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Journal<br />
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION VICTORIA UPHOLDING OUR RIGHTS SINCE 1917<br />
www.tpav.org.au VOLUME 77 ISSUE 6 JUNE 2011<br />
Hit ‘em<br />
where it<br />
hurts!<br />
OUR 8 PROTECTED INDUSTRIAL ACTION<br />
MEASURES TO HURT GOVERNMENT<br />
ALSO THIS MONTH<br />
> How yOU raTE yOUR CHIEf<br />
> VaLE ROD Hiam<br />
> POLICE NEws fROm<br />
aROUND THE COUNTRy<br />
aND mORE ...<br />
POLICE<br />
EBA<br />
2011
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION<br />
No. 1 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne 3002<br />
Telephone: 03 9468 2600 fax: 03 9495 6933<br />
Freecall 1800 800 537 (outside metro area only)<br />
Email: general@tpav.org.au<br />
Website: www.tpav.org.au<br />
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS<br />
Mr Brian Rix − President<br />
9495 6899 (wk) 0419 545 127 (mob)<br />
Mr John Laird − Snr Vice-President (Sth Melbourne CIU)<br />
9646 7475 (wk) 0419 104 383 (mob)<br />
Mr Phil Pearson- Junior Vice-President<br />
(Region 3 H/Q, Broadmeadows)<br />
9759 6680 (wk) 0439 301 741 (mob)<br />
Mr Karl David APM - Treasurer<br />
(Frankston <strong>Police</strong> Station)<br />
9784 5555 (wk) 0419 822 000 (mob)<br />
Mr Dermot Avon - Assistant Treasurer<br />
(Properties Branch, Business Management)<br />
9247 3058 (wk) 0418 582 861 (mob)<br />
Mr Dean Anderson (Transit Safety Division)<br />
9247 3300 (wk) 0438 877 220 (mob)<br />
Mr Colin Birch (Corio <strong>Police</strong> Station)<br />
5273 9555 (wk) 0439 326 511 (mob)<br />
Mr John Carter (Carrum Downs <strong>Police</strong> Station)<br />
8770 4100 (wk) 0418 346 429 (mob)<br />
Mr Glenn Holland (Purana Task Force)<br />
9865 2865 (wk) 0425 876 067 (mob)<br />
Mr Paul O’Connell (Moreland CIU)<br />
9355 6052 (wk) 0413 053 882 (mob)<br />
Mr Mark Rose (Melbourne HWP)<br />
8379 0862 (wk) 0419 899 847 (mob)<br />
Mr Dean Thomas (Latrobe CIU)<br />
5131 5040 (wk) 0407 536 322 (mob)<br />
08<br />
Who's<br />
ready for<br />
protected industrial action?<br />
Executive members’ home phone numbers are<br />
available after hours in strictly urgent cases only.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir numbers may be obtained from the on-line<br />
supervisor at D24 on 9247 3222.<br />
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF<br />
Secretary: Greg Davies<br />
Assistant Secretary: Bruce McKenzie<br />
Legal Manager: Tony Walsh<br />
Industrial Relations Manager: Chris Kennedy<br />
Administration Manager: Sylvia Loveless<br />
Communications Manager: Sandro Lofaro<br />
Editor: Shirley Hardy-Rix<br />
STAFF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM<br />
ISP Worldwide<br />
Level 3/520 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000<br />
Ph: 9648 8400 Fax: 9620 5850 Web: www.eap.com.au<br />
RETIRED POLICE ASSOCIATION<br />
President: Philip Parson 9759 6680 0417 565 462<br />
Email paparson@acemail.com.au<br />
Secretary: Arthur Roberts 9704 2358<br />
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION (VICTORIA) JOURNAL<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> (<strong>Victoria</strong>) Journal is published<br />
twelve times a year.<br />
Published by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
No. 1 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne 3002.<br />
ABN 004 251 325<br />
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and cannot accept any responsibilities for inaccuracies.<br />
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11 Poll Results 13 Vale Rod Hiam<br />
INSIDE THIS EDITION<br />
03 President’s Message<br />
05 Secretary’s Message<br />
06 Legal News<br />
07 IR News<br />
08 EB update - industrial action<br />
10 force Command - your say<br />
13 Vale Rod Hiam<br />
15 anna Stewart Project<br />
16 In <strong>The</strong>ir Honour<br />
17 Delegate Profile<br />
- Damian Oehme<br />
19 Slater & Gordon<br />
20 ESSSuper<br />
21 <strong>Police</strong> Credit<br />
22 wall to Wall Ride<br />
For Remembrance<br />
25 Trivia<br />
22 Wall to Wall Ride<br />
26 what’s happening<br />
around australia<br />
30 minutes<br />
32 your Say<br />
33 Classifieds<br />
36 association Delegates<br />
Photo Greg Noakes<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
01
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE<br />
Ramping up our Enterprise<br />
Bargaining Campaign<br />
At time of writing, the Baillieu<br />
Government has still not come<br />
to its senses and settled our<br />
enterprise bargaining agreement.<br />
As of early <strong>June</strong>, pending the<br />
outcome of the ballot, we will be forced to<br />
take protected industrial action to support<br />
our claim. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> claim<br />
is very reasonable, well researched and<br />
approved by the membership. <strong>The</strong> vast<br />
majority of members understand the<br />
rationale behind our claim. We held out the<br />
olive branch to the government to settle<br />
a new enterprise bargaining deal quickly<br />
by not making outlandish ambit claims.<br />
<strong>The</strong> message loud and clear from our<br />
membership was to make a fair claim for<br />
a monetary increase with improvements<br />
in terms and conditions. We all thought that<br />
we would now be able to make a clean break<br />
from having to lock horns and fight every<br />
inch of the way for a fair outcome. By now,<br />
you have taken the first step and voted<br />
on the industrial action strategies in the<br />
compulsory Fair Work Act ballot we all now<br />
have to act to support your vote.<br />
Right now, unless there has been an 11th<br />
hour change of heart by the Government,<br />
we will have just commenced industrial<br />
action. <strong>The</strong> actions outlined at the Special<br />
General meeting in May are designed to<br />
have maximum impact on the government<br />
but with minimal impact on our community.<br />
But to reinforce our right to a fair pay<br />
increase, we need each and every member<br />
to support the authorised industrial actions.<br />
I encourage all members to support each<br />
other to ensure the Government feels the<br />
impact of less revenue in their coffers and<br />
less statistical data they gather to sell off<br />
to the highest bidder.<br />
We are now beyond talking, it is time<br />
for action. Do your bit to support your<br />
colleagues now and in the future.<br />
Inquiry into Executive<br />
leadership of <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
Recent events involving Executive leadership<br />
of <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> have highlighted many<br />
festering issues about how the <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
<strong>Police</strong> Force has been managed in recent<br />
years. Many members have come forward<br />
to the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> with examples<br />
of mal-administration, outlandish waste<br />
of money, ill-conceived projects offering<br />
no value to the community or the way we<br />
police - other than perhaps to push careers<br />
along, nepotism and cover ups rather than<br />
open, honest and transparent administrative<br />
practices. Some members have estimated<br />
the money wasted could have employed<br />
hundreds, if not thousands of extra sworn<br />
police officers. Others bemoan inept<br />
leadership practices causing delays in<br />
responses to community needs due to a lack<br />
of knowledge or understanding.<br />
We are all sick and tired of policing in<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> getting away from its core principles<br />
and lessening the service we can provide.<br />
Brian Rix > PRESIDENT<br />
We are now beyond<br />
talking, it is time<br />
for action. Do your<br />
bit to support your<br />
colleagues now and<br />
in the future.<br />
Once upon a time, executive decisions<br />
were founded on very simple philosophies<br />
− Is the decision going to make the job<br />
easier for operational police? Is the decision<br />
going to provide a better service to the<br />
community? Is the decision fair and just?<br />
Is the decision achievable? I’m sure many<br />
members can point out examples where<br />
executive decisions have failed on all counts.<br />
At the request of many members, the <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> ran an online poll, the result<br />
showed a resounding lack of confidence<br />
in the current direction of <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
executive leadership. Your <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
supports the ‘Rush inquiry’ and hope that<br />
it will point out past deficiencies and act<br />
as a blue print for the future of Executive<br />
Leadership for the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
03
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SECRETARY’S MESSAGE<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> to make<br />
submissions to Rush Inquiry<br />
In years gone by there would have<br />
been uproar from police officers had<br />
a government in this state announced<br />
an inquiry, by a lawyer, to be conducted<br />
into the police force.<br />
This time, there has not been one single<br />
complaint to the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> from<br />
any of our members; there has not been<br />
a flurry of ‘letters to the editor’ in the daily<br />
newspapers and there has been stony silence<br />
from police officers on talk-back radio.<br />
Sadly, this lack of outcry appears to signal<br />
disenchantment with the direction in which<br />
the force has been, and is being, taken. At<br />
best, it is an apathetic response which would<br />
not have been witnessed too many years ago.<br />
Either way, best or worse case scenario,<br />
it is an indictment on policing in <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
that we have been allowed to come to<br />
this. Time will tell whether Jack Rush QC<br />
agrees or disagrees with the views<br />
of the membership.<br />
We have confidence in Mr. Rush, whose<br />
abilities were witnessed during the <strong>Victoria</strong>n<br />
Bushfires Royal Commission. We are yet,<br />
however, to see any terms of reference for<br />
this inquiry and what format the inquiry will<br />
follow. Both issues will impact significantly<br />
on the inquiry and how your genuine views<br />
are provided.<br />
It is our absolute intention to make a<br />
submission to Mr. Rush. Members who<br />
have legitimate concerns, which fall within<br />
the Terms of Reference, will be given the<br />
opportunity to have those issues included<br />
in our submission.<br />
Update on EBA negotiations<br />
By the time of printing we will be in,<br />
or very close to, a period of protected<br />
industrial action.<br />
<strong>The</strong> travesty in this situation is well known<br />
