Australia - The Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says he does not intend to use the proposed stop and search laws for random searches of ordinary members of the public.
Giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, the Commissioner said rather than searching random members of the public, police would be given a directive to search people matching a certain profile.
Under the legislation, police will have the power to search people in a designated area without their consent and without reasonable suspicsion.
Mr O'Callaghan said that if police knew an outlaw motorcycle club was heading for a particular country town, farmers would not be searched but bikies would.
The Commissioner also said police are yet to decide how to measure if the proposed stop and search laws ar....
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