Two mothers who launched a trespass case against NSW Police alleging excessive bail checks on their sons have reached a confidential settlement.
The police watchdog last year urged police to seek court authorisation for uninvited bail checks, but NSW Police maintains its approach is lawful.
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The mothers’ solicitor, Kate Sinclair, a proud Dharug woman from the Justice and Equity Centre (JEC), said these bail practices were not unusual in New South Wales.
“Courts will tell them they don’t have the power and yet they do it anyway,” she said.
“It really says to me that police think they are a power unto themselves.”
