This article outlines the findings of LECC's report into the Aboriginal Strategic Direction and the Commissioner of Police's comments that the Closing the Gap targets create 'competing duties' for police.

Dechlan Brennan, 'Closing the Gap targets would lead to "competing duties": NSW Police Commissioner', National Indigenous Times (Online at 25 October 2023)

The law places limits on how police operate. Within those limits, police have a large amount of discretion about how they act. The way police use their discretion shapes people’s experiences with the criminal legal system and has been repeatedly linked to the over-representation of Aboriginal people in custody.

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Dechlan Brennan, 'Closing the Gap targets would lead to "competing duties": NSW Police Commissioner', National Indigenous Times (Online at 25 October 2023)

Police discretion