Children as young as 10 ‘on secret NSW Police blacklist’; suspects ‘routinely harassed’

People as young as 10 are being included on a secretive blacklist kept by New South Wales Police, which experts say is criminalising children.

Lawyers from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have released a study into a police policy known as the “Suspect Target Management Plan” (STMP).

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