Victoria Police faces questions over ‘secret’ details in compensation settlements

Victoria Police is facing questions over why details of compensation payouts are almost always kept secret from the public.

This week, it was revealed police agreed to a six-figure payout to a man who claimed to be wrongfully arrested at an anti-lockdown rally in Melbourne in 2021.

Chief Commissioner Shane Patton told Neil Mitchell in “most cases” it was the plaintiff, not police, seeking to have the details of the settlement kept secret.

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