to members: we saw the last election largely<br />
won on law and order issues and we now<br />
have a government who loudly promised to<br />
fix the law and order problems of this state.<br />
Unfortunately, we also have a government<br />
who thinks that you will implement all of<br />
their policies, make them work and return<br />
them to government at the next election,<br />
while they hand you wage cuts.<br />
We believed we could transition from the<br />
current Agreement into a new one with little<br />
or no fuss, with good faith bargaining and<br />
the political will of our government.<br />
Sadly, that hope has proven to be as empty<br />
as a politician’s promise.<br />
So now we find ourselves in familiar territory<br />
− an intransigent government, full of ‘razor<br />
gang’ advisors − our absolutely justifiable<br />
wages claim − and nowhere to go other than<br />
industrial action.<br />
GREG DAVIES > SECRETARY<br />
<strong>The</strong> pity in all of this is that government<br />
could have avoided it. <strong>The</strong> magical<br />
2.5 per cent figure, dreamed up by<br />
an uncaring and naïve bureaucrat from<br />
within the halls of power, was never going<br />
to be realistic. Today it is even less realistic<br />
than when it was first touted.<br />
"We’ll take care of inflation in the<br />
first instance" were the words of the<br />
So now we find ourselves in familiar territory<br />
− an intransigent government, full of ‘razor<br />
gang’ advisors − our absolutely justifiable<br />
wages claim − and nowhere to go other than<br />
industrial action.<br />
(now) Premier. Well the ABS says that<br />
inflation in melbourne is 3.5 per cent −<br />
so this government wants a punch-up<br />
with its police force over a 1 per cent<br />
wages outcome − it defies logic and belief<br />
and it paves the way for ongoing industrial<br />
unrest with other Public Sector Unions<br />
for the next year or so.<br />
All for 1 per cent.<br />
As the late Bobby Davis might have said,<br />
"Fair dinkum unbelievable."<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
05
LEGAL News<br />
Family Violence Protection<br />
Orders can impact on<br />
your long term operational<br />
duty status<br />
As part of the day to day work police are regularly<br />
involved in the application of Family Violence<br />
Protection Orders. However, if you, as a member, are<br />
the subject of such an order it can have far-reaching<br />
effects on your career.<br />
Family Violence Protection Orders<br />
are applied for and issued under the<br />
provisions of the Family Violence<br />
Protection Act 2010 and are<br />
designed to provide protection to<br />
those family members who are the subject<br />
of violence or other unlawful behaviours by<br />
their spouse, partner, and or parent.<br />
A Family Violence Protection Order is initially<br />
issued as an interim measure and is usually<br />
returnable within a minimum of 28 days,<br />
when the responding party may contest or<br />
consent to the issuance of the ‘full’ Family<br />
Violence Protection Order.<br />
Once the order is issued the respondent<br />
automatically becomes a ‘prohibited person’<br />
and is automatically prohibited from<br />
carrying and/or possessing a firearm for any<br />
purpose, including their employment.<br />
As a police officer your operational function<br />
relies upon your capacity to carry a firearm<br />
and the imposition of a Family Violence<br />
Protection Order will impact on your<br />
operational functions.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Firearms Act does provide the<br />
mechanism for those who are the subject of<br />
a Family Violence Protection Order, to make<br />
application to the presiding magistrate to<br />
have the prohibited person status lifted in<br />
accordance with Section 187 of the Firearms<br />
Act for the purposes of their employment.<br />
This would allow police to continue to<br />
perform operational duties. <strong>The</strong> mechanism<br />
for making such an application is contained<br />
at Section 3 of the Firearms Act and<br />
sub-section 3(i) allows for the presiding<br />
magistrate to consider such an application.<br />
However, if the Family Violence Protection<br />
Order reflects a prohibition that is defined<br />
under sub-section 3(ia) of the Firearms Act,<br />
the presiding magistrate has no power to<br />
consider an application for the lifting of the<br />
prohibition. This sub-section does not allow<br />
any lifting of the prohibition and it will, in<br />
effect, mean you will not be able to carry<br />
a firearm for five years, in addition to the<br />
period that the Family Violence Protection<br />
Order is in operation.<br />
Tony Walsh > LEGAL MANAGER<br />
Many Family Violence Protection Orders<br />
are ratified by the parties consenting to<br />
the conditions and the existence of the<br />
order. However, so often this does not<br />
include establishing what provision of<br />
the Firearms Act is referred to in respect<br />
to prohibition.<br />
It is critical that if you are the subject<br />
of a family Violence Protection Order,<br />
you ensure that the prohibition provisions<br />
referred to in the order are those which<br />
are contained under section 3(i) of the<br />
Firearms Act. If that is the case an<br />
application can be made to the presiding<br />
magistrate to have the prohibition lifted<br />
for the purposes of employment.<br />
Should you be the subject of an order<br />
which refers to sub-section 3(ia) as the<br />
relevant prohibition provision, then you<br />
must apply to the magistrate to have<br />
the order amended to the prohibition<br />
provision under sub-section 3(i). <strong>The</strong>n the<br />
magistrate can consider the application<br />
to lift the prohibition status.<br />
<strong>The</strong> responsibility for ensuring that the<br />
prohibited person status does not impact<br />
on you operationally rests with you and<br />
not the person issuing the order.<br />
If you are the subject of a Family Violence<br />
Protection Order you should, in the first<br />
instance, seek advice and assistance from<br />
the <strong>Association</strong>’s Legal Section.<br />
06 Protect Represent Support. www.tpav.org.au
IR News<br />
Members win on excess<br />
travel and BOCC<br />
Chris KennEDy ><br />
INDuSTRIAL RELATIONS<br />
MANAGER<br />
Excess Travel<br />
Fair Work Australia has agreed with a <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> submission that members<br />
must be reimbursed when they are forced<br />
to drive their own vehicle when there is<br />
no direct transport available when attending<br />
a training course.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong> recently took the Force<br />
before Fair Work Australia after it refused<br />
to pay excess travel time and costs to a<br />
member attending a training course, despite<br />
the current Agreement clearly stating that<br />
members have a right to be reimbursed for<br />
using their own vehicle where no direct rail<br />
or bus service is reasonably available.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Force argued that a direct rail service<br />
could comprise multiple forms of transport<br />
and that members need authorisation to<br />
take their own vehicle, even where there is<br />
no direct service available for the member to<br />
get to training or a temporary work location.<br />
In Fair Work Australia’s view a direct service<br />
is defined as a single journey on a single<br />
mode of transport and a single taxi trip. In<br />
this case, the member can be reimbursed<br />
by a first class fare and a taxi voucher. If a<br />
direct service is not available, the member is<br />
entitled to use their own vehicle and receive<br />
the kilometre rate.<br />
For example, a member travelling from<br />
Ballarat to the Academy could be given a rail<br />
fare from Ballarat to Southern Cross and a<br />
taxi voucher for the trip from Southern Cross<br />
Station to the Academy should these modes<br />
allow the member to arrive at the Academy<br />
in time for the course. If it does not, the<br />
member is entitled to use their private<br />
vehicle or could be rostered to travel during<br />
work time on the previous day.<br />
In all cases, excess travel time is also<br />
payable if it meets the criteria set out in the<br />
current employment agreement.<br />
Excess travel is payable where the training<br />
or temporary work location is more than<br />
24 km (as the crow flies) from your station<br />
in metropolitan areas or more than 50 km<br />
or 40 minutes drive in country areas.<br />
If you have any questions or require<br />
assistance, please contact the Industrial<br />
Relations Section at the <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
BOCC successes<br />
A sworn police presence has been retained in<br />
the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force’s Welfare and Multimedia<br />
Units following a successful bid by the<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> to avoid these areas from<br />
further civilianisation by the BOCC project.<br />
Under BOCC project plans, the Welfare<br />
Unit was earmarked to lose three sworn<br />
members to civilians. Moreover, the decision<br />
was made without consultation with the<br />
members or managers concerned<br />
With the assistance of the <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>, affected members submitted<br />
grievances, arguing that it was essential for<br />
welfare officers to be sworn so as to better<br />
connect with members and to gain access<br />
to crime scenes and areas where members<br />
would require assistance.<br />
When <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> rejected these<br />
arguments, the matter was then referred to<br />
retired police superintendent Trevor Parks to<br />
arbitrate the matter.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s principle argument in this<br />
case was that sworn members that occupy<br />
positions at Welfare are required to possess<br />
expertise, which can be acquired only<br />
through actual field experience as a sworn<br />
police officer. This is in line with Force policy.<br />
Members in need of Welfare assistance<br />
need to be able to talk to a member<br />
who has shared their experiences and<br />
can understand without having to have<br />
policing explained to them. It is why<br />
members at the Welfare unit have always<br />
mainly been sworn. If the BOCC proposal<br />
was implemented, the high quality<br />
service provided by the Welfare Officers<br />
would be lost.<br />
<strong>The</strong> arbitrator agreed with the <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>. <strong>The</strong> win will ensure that the<br />
Force will continue to provide a robust<br />
and relevant welfare response staffed<br />
