Victorian Police

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  UK City Bans Naked Use Of Turkish Baths After Complaints

  Following a "serious incident," swimwear is now required at the Victorian spa complex known as Harrogate Turkish Baths.

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  Facial Recognition Software Trialled by Australia to Police COVID-19 Pandemic Rules

  Australia's two most populous states are trialling facial recognition software that lets police check people are home during COVID-19 quarantine, expanding trials that have sparked controversy to the vast majority of the country's population.

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  Australia Foils Alleged Terror Attack for Gallipoli Centenary

  Hundreds of Australian police on Saturday arrested five teens planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack next week at an event to mark the centenary of the landings at Gallipoli during World War One, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said.

• Australian Naval Base in Lockdown, Bomb Squad Called

  A naval base in the Australian state of Victoria is in lockdown and a resident of the base is in custody, with a police bomb squad heading to the scene to investigate unspecified "hazardous material", security officials said on Thursday.

• Australia police in racist e-mail sting

  Police officers in Victoria in Australia have been caught joking about a video which shows an Indian passenger on the roof of a train getting electrocuted as he touches the high-tension wires.In a sting conducted by Australian newspaper the Herald Sun, police officers circulated this gory video and joked that it could be a way to fix Melbourne's In...

• Join the police, says senior Oz cop to Indians

  After being severely criticised for advising Indian students to look "poor" to avoid attacks, Victorian Police Commissioner Simon Overland has now appealed to the community members to join his force in a bid to develop "greater trust and understanding" with them.

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  Oz Police not revealing number of Indians attacked

  Admitting that the statistics of the attacks on Indians in Australia were "problematic", Victorian police chief Simon Overland refused to release the details saying it can be "misinterpreted".

• "Look poor" advice to Indians embarrasses Oz

  Under attack for the "try to dress poor" advice for Indian students, Victorian police has said the remarks were a "light hearted summation" of the safety advice which was drawn "absolutely out of context".

• Look poor to avoid attacks: Oz top cop to Indian students

  Victorian police chief Simon Overland has advised Indian students in Australia to keep a low profile and "try to look as poor as you can" to avoid attacks.

• Indian cabbie charged with assaulting passenger

  Victorian police arrested and charged an Indian cabbie on Thursday, who allegedly knocked off his passenger.

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  There are racists in Melbourne, admits Oz cop

  A top Victorian police official said on Saturday that there were racists in Melbourne and the issue needed to be discussed to tackle an upswing in street crime.

• Race attacks in Aus: Victoria to empower police

  In the wake of recent attacks on three Indians, the Victorian government has said it will provide more resources and powers to its police forces to fight racially motivated crimes.

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  Latest attack not racially motivated: Aus police

  Victorian police chief Simon Overland on Wednesday cautioned against attaching racial overtones to all attacks on Indian students in Australia.