---
title: "Letter asking police for a report for a victims application"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/police-report-request-victims-application"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a62-police-report-request-victims-application"
area_id: "A62"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A62-V20261018-2", "A62-V20261018-4", "A62-KE20261022-12"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-23"
---

# Letter asking police for a report for a victims application

> A letter asking police for a copy of a report or statement about a violent incident, so it can be used with a victims assistance application.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/police-report-request-victims-application  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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A letter asking police for a copy of a report or statement about a violent incident, so it can be used with a victims assistance application. It is not the application, and it does not say the scheme must receive the report in every state.

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Victims of Crime Support & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the 6 authorities it cites, for Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.

## When to use it

Use when a victims application in Victoria, Queensland or New South Wales needs the police record, or the client wants a copy for the file. Do not use it as the application, and do not tell New South Wales Victims Services that a police report must be attached if the incident was reported to NSW Police.

## Used for these tasks

- [Index the police, medical and counselling records for a victims' application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/index-the-police-medical-and-counselling-records-for-a-victims-applicati.md)
- [Prepare the application to a state victims support scheme](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/prepare-the-application-to-a-state-victims-support-scheme.md)
- [Check how the violence was reported before a victims application](https://ailawframework.com/practice/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/check-how-the-violence-was-reported-before-a-victims-application.md)

## How AI may be used

The lawyer and the tool draft the request from the instructions and any event number, and the lawyer checks the state paragraph before it is sent.

**AI may:**

- Ask for the report, statement or event record the instructions identify
- Enclose the client's authority and no one else's information
- Keep the state paragraph that matches where the application will be made, and delete the others

**AI must not:**

- Must not invent an event number, a report date or a statutory deadline for police to reply
- Must not tell Victims Services that a New South Wales police report must be attached
- Must not ask police to create a new account of the incident
- Must not send this letter as the victims application

**The lawyer checks:**

- The state paragraph matches the scheme that will receive the application
- The date for a reply is the lawyer's date, not a statutory limit
- Any report that arrives is stored in the firm's approved tool
- Draft only in the firm's approved tool. In Victoria and New South Wales, do not disclose confidential client information without authority under Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules r 9.2.1. A Queensland solicitor checks the local conduct rules.
- If client information leaves the approved environment, check APP 11 and whether there is an eligible data breach under the Privacy Act notifiable data breach scheme.

## Authorities

- [Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme (Vic), Financial assistance for primary victims (police report unless special circumstances; examples of evidence include a statement or other police documents), updated 30 June 2026](https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/financial-assistance-primary-victims)
- [Queensland Government, Guide for victims applying for financial assistance (report to police before applying, with a different path for a special primary victim)](https://www.qld.gov.au/justice/victims-of-crime/financial-assistance-for-victims/guide-applying)
- [NSW Government, Victims Support Scheme, making an application (if the incident was reported to NSW Police, a police report need not be sent; the application can record the report)](https://www.nsw.gov.au/legal-and-justice/information-for-victims-of-crime/victims-support-scheme/making-an-application)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 r 9 (confidentiality of client information)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244)
- [OAIC, Australian Privacy Principles guidelines, Chapter 11 (APP 11: reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure)](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/australian-privacy-principles/australian-privacy-principles-guidelines/chapter-11-app-11-security-of-personal-information)
- [OAIC, Data breach preparation and response, Part 1 (Notifiable Data Breaches scheme in Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Part IIIC: notify individuals and the Commissioner of an eligible data breach)](https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/notifiable-data-breaches/preventing-preparing-for-and-responding-to-data-breaches/data-breach-preparation-and-response/part-1-data-breaches-and-the-australian-privacy-act)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/victims-of-crime-support-and-compensation/police-report-request-victims-application and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*