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Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘Lives will be saved': Family of murdered teen speaks out
Laws giving police the power to scan anyone in public with a metal detector have been expanded and made permanent in Queensland. The expanded legislation came into effect on Friday, and the laws are named after 17-year-old Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed in 2019. 'Jack's Law is now permanent, and police can use these scanners across the State, not just in Safe Night Precincts and other previously prescribed places,' Police Minister Dan Purdie said. 'This is about giving police the tools they need to detect and deter knife crime, and prevent more families from living through the heartbreak the Beasleys have endured.' Jack was killed on a night out at Surfers Paradise. Since then, his parents Belinda and Brett have pushed for reform. 'We made a promise to Jack that we'd make sure something good came from this tragedy, and now, thanks to this law, lives will be saved,' Mr Beasley said. 'We'll never know whose life is saved because someone was caught with a knife before they could use it, but that's the power of this law. It works.' Belinda Beasley said the expansion meant Jack's legacy lived on. 'Jack's Law is for every young person and every family who deserves to feel safe,' she said. 'We're incredibly grateful to the police, and to the Crisafulli Government that has listened and acted.' Trials of Jack's Law began in April 2023 under the previous Labor government. Government figures show since then, 1190 weapons have been seized, 3248 people have been arrested, almost 6000 charges have been laid and more than 122,000 people have been scanned. During the election campaign, then-opposition leader David Crisufalli promised to make the trial of Jack's Law permanent. The expanded, and now enshrined laws, allow police to randomly detain any person to search them with a metal detector, without the requirement that they are reasonably suspected of committing a crime. A state-funded report into the laws cautioned Queenslanders could be subjected to 'stereotypes and discrimination', 'surveillance and harassment' and a 'small number of officers' were wanding people because of 'non-offending behaviours', such as being in groups. Following Jack's death, five teenage boys aged between 15 and 18 at the time were charged; three were acquitted of manslaughter at a judge-only trial. A 17-year-old male pleaded guilty to murder, and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison but will only serve seven. A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
News.com.au
19-07-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Queensland law expanded allowing police to scan anyone in public with metal detectors
Laws giving police the power to scan anyone in public with a metal detector have been expanded and made permanent in Queensland. The expanded legislation came into effect on Friday, and the laws are named after 17-year-old Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed in 2019. 'Jack's Law is now permanent, and police can use these scanners across the State, not just in Safe Night Precincts and other previously prescribed places,' Police Minister Dan Purdie said. 'This is about giving police the tools they need to detect and deter knife crime, and prevent more families from living through the heartbreak the Beasleys have endured.' Jack was killed on a night out at Surfers Paradise. Since then, his parents Belinda and Brett have pushed for reform. 'We made a promise to Jack that we'd make sure something good came from this tragedy, and now, thanks to this law, lives will be saved,' Mr Beasley said. 'We'll never know whose life is saved because someone was caught with a knife before they could use it, but that's the power of this law. It works.' Belinda Beasley said the expansion meant Jack's legacy lived on. 'Jack's Law is for every young person and every family who deserves to feel safe,' she said. 'We're incredibly grateful to the police, and to the Crisafulli Government that has listened and acted.' Trials of Jack's Law began in April 2023 under the previous Labor government. Government figures show since then, 1190 weapons have been seized, 3248 people have been arrested, almost 6000 charges have been laid and more than 122,000 people have been scanned. During the election campaign, then-opposition leader David Crisufalli promised to make the trial of Jack's Law permanent. The expanded, and now enshrined laws, allow police to randomly detain any person to search them with a metal detector, without the requirement that they are reasonably suspected of committing a crime. A state-funded report into the laws cautioned Queenslanders could be subjected to 'stereotypes and discrimination', 'surveillance and harassment' and a 'small number of officers' were wanding people because of 'non-offending behaviours', such as being in groups. Following Jack's death, five teenage boys aged between 15 and 18 at the time were charged; three were acquitted of manslaughter at a judge-only trial. A 17-year-old male pleaded guilty to murder, and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison but will only serve seven. A 20-year-old man pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
BBC News
21-06-2025
- BBC News
Dispersal order issued amid anti-social behaviour in Broadstairs
A dispersal order has been put in place to deter anti-social behaviour in a town in said it had issued the order in Broadstairs due to ongoing concerns relating to issues caused by a small minority of young people in some public dispersal order, which grants officers additional powers to instruct people to leave specific areas, started at 16:30 BST on Friday and will remain in place until 16:30 on covered by the order include Dumpton Bay - onto Seacroft Road up to the junction with South Cliff Parade - Detling Avenue onto Dumpton Park Drive, Boundary Road onto Margate Road and other nearby streets. The coast, foreshores and beaches back to Dumpton Bay also fall within the scope of the order, police in place, officers have additional powers to stop and search individuals without reasonable said issues in the town included under-age street drinking, fighting and reports of aggressive behaviour towards staff at shops.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Yahoo
Police given extra powers after town centre trouble
Police have been given extra powers after a rise in criminal damage, abuse of shop staff and dangerous bike riding in a town centre. Until Sunday night they will be able to arrest anyone who comes back into part of Kirkby, Merseyside, if they have previously been told to leave. Officers will also be able to seize any items that they suspect might be used to commit antisocial behaviour. Merseyside Police Insp Andy Robinson said the powers were not given or used lightly, but were necessary after a recent increase in trouble-making in the area. The area covered by the Section 60 dispersal order includes everywhere within a neighbourhood bordered by County Road, Webster Drive, Cherryfield Drive, and Hall Lane. The order runs until 01:00 BST on Sunday. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
ABC News
11-06-2025
- ABC News
Police powers to randomly search people for a weapon without a warrant in a public place have been made permanent in Queensland.
Police powers to randomly search people for a weapon without a warrant in a public place have been made permanent in Queensland, despite concerns it will not reduce knife-related crime.
