of extraordinary knife-search powers comes as report says metal detector trial didn't reduce violence
Extraordinary stop and search powers to be rolled out across Queensland were used by police to racially profile potential targets during a Gold Coast trial, which an independent review found had failed to reduce violence.
Civil libertarians are warning the decision to expand the use of metal-detector wands by police could amount to mass, suspicion-less, warrantless" searches that would inevitably result in unwarranted invasions of privacy".
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