Published: February 05, 2020
Officers ‘can, and do, act on the findings of internal briefing notes’, Ben Wyatt says
The Western Australian Aboriginal affairs minister, Ben Wyatt, has dismissed suggestions from WA police that they need a directive from cabinet to act on a report showing that police issue three times as many traffic fines to Indigenous drivers.
An internal police briefing note, published by Guardian Australia, showed Aboriginal drivers receive 3.2 times more fines issued during traffic stops than non-Aboriginal drivers, but slightly fewer than non-Aboriginal drivers in infringements issued by traffic cameras.
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