How police pre-crime units targets citizens allegedly too obsessed with public officials

Serious questions arise over potential misuse of power by police departments created to identify and neutralise "fixated" individuals, writes freelance journalist Asher Wolf.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller

Imagine, a knock at the door. Five police officers stand outside demanding you take a psychiatric assessment.

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