by members who have experienced<br />
police work.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong> was also successful in<br />
the BOCC arbitration for the Multimedia<br />
Unit. Again, we demonstrated that<br />
members need to have experienced being<br />
a sworn member to be able to create<br />
training materials about the roles and<br />
responsibilities of sworn members.<br />
Unfortunately our submissions in the<br />
Academy Security and Field catering units<br />
were unsuccessful because the positions<br />
within these units no longer required the<br />
use of police powers.<br />
At the time of writing, there are still<br />
several BOCC arbitration hearing still<br />
to be determined.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
07
COVER STORY<br />
POLICE<br />
EBA<br />
2011<br />
It is clear the government<br />
wants to keep up the<br />
circus act and continue<br />
to play with police pay<br />
and livelihoods.<br />
We know it’s time the circus moves on and for<br />
Baillieu to deliver what he promised – a fair<br />
and reasonable EB outcome – but obviously he<br />
needs some encouragement. This is why we are<br />
set to commence our Protected Industrial Action<br />
for a better pay deal for all our members.<br />
getting set for protected<br />
Industrial<br />
aCtion<br />
Q&A<br />
Will these actions impact on<br />
service delivery?<br />
<strong>The</strong>se industrial action<br />
measures are designed, as<br />
much as possible, to impact<br />
on government and Command<br />
and not on the community we<br />
proudly serve. We do not want<br />
to impact on the health, welfare<br />
or safety of the community<br />
under any circumstances.<br />
For how long will the<br />
protected industrial<br />
action go?<br />
We need to be prepared to take<br />
these protected actions for as<br />
long as it takes to achieve a fair<br />
and reasonable outcome. Once<br />
they commence they should<br />
continue until you receive advice<br />
from the <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
Will you keep me updated<br />
during this period?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> will<br />
keep members updated on<br />
the progress of negotiations<br />
as regularly as possible while<br />
members are taking protected<br />
industrial action. While these<br />
actions are being implemented,<br />
members should check our<br />
website www.tpav.org.au –<br />
daily for updates.<br />
What should we do if we feel<br />
targeted or pressured not to<br />
take part in these actions?<br />
If you feel pressured during<br />
this period by another person<br />
in the workplace because<br />
you are implementing these<br />
industrial actions, please seek<br />
immediate assistance from your<br />
<strong>Association</strong> delegate.<br />
To be successful, we will all need<br />
to be prepared to support each<br />
other, including anyone made<br />
to feel pressured because they<br />
are taking action. It’s up to all<br />
of us to stick together. If any<br />
individual is being targeted,<br />
we are all being targeted!<br />
What will happen if my<br />
pay is threatened to be<br />
docked for taking protected<br />
industrial action?<br />
You cannot be docked for taking<br />
protected industrial action as<br />
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How you can take action<br />
for decent pay<br />
Here are the industrial measures members have voted to perform.<br />
Action 1:<br />
Members not to provide information or advice<br />
other than in an operational context to other<br />
Government departments or agencies, including<br />
meeting with those departments and agencies.<br />
Action 2:<br />
Members to ban the preparation and provision of<br />
statistical information to the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force,<br />
Force management or Government, including<br />
completion of MAS/time attrition sheets.<br />
Action 3:<br />
Members not to attend the Supreme or County<br />
courts as witnesses other than in reply to a<br />
subpoena.<br />
Action 4:<br />
Members not to serve subpoenas or transport<br />
witnesses for the Office of Public Prosecutions.<br />
Action 5:<br />
Members shall not volunteer to perform voluntary<br />
duties under Clause 11 of the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
Workplace Agreement 2007.<br />
Action 6:<br />
Members to ban the use of email.<br />
Action 7:<br />
Members not to take receipt of speed camera<br />
films at police stations.<br />
Action 8:<br />
Members (who are not actively engaged in<br />
response duties) to attend at locations where<br />
fixed speed and red light cameras or mobile speed<br />
camera cars are in place and activate flashing<br />
lights on their vehicles, for periods of up to 15<br />
minutes at a time.<br />
this is a legal action. This is why<br />
it is protected action. If your pay<br />
is threatened to be docked you<br />
should contact the <strong>Association</strong><br />
immediately.<br />
Will I get to see any<br />
proposed agreement if an<br />
outcome can be negotiated<br />
during the bans period?<br />
Yes! We commit to bringing any<br />
outcome to our membership<br />
before signoff. This means<br />
that you will have a copy of any<br />
proposal to review before it is<br />
accepted on your behalf.<br />
Who do I contact if I am<br />
unsure of anything during<br />
the period of protected<br />
industrial action?<br />
Your delegate is the best person<br />
to speak to during this period.<br />
If you are unsure or need<br />
support over any matter, you<br />
should call your delegate or<br />
assistant delegate immediately.<br />
A full list of delegates is<br />
available on www.tpav.org.au<br />
or on the last page of your<br />
latest <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Journal.<br />
We will also be able to<br />
assist with your enquiry.<br />
Call 9468 2600.<br />
If you need urgent assistance<br />
after hours, please call one of<br />
the mobile numbers provided on<br />
our answering service.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
09
OPINION<br />
Kennett way off the mark<br />
Last month former premier Jeff<br />
Kennett attacked <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> in the Herald Sun.<br />
He accused the <strong>Association</strong> of<br />
attacking the Chief Commissioner<br />
rather than concentrating on<br />
the EB campaign. He also falsely<br />
claimed that members could<br />
respond to the <strong>Association</strong>’s<br />
poll more than once - virtually<br />
accusing the <strong>Association</strong> of<br />
falsifying the poll results.<br />
This is how <strong>Association</strong> Secretary<br />
Greg Davies responded in the<br />
Herald Sun’s Opinion pages on<br />
16 May, 2011.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force is often<br />
subjected to public criticism<br />
by those who have experienced<br />
the very outer periphery of<br />
policing but who, in reality, have<br />
only watched from the outside.<br />
Recent comments by former premier Jeff<br />
Kennett (Herald Sun 13/5/2011) show a<br />
quite remarkable ignorance of both policing<br />
and the motivation of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
in the on-going turmoil surrounding the<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force.<br />
Mr. Kennett has never been a friend<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> and that is fine<br />
− he is entitled to his view about us and<br />
we certainly don’t cry ourselves to sleep<br />
at night because of it.<br />
But <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is not part<br />
of any attack on the Chief Commissioner,<br />
orchestrated or otherwise. Yes, we have<br />
been extremely critical<br />
of the manner in<br />
which Simon Overland<br />
conducted himself in<br />
effectively suspending<br />
Deputy Commissioner Sir<br />
Ken Jones − and we have<br />
been critical with very<br />
good reason.<br />
Mr. Kennett appears to<br />
be saying that senior<br />
members of the <strong>Police</strong><br />
Force, as "Governor in<br />
Council" appointees, can<br />
or should be dealt with<br />
like assistant managers<br />
in a shop. As a former<br />
premier of <strong>Victoria</strong>, Mr.<br />
Kennett would be well<br />
aware of the legislative<br />
requirements around the<br />
appointment, suspension,<br />
reduction or dismissal<br />
of deputy or chief<br />
commissioners. He is also<br />
a man who fully understands the proprieties<br />
in matters such as this.<br />
<strong>Police</strong> officers are not permitted to publicly<br />
criticise Government or the Force and<br />
are often targeted for that very reason<br />
by some commentators. Our ‘online’ poll<br />
was specifically created so that only <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> members could have their<br />
say on a critical issue. Members were all<br />
allocated one vote each and there were no<br />
permissions that allowed for a situation<br />
where, as Mr. Kennett ‘guarantees’ in his<br />
opinion piece, "many officers would have<br />
responded many times."<br />
Mr. Kennett is now the president of an<br />
afL football club, which will gain a financial<br />
windfall from the recent arrangements<br />
for television broadcast rights. And good<br />
on them, but TV networks have paid some<br />
$1.25 billion for those rights, based on<br />
ratings surveys of far, far less than 25 per<br />
cent of the potential viewing audience.<br />
Yet 25 per cent of the <strong>Police</strong> Force has<br />
now had their say, with 92 per cent of<br />
them responding "no" − they do not<br />
have confidence in the current Chief<br />
Commissioner continuing in the position.<br />
That is simply the unadulterated opinion<br />
of our members, nothing more and<br />
nothing less.<br />
As a former member of the military,<br />
Mr. Kennett will be well aware that troops<br />
respond far better to leadership that<br />
engenders confidence, respect and loyalty.<br />
He will also be aware that the average<br />
foot soldier still discharges their duties<br />
to the best of their abilities, regardless<br />
of leadership problems − and this is also<br />
the case with police officers in this State.<br />
We are not calling for the dismissal of the<br />
Chief Commissioner. Contrary to what<br />
Mr. Kennett implies in his comments that<br />
we are "predictably attacking the Chief<br />
Commissioner", we have said, all along,<br />
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You have your say<br />
And the answer is<br />
no<br />
that the Government must either; express<br />
their confidence in Simon Overland, resource<br />
his agenda and hold him to account for<br />
his actions or find a Chief Commissioner in<br />
whom they do have confidence. What choice<br />
the Government makes is a matter for them.<br />
