Legal & Discipline

As a TPAV member, you have access to expert representation and advocacy services provided by our Legal & Discipline Section.


We advise that you contact our Member Support Centre in the first instance if you’ve been advised that a complaint or charge has been laid against you by the Victoria Police Force’s Professional Standards Command or the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission. 


The Legal & Discipline Section is managed and staffed by a team of current serving and former police members who are experienced in administrative law and dealing with the Force’s internal discipline system. 


As well as providing individual representation to members, the Legal & Discipline Section also lobbies and negotiates with, the Victoria Police Force and Government on relevant issues affecting members collectively, including: 

  • Representation on Joint Working Party with the Victoria Police Force on the review of the discipline system; 
  • Negotiation on Force policy in matters relating to discipline processes and 
  • Representation on the Discipline Review Users Group with the Police Registration and Services Board and Victoria Police

Please contact our Member Support Centre on (03) 9468 2600 or via email general@tpav.org.au

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Latest news

Here you'll find a curated selection of our news coverage. To read the latest Member News, Delegate News, or HSR News, members will need to log in.

Headlines

Saturday, 14 December 2024 at 5:00 am

lockPolice boycott on speeding fines costs Allan govt at least $100m in lost revenue

Herald Sun - 14 December 2024.

Headlines

Friday, 10 November 2023 at 10:00 am

BOLT FROM BLUE

Furious cops declare war on Allan government, plan strikes, protests and alerting drivers to speed cameras

Headlines

Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 9:00 am

Thin Blue Line

As Melbourne battles a crimewave, Victoria Police is facing a mass exodus of frontline officers, with one in five members warning they are likely to walk away from the job.

Headlines

Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 12:00 am

Rural police cop out

Police officers from 98 one-person stations in small towns will be forced from their posts and rostered out to larger regional centres and cities,

Headlines

Monday, 21 August 2023 at 12:00 am

Police officer exodus

Victoria Police has lost more than 2550 years of experience, with dozens of senior officers calling it quits in recent weeks

Headlines

Sunday, 13 August 2023 at 9:00 am

Concerns over Public Drunkenness law reform

Public intoxication will be decriminalised from November in Victoria, but questions have been raised about how the reform will work in Geelong.

Male Police officer gesturing into the distance off camera while a female officer looks to where he is pointing

Headlines

Friday, 5 May 2023 at 9:00 am

New public drunkenness laws are a tragedy waiting to happen

In policing, there are two distinct categories of people we deal with who are drunk in public. There are ‘yes’ people and there are ‘no’ people.