Trust us...
Rest assured, the authorities will never abuse this new right. They have earned our trust. Good thing Aussie authorities aren't like their US, French, or Dutch counterparts.
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"Chicago cops took bribes to share crash report details with attorney."
"Two Chicago Police officers charged with stealing cash and drugs."
"Galveston police officer arrested on felony organized criminal activity charges."
"Wilmington Police officer has been caught on the wrong side of the law."
"A police officer has been given a final written warning after she admitted accessing and sharing information about a case she was not involved in."
"What do a police chief, a reverend, and a lawyer all have in common? They’ve all been caught in recent years improperly accessing or sharing information from Massachusetts’ restricted database of criminal records."
"The Henry A. Wallace Police Crime Database includes 8,006 arrest incidents resulting in 13,623 charges involving 6,596 police officers from 2005 through 2012, with more years of data to come. Nearly half these incidents, Stinson and his research team concluded, were violent."