That is, surely, the sensible resolution to<br />
the current turmoil in which the Force finds<br />
itself embroiled − embroiled in turmoil as<br />
a result of its own actions and not those<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
Mr. Kennett may<br />
rest assured that<br />
our first priority is,<br />
most definitely, the<br />
Enterprise Bargaining<br />
claim for our members<br />
and we have not been<br />
diverted from that<br />
priority by anything,<br />
including an imaginary<br />
attack on anyone.<br />
Mr. Kennett may rest assured that our first<br />
priority is, most definitely, the Enterprise<br />
Bargaining claim for our members and we<br />
have not been diverted from that priority<br />
by anything, including an imaginary attack<br />
on anyone.<br />
He may claim what he wishes regarding<br />
the integrity of the poll, or the actions<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> in this instance,<br />
but he is incorrect on both counts.<br />
In the end this poll indicates, purely and<br />
simply, that Simon Overland has much to do<br />
to win back his workforce. It is not a ‘sack<br />
Simon Overland’ call; it is a wake-up call.<br />
Last month you were<br />
given the opportunity<br />
to have your say<br />
on whether Simon<br />
Overland had your<br />
continued support.<br />
<strong>The</strong> result was a<br />
wake-up call.<br />
<strong>The</strong> decision by the <strong>Association</strong> Executive to hold a poll was<br />
taken due to claims and counter claims as to whether such<br />
support existed, yet the very people who matter most in this<br />
issue − working police officers − are not allowed to publicly criticise the<br />
Force or its policies, or the Government and its policies. This poll was<br />
simply a means for you to express your honest views.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s online poll was open solely to members of the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>, who comprise some 98 per cent of the sworn members<br />
of the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force. Each member was allowed only one<br />
vote and the poll question was put in such a way that there was no<br />
recommendation or opinion preceding the question. Participation was<br />
anonymous and voluntary.<br />
<strong>The</strong> poll remained open for 72 hours.<br />
<strong>The</strong> question asked was:<br />
"Do you have confidence in the abilities of Simon<br />
Overland to continue as the Chief Commissioner<br />
of the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force?<br />
At the close of the poll 2,974 (or 25 per cent of police members)<br />
had voted.<br />
<strong>The</strong> responses were 92 per cent ‘No’ and 8 per cent ‘Yes’.<br />
"A 25 per cent response rate is far greater than most survey outcomes.<br />
Television networks have recently invested $1.25 billion in broadcast<br />
rights, based on surveys of much smaller percentages of the target<br />
population," explains <strong>Association</strong> Secretary Greg Davies.<br />
"This is not an orchestrated attack by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> against<br />
the Chief Commissioner. It is the views of you, the members expressed<br />
in a clear and unadulterated way which, without this poll, would not<br />
be possible and which indicates that there is a great deal of work to be<br />
done by the Chief Commissioner to win back his workforce."<br />
<strong>The</strong> membership has had its say and the answer was a resounding ‘no’.<br />
YES 8% NO 92%<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
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OBITuARY<br />
Sergeant Rod Hiam was a<br />
valued member of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>. He joined the<br />
job in 1979. During much of<br />
his time in the job, Rod was<br />
an <strong>Association</strong> Delegate<br />
representing members at<br />
South Melbourne and later at<br />
Horsham. Sadly, Rod passed<br />
away last month. <strong>Association</strong><br />
Secretary Greg Davies was<br />
Rod’s friend and delivered this<br />
eulogy at his funeral.<br />
ABOVE: Rod Hiam with his wife, Denise, after the September 2009 Delegates’ Conference.<br />
VaLE SERGEaNT ROD Hiam<br />
While everyone here today is so<br />
very sad, it is really about the<br />
celebration of a life cut too short.<br />
Rod was taken from us at just 51 years<br />
of age, and he leaves behind the loves<br />
of his life: his wife Denise, his children,<br />
Edward, ashleigh and Luke; his daughter-inlaw<br />
Jess, his little grandchild Bailey and her<br />
sister Debbie.<br />
He also leaves many friends, made in<br />
the course of a full and happy life − a life<br />
spent in the service of others, for others<br />
and rarely for himself.<br />
Rod had the gentle demeanour possessed<br />
by many big men. At work, which is where<br />
my knowledge of and friendship with<br />
Rod is based, he was competent, realistic,<br />
occasionally extremely opinionated<br />
(particularly where the Hawthorn Football<br />
Club or crooks were concerned) reliable and<br />
slow to anger.<br />
I had the privilege and the fun of being a<br />
part of Rod's life, and he a part of mine,<br />
for around eight years in the 1980s at<br />
Prahran and I can tell you this: when you<br />
were standing outside the old South Yarra<br />
Arms Hotel on a Friday night, fighting with<br />
bikies and very large men South Pacific<br />
origin (who had been fighting each other<br />
until the police arrived and then all started<br />
fighting us), there was no happier sight than<br />
seeing Rodney Frank Hiam, coming up the<br />
footpath behind them like the one-man<br />
cavalry, to rescue the besieged troops.<br />
Rod was one of the proudest policemen<br />
I’ve ever met. He loved the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
Force and he loved being a part of it. He<br />
liked looking after decent <strong>Victoria</strong>ns and he<br />
thrived on catching crooks. He revelled in<br />
the excitement and the camaraderie of the<br />
Force and he didn’t even seem to mind the<br />
mundane parts of it − not that there were<br />
many back then.<br />
After Rod was injured in a car accident at<br />
work, he eventually took to helping others<br />
through co-ordinating the Neighbourhood<br />
ABOVE: Rod Hiam was farewelled with Full <strong>Police</strong><br />
Honours - photo courtesy Wimmera Mail-Times.<br />
Watch Program. Even when he wasn’t<br />
match fit he was still a part of the team,<br />
doing the things that needed to be done to<br />
help the public and the Force.<br />
That car accident, by the way, occurred when<br />
Rod and Rhys Livingstone, another big man<br />
of about 6’ 2" and 17 stone, were on their<br />
way to yet another urgent call for assistance<br />
from the troops. This time it was a punchup<br />
at the Toorak Hotel and, in their rush<br />
to get in amongst it, the thrill of the hunt<br />
made them a little too hurried in getting<br />
there. <strong>The</strong>y managed to end up replacing<br />
the winged lady emblem on the bonnet of<br />
a Rolls Royce Phantom − no less − with the<br />
front of the police car, in a fairly spectacular<br />
head-on collision in Toorak Road. Perhaps<br />
there was just too much momentum for<br />
standard brakes to stop them.<br />
Rod was also a <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Delegate<br />
for many years − always in the fray trying to<br />
look after the interests of others.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last time Rod and I spoke, with Denise at<br />
their home two or three weeks ago, he was<br />
still asking about where the Force was going<br />
and whether there was a means clear to see<br />
things settle down and return to the way he<br />
believed it should be.<br />
But that was Rod − thinking of others,<br />
accepting of his lot in life and just caring<br />
for his family, who he loved so very dearly.<br />
Never effusive in his praise, he told me<br />
how proud of his family he was − of his<br />
strapping young lads, his pretty girl and<br />
his great love, Denise.<br />
Rod had a habit of obtaining most<br />
positions he applied for in the Force,<br />
through his record of service and the high<br />
recommendation of his referees; and you<br />
can be certain that when he fronts St. Peter<br />
and asks for his reserved seat in heaven’s<br />
Hawthorn Stand, he’ll get it − because he<br />
goes with an impeccable record of service<br />
and the highest recommendation that any<br />
Australian male can ever hope to have<br />
− he was a good bloke.<br />
And I thank my good fortune that<br />
Rodney frank Hiam was my friend.<br />
Goodbye mate, from all of us.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
13
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s development<br />
program goes part-time<br />
Last month's Anna Stewart<br />
participants for May are<br />
both mums who work<br />
part-time, each with more<br />
than 20 years' policing<br />
experience under their belt,<br />
but they could not be more<br />
different when it came to<br />
their perceptions of <strong>The</strong><br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.<br />
Leading Senior Constable Lynda<br />
Giblett had a good knowledge of the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>’s services and benefits,<br />
having previously worked in the<br />
Force’s welfare unit for many years.<br />
"I was always recommending the<br />
<strong>Association</strong>’s welfare services to others over<br />
the years and then I decided I wanted to get<br />
in and learn the nuts and bolts for myself,"<br />
Lynda said.<br />
Meanwhile, Sergeant Carolyn Deer tells<br />
a different story.<br />
"I’ll admit, I was very complacent when it<br />
came to the <strong>Association</strong> and what actual<br />
benefits, apart from the holiday homes, were<br />
offered," said Carolyn.<br />
However, that all changed when Carolyn<br />
became one of the many members who had<br />
to endure the much-dreaded BOCC process.<br />
"All of a sudden I needed help and it really<br />
opened my eyes to what the <strong>Association</strong><br />
can offer us and to know how much help<br />
is actually available."<br />
After dealing with the <strong>Association</strong> first-hand<br />
Carolyn decided to take the opportunity<br />
offered, through the Anna Stewart Program,<br />
to gain more knowledge and be better<br />
qualified to offer help to fellow members<br />
in her workplace.<br />
As part of the program, Carolyn and Lynda<br />
were invited to attend many meetings and<br />
get involved with <strong>Association</strong> staff and<br />
their day-to-day dealings. <strong>The</strong>se included a<br />
range of industrial meetings with staff and<br />
members, discipline hearings at the <strong>Police</strong><br />
