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First Nations inquiry finds racist police attitudes behind slow responses to reports of murdered and missing people

SUBSCRIBE 23rd October 2024Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight
The final report of Australia’s Missing and murdered First Nations women and children inquiry has found that widespread racist attitudes across Australian policing, together with inadequate and delayed responses to reports of crimes, have led to a lack of trust among First Nations women in reporting domestic violence and other crimes – although several forces have now embarked on programmes to rebuild and improve the relationship with First Nations communities, as Policing Insight’s Sarah Gibbons reports.

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