1.3.2 police + delegated bodies

• institutions that enforce criminal law

  • Victoria police
  • Australian federal police
  • Delegated bodies
• the role of Victorian police is to serve the victorian community and uphold the law to promote a dafe and orderly society
• Victorian police roles

  • talk to victims, witnesses and suspects
  • gather physical and forensic evidence
  • search people and property
• Victoria police


  for summary offences, specialised police have the power to prosecute the case
• Victoria police


  for indictable offences, the police

  • undertake investigations
  • gather evidence
  • charge the accused
  • give case to the office to public prosecutions who handle the trial
• the role of the Australian Federal police is to investigate offences that have a federal aspect, meaning offences against the commonwealth and certain offences against state law
• Australian Federal Police


  one of these laws is the commonwealth criminal code, which establishes a number of commonwealth offences (e.g. terrorist related offences)
• Australian Federal Police


  protective service officers have the power to arrest/ search a persons without a warrant
• Australian Federal Police offences

  • terrorism
  • human trafficking
  • drug importation, exportation
• delegated bodies are bodies in Victoria that are given the authority to enforce/make certain criminal laws by Victorian Parliament
• An example of a delegated body is WorkSafe Victoria.

  • WorkSafe Victoria monitors and enforces compliance of Victorias occupational health and safety laws.
  • WorkSafe Victoria investigate breaches of laws and prosecute in relation to any breaches.