Appeals Board, an Executive Committee<br />
meeting and some cost-fund hearings.<br />
ABOVE: LSC Lynda Giblett and to the right is Sergeant Carolyn Deer.<br />
"Everything we’ve done is great, we’re<br />
amazed at so many aspects of what goes<br />
on," said Lynda.<br />
"Members really do only see the tip of the<br />
iceberg," Carolyn added.<br />
"<strong>The</strong>re is so much else going on behind<br />
the scenes with people fighting for you.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dedication of the staff we’ve dealt<br />
with is enormous."<br />
<strong>The</strong> program, which is run through<br />
Trades Hall, provides a good opportunity<br />
for our members to interact with other<br />
Anna Stewart participants from a gamut<br />
of different unions.<br />
Both Lynda, who works out of Heidelberg<br />
Crime Desk, and Carolyn, currently stationed<br />
at Mill Park, are part-time members with<br />
young families and were amazed to hear the<br />
difference in working conditions between<br />
other unions.<br />
"We are so lucky (as women) to be well<br />
looked after and have the knowledge of this<br />
strong union behind us ... there are so many<br />
others still fighting for the things we take for<br />
granted," said Lynda.<br />
Some of those things include the parental<br />
leave entitlements that <strong>Association</strong><br />
members are afforded as well as the<br />
working conditions for members during<br />
and post pregnancy.<br />
"I have been part-time for eight years,"<br />
said Lynda.<br />
"I have a young family and we are very<br />
well accommodated compared to some."<br />
And accommodate is just what we did,<br />
with this month’s Anna Stewart Program<br />
being the first to run on a completely<br />
part-time basis. <strong>The</strong> course, which usually<br />
runs over a two week period, was altered<br />
to accommodate both participants and<br />
their current working hours.<br />
"It’s nice to be able to work my normal hours<br />
through the program ... I will definitely be<br />
spreading the word," said Carolyn.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Anna Stewart Program is running again in October this year.<br />
It involves working at the <strong>Association</strong> for a total of two weeks to gain<br />
first-hand experience of how we operate on a day-to-day basis.<br />
Any female members who are interested in participating should contact<br />
the <strong>Association</strong>’s Susan Knight on (03) 9468 2600 for more details.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
15
In THEIR HONOur<br />
In <strong>The</strong>ir Honour<br />
Senior Constable Frederick Jones<br />
Killed March 1943<br />
It was a case of mistaken identity when<br />
Senior Constable Frederick Jones was<br />
gunned down by a man who had been on<br />
a drunken binge − a tragedy that left a family<br />
without a husband and father.<br />
On March 1, 1943 Senior Constable Jones<br />
was standing near the corner of Church<br />
Street and Bridge Road in Richmond when<br />
a man in a passing cab shot him with a rifle.<br />
<strong>The</strong> shot passed through his heart. Frederick<br />
Jones died almost immediately.<br />
<strong>The</strong> man who fired that shot was Norman<br />
Morris Searle, a man who had turned to<br />
drinking and gambling after the death of his<br />
parents in 1940. In 1941 Searle was arrested<br />
by First Constable William Teitz for using<br />
insulting words in Bridge Road, opposite<br />
the Richmond <strong>Police</strong> Station. Back at the<br />
watch house, Searle attempted to strike the<br />
constable. He was fined £1. Teitz thought<br />
the matter was over.<br />
On March 1, 1943 Searle was drinking in the<br />
Australia Hotel in Bridge Road. Around noon<br />
Teitz, who was still stationed at Richmond,<br />
went into the hotel with another member.<br />
Teitz saw Searle and it is reported that they<br />
stared at each other but did not speak.<br />
At 7.30pm that night Searle hired a taxi<br />
driver to take him to a house in Richmond<br />
where he collected a .22 calibre rifle. He got<br />
back into the cab and asked the driver to<br />
take him along Church Street and then in to<br />
Bridge Road. As they drove up Bridge Road<br />
Searle asked the driver to do a U turn. It was<br />
then Searle pointed the rifle out of the cab<br />
window and fired the fatal shot at Jones<br />
who was standing outside a chemist shop.<br />
Searle then ordered the cabbie to drive him<br />
to Burwood, threatening to shoot him too.<br />
Searle was arrested later that night at the<br />
Buckingham Street address. He admitted to<br />
shooting the policeman in the belief he was<br />
Constable Teitz. Searle claimed Teitz slapped<br />
his face and called him a ‘vile name’ when he<br />
arrested him back in 1941. He told police, ‘no<br />
man can do that to me and get away with it’.<br />
Norman Searle pleaded not guilty in the<br />
Supreme Court in April to the murder of<br />
Senior Constable Frederick Jones. He claimed<br />
he was too drunk to form the intent to<br />
murder and said he could barely remember<br />
the evening and only meant to scare the<br />
policeman, not kill him.<br />
<strong>The</strong> jury deliberated for an hour and<br />
40 minutes before finding Searle guilty<br />
of murder, with a strong recommendation<br />
for mercy.<br />
Norman Searle was sentenced to death<br />
which was commuted to life by the<br />
Executive Council in May that year. He was<br />
released on parole on July 6, 1959.<br />
Frederick Jones was a First World War<br />
veteran. He left the Royal Navy in 1918 and<br />
spent 15 months with the Metropolitan<br />
<strong>Police</strong> before migrating to Australia in 1921.<br />
He served with the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force as<br />
a Special Constable after the 1923 police<br />
strike. He joined the Force in March 1924.<br />
He had three children.<br />
Since its inception, 30 members of the<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force have been murdered<br />
on the job ... feloniously slain. <strong>The</strong>ir lives and<br />
deaths are commemorated on <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>’s Honour Wall.<br />
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DELEGATE PROFILE<br />
Damian Oehme<br />
An active <strong>Association</strong> advocate in the north-east<br />
Why and when did you join the job?<br />
I joined the <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force in 1974<br />
because, like many young people, I had<br />
an interest in being a policeman. I always<br />
looked at police in an excellent light and<br />
always had respect for the work police did.<br />
I was raised in a ‘tough’ part of Melbourne<br />
but never ‘crossed the line’ in terms of crime.<br />
I thank my parents for the discipline and<br />
raising my brother and myself to always<br />
respect police and the law.<br />
What did you do before joining job?<br />
I joined the job straight from school, but<br />
in hindsight some ‘life experience’ would<br />
have served me better in my preparation<br />
for a challenging but fulfilling career.<br />
Why did you become a delegate?<br />
I wanted to make a difference, particularly<br />
in terms of our over worked ‘coal face’<br />
police. I have much empathy toward<br />
operational police and as a senior sergeant<br />
at an operational 24-hour police station I<br />
see firsthand the pressures and demands<br />
placed upon them in the discharge of their<br />
duties. It is IMPERATIVE they are properly<br />
represented in all facets of their work,<br />
welfare and pay conditions. If I can impact<br />
positively on these important facets of<br />
life within the Force then I will feel I have<br />
achieved my goals within this position.<br />
What is your most significant<br />
achievement as a delegate?<br />
I sincerely believe that since my<br />
appointment, I have brought together the<br />
members within my area of responsibility,<br />
particularly in terms of the latest request<br />
for members to attend our campaign<br />
on 2 may of this year at Dallas Brooks<br />
Centre. <strong>The</strong> response and attendance from<br />
members was overwhelming.<br />
How can your members best help you?<br />
Members can best help me by keeping in<br />
constant contact with me and if they think it<br />
appropriate to bombard me with questions,<br />
to do so. I certainly don’t have all the<br />
answers but can call upon the great level of<br />
expertise and support from the <strong>Association</strong><br />
administration to address these issues.<br />
What do you like most about working<br />
in your area?<br />
I live close to where I work and that has<br />
had an enormous impact on my motivation<br />
to come to work, along with working with<br />
a great bunch of dedicated and motivated<br />
staff. It certainly makes life easier when<br />
you don’t have to travel hours to get to your<br />
work place. We probably have one of the<br />
TOP: Damian with his family, Dana, Bianca and<br />
Trent at Christmas in Newcastle 2010.<br />
ABOVE: Dana and Damian in Soho, NYC.<br />
worst buildings to operate from within the<br />
northern suburbs but the staff here are an<br />
absolute pleasure to work with. <strong>The</strong> areas<br />
of responsibilities are also varied which<br />
makes it an interesting experience leading<br />
the members from this station.<br />
What is your favourite war story?<br />
Probably one of the most unusual things<br />
I did as a senior constable was working<br />
the Cheltenham van in the 80s. We were<br />
chasing a habitual offender − a car thief<br />
and escapee. We drove out to Sunshine to<br />
stop the Ballarat train to get our man, but<br />
missed him there. We ended up in Noble<br />
Park before we eventually got our man.<br />
We were well out of our area and had to<br />
ad lib a bit at the time to avoid getting into<br />
trouble with our supervisors but it was<br />
worth it to catch this bloke.<br />
What has been your career highlight?<br />
I believe the experiences I had at the<br />
Prosecutions Division in the 80s greatly<br />
enhanced my abilities to completely<br />
understand the law and police procedures.<br />
I found the Prosecutor’s Course very<br />
demanding but it certainly set me up for<br />
the years ahead in my career path.<br />
What do you do outside the job that<br />
would be of interest to members?<br />
I am approved to operate a business which<br />
in effect is a crime prevention strategy,<br />
protecting sports, entertainment and<br />
general assets against theft and fraud.<br />
This has taken me around the world<br />
and australia and enabled me to rub<br />
shoulders with some popular celebrities<br />
such as Sachin Tendulkar, Harry Kewell,<br />
KISS and most afL coaches and footballers<br />
to name a few.<br />
