SEPARATION OF POWERS AND POLICING

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This is a rather droll subject that usually excites Legal Academics and practitioners. However, this doctrine is one of the major cornerstones to effective and efficient democracy, encompassing and facilitating all the good things we cherish, so we all should take notice.

Democracy tends to deteriorate, and governments tend to move to an undesirable bent when parts of this separation break down.

We have witnessed the breakdown of this separation over recent years in Victoria, particularly with the Police's executive role.