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If you are Koori and you are taken into custody, the police must tell the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS). VALS provides legal advice and assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
VALS will contact a client services officer who will try to speak to you to offer support and advice.
If there is an Aboriginal Justice Panel operating locally, then the police must contact it. A panel member can give you support and advice. You may be released into their care if the case is less serious.
Complaints about the police
VALS offers special assistance to Koori people who want to make a complaint about the police. Contact VALS (link below) to get information, support and free legal advice about your options.
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Your rights: police powers in Victoria