Although completely dedicated to the<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force, it’s great to see another<br />
world, outside of policing.<br />
How would you like to be<br />
remembered?<br />
I would like to be remembered as a person<br />
who is completely dedicated to effectively<br />
and efficiently managing members under<br />
my control and identified as one that<br />
shows complete empathy to my members<br />
in all facets of their careers. Since returning<br />
to my station after a long stint at upgrading<br />
I felt my place within this organisation<br />
was to ensure our operational police are<br />
adequately looked after.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
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<strong>The</strong>re is a<br />
place for law<br />
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Three ways to top up your super before tax time:<br />
Put aside more from your pay packet – contribute to super by salary sacrifice and<br />
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Make a spouse contribution – contribute up to $3,000 on behalf of your low-income<br />
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Capitalise on co-contributions – make an after-tax super contribution and the<br />
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For more information visit www.esssuper.com.au or call 1300 650 161<br />
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Before making a decision about an ESSSuper product or service you<br />
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Amendments to<br />
the TAC legislation<br />
In October 2010 a number of reforms were introduced<br />
to the Transport Accident and Accident Compensation<br />
Legislation affecting benefits to those injured in<br />
transport accidents.<br />
Craig Lynch, Practice Group Leader, shares his thoughts<br />
on these changes.<br />
Q. In your view, are the changes to<br />
the Act by and large positive for those<br />
injured in a transport accident?<br />
Like most changes to legislation, the devil is in<br />
the detail, but generally speaking the recent<br />
amendments have some positive aspects<br />
for those injured in a transport accident.<br />
Q. In your eyes, what are the key<br />
changes for people injured in a transport<br />
accident following these reforms?<br />
<strong>The</strong> major change has been to align<br />
penalties for drug driving with drink driving,<br />
including the reduction, by one-third, of the<br />
rate of loss of earnings benefits for a person<br />
convicted of a drug driving offence.<br />
Also, a person, including either a pregnant<br />
woman or her domestic partner, are entitled<br />
to receive child care for up to 5 years<br />
following the accident if in the 30 days prior<br />
to the accident either were engaged in the<br />
care of a child, including the unborn child<br />
of the pregnant woman.<br />
Q. Are there any changes to the process<br />
or length of time for lodging a claim?<br />
Yes. For a person who is a minor at the<br />
time of an accident, they have until the day<br />
before they turn 21 years of age or within<br />
3 years of an accident (whichever is later)<br />
to lodge a claim with the TAC. Prior to the<br />
amendments, a minor injured in a transport<br />
accident only had until they turned 19 years<br />
of age to lodge a claim.<br />
Q. What is your advice to somebody<br />
who has been injured in a transport<br />
accident and is considering seeking<br />
compensation?<br />
Any person injured in a transport accident<br />
should seek expert legal advice as soon as<br />
possible so that they can be better informed<br />
about the TAC scheme, including its traps<br />
and pitfalls. <strong>The</strong> gathering of evidence at<br />
a very early stage is critical to the success<br />
of a claim in the longer term.<br />
Craig Lynch is a Practice Group Leader<br />
of Motor Vehicle Accidents at Slater &<br />
Gordon’s Sunshine and Keilor offices. He<br />
is also key in the development of Slater &<br />
Gordon’s growing presence in the Western<br />
Region, including the recently opened<br />
Werribee office. Craig is recognised by the<br />
Law Institute of <strong>Victoria</strong> as an Accredited<br />
Specialist in Personal Injury Law.<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> members can contact<br />
Slater & Gordon on 1800 555 777 or arrange<br />
an appointment with the fortnightly visiting<br />
service at the <strong>Association</strong>’s offices in East<br />
Melbourne.<br />
TPAV MEMBER BENEFITS >><br />
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unpaid maternity leave, leave without pay or are on an ESSS pension, your <strong>Association</strong><br />
membership can be deferred.<br />
Please call Tracey Morgan or Sue Thorley on 1800 800 537 from the Membership team<br />
to discuss your options.
FINANCE<br />
Superannuation and<br />
relationship breakdowns<br />
Will a relationship breakdown impact on your super?<br />
As an ESSSuper ESSS Defined Benefit Fund member<br />
you’re entitled to a great range of superannuation<br />
benefits and services. But in the unfortunate event of a<br />
relationship breakdown, do you know what will become<br />
of your superannuation?<br />
Since December 2002<br />
superannuation can be split in the<br />
same way as any asset in divorce<br />
property settlements, meaning<br />
that it can be divided by agreement<br />
or court order.<br />
This previously applied only to married<br />
couples, however Commonwealth laws<br />
that commenced on 1 March 2009 provides<br />
for the division of assets (including<br />
superannuation) for people in de facto (same<br />
sex and opposite sex) relationships.<br />
<strong>The</strong> split of a super entitlement can be<br />
decided by binding financial agreement<br />
between spouses or partners (with legal<br />
representation), or by court order through<br />
the family courts.<br />
amount is created within your ESSS DB Fund<br />
account. This debt will increase with interest<br />
until the defined benefit becomes payable<br />
to you. When a condition of release is met<br />
(e.g. such as resignation or retirement), the<br />
outstanding debt plus accrued interest will<br />
be deducted from your benefit entitlement.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is also provision for your ex-spouse to<br />
make an application for information about<br />
your superannuation entitlement in certain<br />
circumstances. In these instances, your exspouse<br />
will be required to complete a number<br />
of forms and provide supporting documents<br />
before any information will be released by<br />
ESSSuper. You too may be entitled to request<br />
superannuation information from your exspouse’s<br />
super fund.<br />
an ESSSuper Accumulation Plan account or<br />
request a lump sum payment (if you meet<br />
certain conditions).<br />
We are here to help you through this difficult<br />
time. If you would like more information<br />
about family law matters relating to your<br />
super, please call 1300 650 161 and ask<br />
to speak to a Family Law Administrator.<br />
You can also access family law related<br />
superannuation forms, including helpful<br />
information sheets and guides, from our<br />
website www.esssuper.com.au.<br />
Important information<br />
> ESSSuper is the superannuation fund for current<br />
and former <strong>Victoria</strong>n emergency services employees,<br />
public sector employees and their spouses.<br />
> Before making a decision about an ESSSuper<br />
product or service you should consider the Product<br />
Disclosure Statement (PDS), available at www.<br />
esssuper.com.au or by calling ESSSuper’s Member<br />
Contact Centre, and the appropriateness of the<br />
product to your personal objectives, financial<br />
situation and needs. It may also be beneficial to seek<br />
professional advice from a licensed financial planner<br />
or adviser.<br />
Once a payment is made to a former spouse<br />
or partner in accordance with the terms of<br />
an order or agreement, an equivalent debt<br />
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If in the event of a relationship breakdown<br />
you receive a super entitlement through<br />
an asset settlement, you can transfer it to
Travel<br />
finance tips<br />
Going on a holiday? It’s worth spending a bit<br />
of preparation time - there are a few things<br />
you can do to protect yourself and your finances,<br />
and ensure your peace of mind.<br />
Before you leave<br />
> > Give a copy of your travel itinerary to a<br />
family member or friend in the case they<br />
need to contact you.<br />
> > Photocopy your passport and visa pages.<br />
Leave one copy at home and take another<br />
one with you, but carry it separately<br />
to your passport so that if your passport<br />
is lost or stolen, you have the information<br />
you need straight away.<br />
> > Notify us of when you are travelling,<br />
where you are going and how we can<br />
contact you. That way, we can get in<br />
touch with you if we need to confirm<br />
a transaction that we may think has<br />
been fraudulent.<br />
> > Make sure you have appropriate travel<br />
insurance. Find out if your policy will<br />
cover you for the whole time you’ll be<br />
away. Read the small print to find out<br />
if there are any exclusions, for example<br />
some policies don’t cover you if you<br />
participate in extreme sports. Also<br />
check that your policy covers you for<br />
cancellation, changes to your travel plans<br />
or if the company you are booking with<br />
goes into receivership. (PC Insurance<br />
Agency provides travel insurance through<br />
Allianz and CGU, with competitive plans<br />
that offer bonus day coverage and policy<br />
benefits. Call PC Insurance Agency on<br />
13 63 73 & press 2.)<br />
> > Organise your money and make sure you<br />
have the currencies you need, in the form<br />
that best suits your travels − cash or<br />
travellers cheques. (Organise your foreign<br />
money through PC and go into the draw<br />
to win a trip for two to New York − visit<br />
www.policecredit.com.au for details).<br />
> > Check your debit and credit card<br />
expiry dates to make sure that your<br />
card won’t expire while you are away.<br />
While you are away<br />
> > Protect your password and PIN at all<br />
times. Be careful with your internet<br />
password when you are banking online<br />
and hide your PIN number at ATM<br />
machines. Some overseas ATMs provide<br />
your cash and then ask you to answer NO<br />
to another transaction before giving you<br />
back your card, so remember to take your<br />
card from the ATM when you’ve finished.<br />
> > Internet café and kiosks. Be careful<br />
when entering personal information<br />
on computers in public places such as<br />
internet cafés, as there is increased risk<br />
