http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,10567760%255E2862,00.html:
Geoff Wilkinson and Paul Anderson
VICTORIANS would have to give up some of their civil rights and privacy if the fight against organised crime was to be effective, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said yesterday.
Ms Nixon said the rule of law and some of the state's most fundamental institutions were at stake.
'I hope the community understands the seriousness of the problem,' she told more than 100 delegates at an organised crime workshop organised by Victoria Police.
Ms Nixon said organised crime and corruption had the capacity to undermine public confidence in police. She said polls that consistently reflected high levels of community confidence had recently shown a drop of 5 per cent. "
