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Parliamentary Joint Committee On Law Enforcement - Public Enquiry: Covid-19, Criminal Activity and Law Enforcement.

Dear Sir/Madam, I am a resident of Victoria and a health care professional.

This year I have witnessed a seemingly never-ending number of transgressions against The People of Australia by the police, particularly Victoria Police.

A pandemic, regardless of whether it is real or made up, does NOT trump the Constitution or Human Rights, no matter how ‘scary’ it may seem.
People have shed blood and died for the Rights we have all been enjoying up until the declaration of this ‘pandemic’.

Even during wartime such draconian measures and insults to the right to Freedom were never introduced against the general population!

This year we have seen roadblocks, border check points, interference with individuals and businesses going about their lawful business, drones spying on people, and the use of handcuﬀs as a standard practise irrespective of need.
Helicopters and aeroplanes now pass over people’s houses with much greater frequency than ever before, and, sometimes they just circle repeatedly for extended periods of time following the same path.

And then there was the enforcement of a curfew, who nobody in the ‘leadership’ roles wanted to take responsibility for ordering!

These are very signiﬁcant issues in a supposedly civilised society.

There has been an obvious change in Law Enforcement practise this year and it has taken a very dark turn.
It is the job of the police to protect The People not to treat them like the enemy.

I am very disappointed by the behaviour of the Police and Victoria Police in particular.

As of this year, anyone peacefully exercising their rights under the Constitution, Common Law, state and federal legislation, and international treaties and charters runs the risk of police ﬁnes, police intimidation, and even arrest.

Free speech has now been labelled ‘cybercrime’.


Victoria Police arrested and handcuﬀed a pregnant woman in her own home in front of her children this year.

This was a concerned citizen using Facebook to organise a ‘covid-compliant’ protest in the town she lived in that was under stage 3 lockdown.

Disturbingly police command stated it was stage 4 lockdown and that handcuﬃng this person was acceptable.

Meanwhile, the real crime of pedoephilia has increased online this year.
In the Freedom rallies the crowds have been continually forced to move on, consequently interrupting traﬃc, rather than being able to peacefully assemble in the parkland and listen to speakers.

People have been forced to bunch up into tight groups increasing the risk of any sort of infection that may be present and certainly against the CHO’s directives, and they were held there against their will.

People get arrested and handcuﬀed as a matter of course rather than need.
There have been helicopters and drones, hundreds of police, riot squad vans and cars galore, unnecessary for these peaceful assemblies and all paid for by taxpayer's money.

In the days preceding one event police messaging was one of threats and intimidation to anyone who dared turn up on the day to question the government and key organisers were arrested.
This threatening messaging was spouted from the mouths of those in leadership roles in Victoria Police and even stooped to insults, name-calling and general derogatory comments.

This is extraordinarily unprofessional behaviour.

What a contrast to the seemingly government-approved Black Lives Matter protests earlier.

BLM protestors had been told days earlier that no one would be ﬁned for marching thus encouraging even more to attend during the declared 'pandemic'.
Police attended in much smaller numbers and kept a respectful distance from participants.

The crowd was not deliberately intimidated or provoked.

BLM is a well-funded international political organisation promoting a socialist agenda amongst other things.

It is an organisation that actually calls for the defunding of the police!
COVID-19, criminal activity and law enforcementSubmission 40 I have no problem with BLM protesting despite not agreeing with their agenda but the hypocrisy displayed by Victoria Police and their messaging and treatment between the 2 marches is shameful and raises many extremely important questions.

Questions such as has Victoria Police forgotten that their primary role is to protect The People not the whims of the State?
Just before one Freedom rally people were told in an address by Victoria Police leadership that protesting is a human right but on the day of the event the participants were hounded and harassed by police.

I have seen footage of police intimidating and arresting people who are minding their own business.

One elderly man was arrested and handcuﬀed in a park for not wearing a mask!

He was not aggressive and was communicating respectfully with the attending police.
Another pair of elderly ladies sitting on a park bench were surrounded by police one of which snuck around behind them and snatched the phone from one of the ladies.

There is ample footage and stories told of people young and old and all aged in between being wrongfully accosted, arrested, ﬁned, and generally intimidated by police.

Why are the Australian People being targeted this year with a concerted eﬀort by a very large number of police rather than the real criminals?
The chaos caused by the government’s response to this ‘pandemic’ is being used to usher in and ‘normalise’ behaviours, technologies, and approaches that are abnormal and pose serious issues, some of which has been mentioned above.

Another technology that is being pushed is facial recognition.

Facial recognition cameras are not appropriate for a free and civilised society.

This is not China or North Korea and it can never be allowed to be.
Drones and facial recognition cameras and heavy handed policing may be ‘normal’ for such communist authoritarian states but not Australia.

I’ll take my chances with the terrorists and other crooks.

Laws and legislation, state and federal and international and Natural have been violated by Victoria Police.

The People no longer respect and trust the police.

This is a shame because there are some good ones with good intentions and this situation must be very hard for them.

We need good police.


I applaud Senior Constable Alexander Cooney and his fellow signatories to the ‘Cops for Covid’ letter from NSW.

We need a police force with integrity, one that is governed by the Constitution not by whichever politician who happens to be in power who decides to make a power grab using law enforcement as a tool for the agenda.

Sincerely, COVID-19, criminal activity and law enforcementSubmission 40