of having your information captured.<br />
If possible, don’t use these computers to<br />
conduct online banking or other activities<br />
that require your important information.<br />
> > Report lost or stolen cards to us<br />
immediately. Call our 24 hour emergency<br />
hotline on 1800 224 004.<br />
When you get home<br />
> > Check your bank statements as soon<br />
as you can. Notify us immediately<br />
if there is anything on those statements<br />
that seems incorrect.<br />
> > Plan your next trip − visit<br />
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For more information call us on 13 63 73 and<br />
press 3 or visit www.policecredit.com.au.<br />
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objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting on the advice you should consider whether the advice is appropriate for you. Before you make a decision to acquire<br />
any consumer credit product, general insurance product or non-cash deposit (travellers cheques) you should obtain and consider the relevant Product Disclosure Statement<br />
available from any branch of <strong>Police</strong> Credit or by calling 13 63 73. Information on Terms and Conditions and fees and charges are available upon application or request. Loan<br />
applications are subject to <strong>Police</strong> Credit’s credit approval criteria. Applicants must be over 18 years of age. <strong>Police</strong> Credit, as an afSL holder, sells general insurance products<br />
under an agreement with CGU Insurance Limited ABN 27 004 478 371 afSL 238291. Allianz Travel Insurance is issued and managed by ETI Australia Pty Limited ABN 52 097<br />
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21
wALL TO wALL<br />
Ride for Remembrance<br />
Takes to the highways to remember fallen colleagues<br />
ABOVE: Last year’s ride through Canberra.<br />
<strong>Police</strong> from across<br />
Australia will ride to<br />
Canberra in September<br />
for the second annual<br />
Wall to Wall Ride for<br />
Remembrance. <strong>The</strong><br />
ride honours the 750<br />
Australian police who<br />
have lost their lives in the<br />
line of duty and promotes<br />
motorcycle road safety.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Wall to Wall Ride for<br />
Remembrance will take place in<br />
Canberra on Saturday, September<br />
17. Riders from around the<br />
country will converge on the<br />
national capital and ride to the National<br />
<strong>Police</strong> Memorial for a service to remember<br />
our colleagues who are no longer with us.<br />
Proceeds from the ride will go to <strong>Police</strong><br />
Legacies around Australia.<br />
<strong>Police</strong> from the Northern Territory and West<br />
Australia are going to take a week to ride<br />
to Canberra. Tasmania’s riders will come<br />
to Melbourne on the ferry and join their<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong>n colleagues for the two-day ride<br />
to Canberra. <strong>The</strong> South Australian ride will<br />
leave their wall of remembrance mid-week.<br />
Last year Commissioners from NSW,<br />
NT, Tasmania and the afP rode from<br />
Sydney to Canberra. wa’s Commissioner<br />
O’Callaghan led a ride from Perth. This year<br />
the Commissioners from the Territory,<br />
wa and Tasmania will lead their state’s<br />
rides from their local memorials all the<br />
way to Canberra.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were around 800 riders in last<br />
year’s inaugural Wall to Wall Ride for<br />
Remembrance in Canberra, 100 of those<br />
from <strong>Victoria</strong>. This year that number is<br />
expected to increase to more than 1000.<br />
Ride organiser, <strong>Association</strong> President Brian<br />
Rix, expects many more riders to take part<br />
in the <strong>Victoria</strong>n ride this year.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> ride is a tangible way of helping police<br />
families across Australia, telling them that<br />
they are not forgotten and will always<br />
be a part of the police family," says Brian.<br />
To promote the Wall to Wall Ride for<br />
Remembrance, Brian Rix will ride a<br />
motorcycle around Australia in July,<br />
delivering hand crafted wooden batons<br />
to the Commissioners in each state and<br />
territory. <strong>The</strong>se batons will be delivered
ABOVE: President Brian Rix at last year’s Canberra service.<br />
to the National <strong>Police</strong> Memorial by each<br />
state’s ride.<br />
Melbourne’s ride will leave from the <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
<strong>Police</strong> Memorial in the Kings Domain<br />
on Friday, September 16 about 8.00 am.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>n riders will be joined by a<br />
contingent from Tasmania for the two-day<br />
ride to Canberra.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong>n ride will spend Friday night in<br />
Merimbula on the NSW south coast and then<br />
head in to Canberra on Saturday morning.<br />
Friday night in Merimbula will be a chance<br />
to meet our colleagues from Tassie and<br />
renew friendships made on last year’s ride.<br />
An early start on Saturday morning, under<br />
the stewardship of the NSW <strong>Police</strong>, will<br />
ensure the ride is in Canberra to meet<br />
up with riders from all states for the final<br />
journey to the National <strong>Police</strong> Memorial.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re were 748 names on the Memorial.<br />
Sadly another was added on National <strong>Police</strong><br />
Remembrance Day last year with the death<br />
of Constable Bill Crews in Sydney. Another<br />
will be added this year with the death of<br />
Queensland’s Sergeant Dan Stiller. Dan was<br />
killed when his police motorcycle collided<br />
with a truck while escorting a wide load.<br />
If you’re a motorcyclist and fancy taking<br />
part in something very special put<br />
September 16 and 17 in the request book.<br />
Riders must register for the ride.<br />
Registration fees will be donated to<br />
<strong>Police</strong> Legacy. Full details of the ride<br />
and registration forms can be found at<br />
www.walltowallride.com. Register now<br />
and take part in the most significant<br />
ride on the 2011 calendar.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
23
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Test your brain and win two<br />
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To celebrate Michael Connelly’s recent visit to Australia we have a copy of two of his latest<br />
Mickey Haller books − <strong>The</strong> Fifth Witness and <strong>The</strong> Lincoln Lawyer to give to the member who<br />
can answer this month’s ‘Who Am I?’ question.<br />
Michael Connelly knows police, having worked for years as a crime reporter on the Los Angeles<br />
Times. Now he is one of the best when it comes to crime thrillers and courtroom dramas. In<br />
his latest book, <strong>The</strong> Fifth Witness, Mickey Haller is a lawyer who has to deal with the financial<br />
downturn trying to keep a roof over his clients’ heads rather than keeping them out of jail.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Lincoln Lawyer has been re-released to coincide with the release of a feature film<br />
starring Matthew McConaughey and Marisa Tomei. This remarkable story that brings to life<br />
Mickey Haller, the lawyer who works out of the back seat of his car.<br />
How is your general knowledge? Try and answer the 20 questions and test the knowledge<br />
of your colleagues around the mess room table without peaking at the answers printed at<br />
the bottom of the page!<br />
And if you think you know the answer to the ‘Who Am I?’ question, send your answer to the<br />
<strong>Association</strong> and go into the draw for two Michael Connelly bestsellers.<br />
1 What well-known musician changed<br />
his name from Gordon Sumner?<br />
2 What do the Japanese call their<br />
country?<br />
3 In 1980 who told us all to "Shuddppa<br />
your face?"<br />
4 What do these Carlton footballers all<br />
have in common? - Jeff Garlett, Eddie<br />
Betts, Chris Yarran and Andrew Walker.<br />
5 <strong>The</strong> High Court of Australia is also<br />
the final court of appeal for which<br />
former Australian colony and now<br />
sovereign island-nation located<br />
in the South Pacific?<br />
6 Which carmaker produces the Lancer<br />
model of motor vehicles?<br />
7 What is the human body’s biggest<br />
organ?<br />
8 What legendary creature is found<br />
on the Welsh flag?<br />
9 Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott<br />
was born in which country?<br />
10 Even though we celebrate the Queen’s<br />
birthday in <strong>June</strong>, in what month of 1926<br />
was Queen Elizabeth II actually born?<br />
11 Who is the Greek God of music?<br />
(Clue: It is not Demis Roussos)<br />
12 What does the term Nastro Azzurro<br />
(Italy’s leading brand of beer) literally<br />
translate to in English?<br />
13 <strong>The</strong> Australian women’s cricket team<br />
goes by what nickname?<br />
14 What current craze sees people<br />
posing for a camera while lying flat on<br />
their stomach in unusual or different<br />
environments?<br />
15 In what year did Australia adopt<br />
decimal currency?<br />
16 Which Australian band recorded a song<br />
about former women’s magazine editor<br />
Ita Buttrose?<br />
17 In which country is the global<br />
headquarters of Citibank located?<br />
18 English Premier League team<br />
Manchester City is commonly identified<br />
by the colour red. True or False?<br />
19 Australia’s oldest bridge, the Richmond<br />
Bridge is located in which state?<br />
20 Which Australian states are currently<br />
served by a female Premier?<br />
Quiz Answers > 1. Sting 2. Nippon 3. Joe Dolce 4. All have indigenous backgrounds 5. Nauru 6. Mitsubishi 7. <strong>The</strong> skin<br />
8. A Dragon 9. England 10. April 11. Apollo 12. Blue Ribbon 13. <strong>The</strong> Southern Stars 14. Planking 15. 1966 16. Cold Chisel<br />
17. USA 18. False. MC wears sky blue. 19. Tasmania 20. Queensland (Anna Bligh) and Tasmania (Lara Giddings)<br />
Correctly Answer Who<br />
Am I? for a chance to win<br />
WHO AM I?<br />
1. I was born in 1928 near<br />
Ballarat.<br />
2. I played 189 games for my<br />
beloved Geelong Football Club,<br />
wearing the number 4 jumper<br />
between 1948 and 1958.<br />
3. I played in back-to-back<br />
premierships for the Cats<br />
in 1951/52.<br />
4. I also coached the club to its<br />
1963 flag.<br />
5. After football I successfully<br />
forged a media career and<br />
became synonymous with my<br />
trademark catch-cry, "That’s<br />
fair dinkum unbelievable".<br />
6. I passed away in May 2011.<br />
Last month’s Who Am I?<br />
Answer − John Farnham<br />
To enter the prize draw all you have to do is answer the<br />
