Many a mess awaits ACT’s new top cop. He’ll have to pick his battles

Designing, futureproofing and outfitting a new Canberra watchhouse – with all the necessary and complex security it needs, including human rights-compliant gender-segregated padded cells, multiple amenity inputs, interview and screening rooms – will be a hideously expensive business for a cash-strapped ACT government with $2 billion worth of future light rail to build.