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Friendlyjordies producer arrest: what is the NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigations Unit and when is it used?

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par Keiran Hardy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University

A producer for YouTube comedian Friendlyjordies was recently arrested for allegedly stalking and intimidating NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, following investigations by the Fixated Persons Investigations Unit (FPIU) of the NSW police.

This unit, set up in the wake of the Lindt café siege, was created to monitor extremists and fixated persons who may not fall under Australia’s counter-terrorism laws but nonetheless pose a risk of serious violence.

At the heart of this case will be the charges of intimidation and stalking, but it also will raise questions around what constitutes…

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