Description |
xiv, 289 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Paramilitary Policing and Counter-terrorism 1 -- 1 The Police and the Military 15 -- 2 Keeping the Peace 32 -- 3 Calling Out the Troops 53 -- 4 Sons of God: The Victoria Police Special Operations Group 68 -- 5 Police and Firearms 92 -- 6 Special Operations Group Fatal Shootings 116 -- 7 Paramilitary Policing Goes Mainstream 150 -- 8 Policing Dissent 174 -- 9 Paramilitary Policing, Globalisation and the Future 214 |
Summary |
"We expect the police to stop armed robbers, to arrest drug dealers, to keep the peace at demonstrations and to protect us from crime. Many of us believe that police officers need to carry guns to protect themselves as well as us." "But do we want our police forces to become armies? Most of us are shocked when suspects are shot dead by police before they can be tried, and disturbed to see police wearing riot gear and using baton charges at peaceful demonstrations. When police begin using paramilitary tactics, the essential nature of their role is redefined, switching from protection and peacekeeping to active aggression." "Some units within our police forces, such as the Special Operations Group, train with the military and use military weapons and tactics. In looking behind the extraordinary number of police shootings in Victoria, Blue Army examines how the Special Operations Group and their tactics - which are passed on to ordinary police - have contributed to the toll."--Jacket |
Analysis |
Counter terrorist measures |
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Firearms |
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Homicide |
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Paramilitary operations |
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Police powers |
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Policing |
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Special Operations Group (Vic) |
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State issue |
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State police forces |
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Victoria |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Inludes bibliographical references: pages 257-280 |
Subject |
Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- Australia -- Victoria.
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Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- Australia -- Victoria.l
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Police -- Special weapons and tactics units -- Australia.
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LC no. |
2007367172 |
ISBN |
0522849601 |
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