“There doesn't seem to be a very good accountability mechanism here,” said Victoria resident and frequent police critic Stephen Harrison, who obtained the documents. “Literally nobody other than the individual officer has access — you wouldn't even know that they're using it.”
Correct. This is actually against the Privacy Act (PII distributed or stored outside of the borders by an entity holding Australian citizen data), so no doubt the AFP will be looking into this one.
The city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, not the state of Victoria, Australia.