2026-02-13
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has confirmed that they will investigate the Police Operation at Town Hall on 9 February 2026, including actions by individual officers. The investigation was prompted by a significant number of complaints made to the LECC by community members.
Greens MP and spokesperson for Justice Sue Higginson said:
“This is the first important step forward for transparency after the awful experience that thousands in our community had at the hands of the NSW Police last Monday,”
“I’m relieved that the LECC have decided to take this course of action, despite the Premier saying yesterday in Parliament that he did not support an independent investigation into police actions,”
“We are lucky in NSW that we have a strong police oversight body in the LECC, and I am very grateful that they have authority to act on the reports that they have received,”
“This investigation will have the opportunity for hearings, and will result in a public report made to Parliament. This is what the community needs, and it’s what the Police need too. It is in no one’s interest to have police acting with impunity, it leads to violence, and Labor leaders Premier Chris Minns and Police Minister Yasmin Catley should cooperate fully with this investigation,” Ms Higginson said.