Operation WATCH OVER ME
Operation WATCH OVER ME
The issue
Real change requires changes to the law. Governments are only required to formally consider these issues, and to respond publicly, when they are raised through official parliamentary ePetitions.
This petition allows supporters to stay informed about the campaign and commit to supporting the related Commonwealth and State or Territory ePetitions as they are released.
Links and QR codes will be shared through campaign updates when available.
• Commonwealth ePetition EN9172 (pending)
• NSW Legislative Assembly ePetition (pending)
• Queensland Parliament ePetition (pending)
For further information anzleac4prd@gmail.com
What We Are Calling For:
1. Amend commonwealth, state and territory National Preventive Mechanism laws so police-led mental health emergencies, including welfare checks and Triple Zero call-outs, are treated as settings that can be independently monitored through body-worn cameras.
2. Provide funding and practical support so states and territories can implement the Operation WATCH OVER ME pilot in a consistent way. This will set clear national standards and ensure real-time supervision, mental health clinical support and independent National Preventive Mechanism oversight during police-led mental health responses.
Why It Matters:
When the State uses its powers to control or detain a person in acute mental distress, it has a clear duty to protect life. That duty applies to the person in crisis, to the public, to the police officers and other first responders sent to respond.
Lives cannot be protected by reviews that happen after someone has died. Prevention requires support and oversight while the incident is happening, including real-time supervision, access to clinical advice and independent monitoring.
Without reform, people will continue to die in situations that could have been prevented, and Australia will continue to fall short of its legal and human rights obligations
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Australia New Zealand
Lived Experience Advisory Council
For Police-Related Deaths
399
The issue
Real change requires changes to the law. Governments are only required to formally consider these issues, and to respond publicly, when they are raised through official parliamentary ePetitions.
This petition allows supporters to stay informed about the campaign and commit to supporting the related Commonwealth and State or Territory ePetitions as they are released.
Links and QR codes will be shared through campaign updates when available.
• Commonwealth ePetition EN9172 (pending)
• NSW Legislative Assembly ePetition (pending)
• Queensland Parliament ePetition (pending)
For further information anzleac4prd@gmail.com
What We Are Calling For:
1. Amend commonwealth, state and territory National Preventive Mechanism laws so police-led mental health emergencies, including welfare checks and Triple Zero call-outs, are treated as settings that can be independently monitored through body-worn cameras.
2. Provide funding and practical support so states and territories can implement the Operation WATCH OVER ME pilot in a consistent way. This will set clear national standards and ensure real-time supervision, mental health clinical support and independent National Preventive Mechanism oversight during police-led mental health responses.
Why It Matters:
When the State uses its powers to control or detain a person in acute mental distress, it has a clear duty to protect life. That duty applies to the person in crisis, to the public, to the police officers and other first responders sent to respond.
Lives cannot be protected by reviews that happen after someone has died. Prevention requires support and oversight while the incident is happening, including real-time supervision, access to clinical advice and independent monitoring.
Without reform, people will continue to die in situations that could have been prevented, and Australia will continue to fall short of its legal and human rights obligations
Connect with us Facebook and TikTok
Kind Regards
Australia New Zealand
Lived Experience Advisory Council
For Police-Related Deaths
399
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Petition created on 1 January 2026