Introduction to police investigations

First Task 1 200 words Select ONE media piece that relates to a recent police investigation in this case recent means within the last 3 years to consider the issues associated with the investigation that you selected The police investigation could relate toMurderYouth CrimeDrugsSerious AssaultSexual OffenceDiscussion pointsOn the discussion board post your response to the following Provide a summary of the case highlighted in your media piece Discussion of how the crime was investigated by the police Discussion of the major challenges that the police faced in completing their investigation and how they overcame the challengesSecond Task 2 Read the High Court Australia Appeals Case Smith v R 2001 HCA 50 CLR 650 181 ALR 354 75 ALJR 1398 16 August 2001What did the judgment in the case say about the evidence of the police in this case and its admissibility as evidence of opinion Post your comments in the discussion forum

Introduction to police
investigations
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Table of Contents
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
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TASK 1
the case shows that a Dylan Sturt murders his girlfriend Caitlin O’Brien with a pillow and
stabbed her many times. He then walked into police station and surrendered (Murder case study,
2019). Also, he started pleading in front of police. In Melbourne court he was felt guilty of
killing her.
Here, police investigated crime by visiting the house of Sturt. they found the body lying on
bed. after that police started questioning neighbours about the incident happened. then, they
searched for pair of scissors in the house. after that, Facebook chat was checked of both as they
exchanged some messages (Lochner, 2020). Then, at last questioning was done with Sturt
regarding murder.
there were several challenges faced by police. first is they did not find any proof that
Sturt has killed Caitlin. also, they believed that he was suffering from mental illness and due to it
murder was done. so, it was not easy for them to collect evidence.
TASK 2
From the case it is said that the police evidence was irrelevant. it is because as per
Evidence act of 1995 (Evidence act, 1995) it states that there are certain rules to be followed by
state police before they apply to laws of evidence. So, photographs taken by police was from
camera of bank and no officer was concluding about it. Therefore, this evidence can not be taken
as opinion or admission. moreover, photos taken was tendered. thus, there is no proof of bank
robbery.
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REFERENCES
Books and journals
Lochner, L., 2020. Education and crime. In The Economics of Education (pp. 109-117).
Academic Press.
Online
Murder case study, 2019. [online] Available through : <
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/the-cryptic-messages-killer-wrote-on-
the-day-he-stabbed-his-nurse-girlfriend-to-death-with-a-pair-of-scissors-in-a-
frenzied-attack/ar-BB10QRKq>
Evidence act, 1995. [online] Available through
<https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/1995/25/full>
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