‘Who Am I?’ question send your entry along with your<br />
contact details to: ‘Who am I?’, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>,<br />
PO Box 76, Carlton South 3053.<br />
<strong>The</strong> completed ‘Who Am I?’ must arrive by Thursday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 30, 2011 to be eligible for the prize draw. <strong>The</strong> first<br />
neatest correct entry will be the winner. <strong>The</strong> judge’s decision<br />
is final and no correspondence will be entered into.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
25
AROuND THE COuNTRY<br />
NATIONAL<br />
Round-up<br />
WHAT’s HAPPENING TO POLICE AROuND THE<br />
COuNTRY? READ ON TO FIND out ABOut THE ISSuES<br />
AND CHALLENGES FACING POLICE IN THE OTHER<br />
STATES AND TERRITORIES.<br />
SA<br />
PO L I C E A S S O C I A T I O N<br />
O F S O U T H<br />
Overwhelming Yes vote for EB offer<br />
A U S T R A L I A<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> of South Australia<br />
members have overwhelmingly supported<br />
the enterprise bargaining offer received from<br />
government, with 99 per cent of those who<br />
returned their ballots voting "yes".<br />
<strong>The</strong> yes vote for this sixth enterprise<br />
agreement is the highest percentage since<br />
the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> began enterprise<br />
bargaining 15 years ago.<br />
<strong>The</strong> offer was unanimously commended to<br />
the membership by association delegates<br />
at a special meeting convened in March.<br />
<strong>Association</strong> officials then toured police stations<br />
around the state to speak on the offer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> membership demonstrated great<br />
patience and support during what was a<br />
difficult and protracted negotiation process.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir massive endorsement of the offer<br />
shows the appreciation police in this state<br />
have for the commitment the government<br />
has made to policing, through this offer,<br />
amended legislation and greater police<br />
numbers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ballot result was finalised on Friday May<br />
4, the same day that two SA members were<br />
fired on, with one officer severely wounded<br />
by a shotgun injury to his face. He sustained<br />
a broken jaw and had to undergo extensive<br />
surgery while in an induced coma.<br />
<strong>The</strong> horrific incident reinforces the danger<br />
and unpredictability of the police occupation.<br />
It could happen on any street in Australia.<br />
It is reprehensible that other state<br />
governments are offering their police the<br />
standard 2.5 per cent pay rise at a time<br />
when we are seeing growing violence in the<br />
community and trying to recruit greater<br />
numbers to policing.<br />
TAS<br />
EB2010 - not all smooth sailing ...<br />
<strong>The</strong> new consolidated <strong>Police</strong> Award 1 of<br />
2011 was implemented and effective from<br />
3 March 2011. While the hearing in the<br />
Industrial Commission was a relatively<br />
quick and painless process and all was<br />
presented by agreement, the reality is the<br />
<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is already faced with the<br />
first dispute arising from the outcomes of<br />
EB2010. It didn’t take long and the looming<br />
dispute will have to be resolved in the<br />
Industrial Commission.<br />
New Uniform - Baseball Caps<br />
<strong>The</strong> baseball caps have been issued and<br />
were approved for wear from the 19th April<br />
2011. Generally speaking they have been<br />
well received. A couple of issues have arisen<br />
and are to be addressed. <strong>The</strong> "one size fits<br />
all" apparently doesn’t! Some women are<br />
finding the caps too small and this is quite<br />
evident when you see a female with the cap<br />
hanging baggy over her ears − not really<br />
a smart look! And some men are finding<br />
them too small. It has been reported and<br />
sized caps may well be the go. <strong>The</strong> Velcro<br />
straps aren’t the best either as they tend to<br />
take out a dozen hairs or so when the cap is<br />
taken off the head, especially from women<br />
wearing their hair up as is required. Still,<br />
tweaking of the new uniform items should<br />
not be unexpected and as problems arise<br />
they are reported and acted on.<br />
NSW<br />
NSW <strong>Police</strong> Begin Pay Round<br />
On 30 <strong>June</strong> the present Award for NSW<br />
police officers will expire. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong> of NSW began negotiations<br />
into the next pay round last December.<br />
Unfortunately the NSW Government<br />
refused to change its 2.5 per cent wages<br />
policy - a policy that is unacceptable - and<br />
negotiations stalled.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re has since been a change in<br />
government and the new <strong>Police</strong> Minister,<br />
Mike Gallacher, is a former NSW police<br />
officer. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong> is keen to commence<br />
negotiations with the Coalition Government<br />
as a negotiated outcome will always be the<br />
preferred option.<br />
ABOVE: Scott Weber with <strong>Police</strong> Minister Mike<br />
Gallacher - photo Glenn Miller.<br />
26 Protect Represent Support. www.tpav.org.au
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s claim, unanimously<br />
endorsed by its Executive committee,<br />
seeks a five per cent pay rise per year for<br />
all members. A number of additional issues<br />
have been included in the claim such as<br />
overlapping pay structures for Sergeants<br />
and Senior Sergeants; faster incremental<br />
progression for Constables and increased<br />
salaries and allowances for specialists.<br />
Whilst the <strong>Association</strong> is prepared to<br />
negotiate with the government, it has also<br />
lodged a claim in the Industrial Relations<br />
Commission (IRC) with dates set for hearings<br />
in August, September and October.<br />
Running a case in the IRC requires that<br />
evidence be submitted and witnesses<br />
called just like in a criminal matter, and the<br />
<strong>Association</strong> is currently asking members<br />
to assist in providing evidence, should this<br />
become an eventuality.<br />
Thigh holsters<br />
<strong>The</strong> ongoing campaign to introduce thigh<br />
holsters received a boost from successful<br />
trials conducted by General Duties and<br />
Highway Patrol officers in 2010. Trial<br />
participants reported that the thigh<br />
holster dramatically reduced back pain and<br />
discomfort, and improved seating posture<br />
in police vehicles.<br />
During the trial constructive criticism was<br />
received regarding the standard tactical<br />
thigh holster. As a result a modified thigh<br />
holster was designed by members from<br />
the NSW <strong>Police</strong> Force’s Operational Skills<br />
Command and provided to a manufacturer.<br />
Fifty holsters were manufactured according<br />
to the modified design and delivered<br />
to existing trial participants, seeking a<br />
comparison of the standard tactical holster<br />
to the new modified version. <strong>The</strong> results<br />
of this latest trial were presented to the<br />
Commissioner’s Executive Team and an<br />
announcement is pending.<br />
WA<br />
Ban on police pursuits<br />
<strong>The</strong> wa <strong>Police</strong> Union Board of Directors<br />
voted unanimously to ban all police pursuits<br />
after inaccurate information from the<br />
Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) system was<br />
used against a number of officers.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Union believed the ban was necessary<br />
because officers were being subjected to<br />
internal disciplinary action despite the data<br />
ABOVE: Thigh holster.<br />
from the AVL system not being a certified<br />
measuring device and the existence of<br />
contradictory evidence from officers and<br />
independent witnesses," wa <strong>Police</strong> Union<br />
President Russell Armstrong said.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> AVL system has shown to be<br />
grossly inaccurate on a number of<br />
occasions and this is a major concern for<br />
the wa <strong>Police</strong> Union Board of Directors,"<br />
Mr armstrong said.<br />
Two days after the ban was implemented<br />
it was suspended following a number<br />
of undertakings by the Commissioner<br />
of <strong>Police</strong> Karl O’Callaghan.<br />
"Commissioner O’Callaghan has given an<br />
undertaking to carry out an independent<br />
review of the AVL to determine its reliability<br />
as a speed detection device, and until<br />
that review is completed, wa <strong>Police</strong> will<br />
not take disciplinary action against any<br />
officer using uncorroborated AVL data,"<br />
Mr armstrong said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Commissioner has also agreed to review<br />
existing Managerial Action Plans (maPs)<br />
issued on the strength of AVL evidence.<br />
<strong>The</strong> suspension of the ban on police pursuits<br />
will be reviewed in the coming weeks,<br />
following the evaluation of the progress<br />
made by waPOL in relation to the AVL<br />
system and the maPS that have been issued<br />
relying solely on AVL data.<br />
<strong>Police</strong> horse buried in landfill<br />
<strong>The</strong> wa <strong>Police</strong> Union is disgusted by a<br />
decision to bury a police horse killed in the<br />
line of duty at a landfill site because the<br />
department said it was too expensive to<br />
cremate him.<br />
Hercules, a Clydesdale horse which served<br />
with the <strong>Police</strong> Mounted Squad for six<br />
years, was electrocuted while working at<br />
a district fair.<br />
"We believe this was a disrespectful way<br />
of laying to rest a dedicated member<br />
of wa <strong>Police</strong>," Mr Armstrong said.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> wa <strong>Police</strong> Union offered to pay the<br />
approximately $2000 for the cremation<br />
of Hercules when it was brought to our<br />
attention he was going to be buried at a<br />
landfill site because it was too expensive<br />
and not within the Mounted Section’s<br />
budget to have him cremated.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Mounted Section declined our offer<br />
because the decision had already been<br />
made to bury Hercules and we were told<br />
it was too late and unnecessary."<br />
<strong>The</strong> Union is now seeking an assurance<br />
from wa <strong>Police</strong> that this will not be<br />
allowed to happen again, and that<br />
provision can be made in the budget<br />
to cover the expense of the cremation<br />
or proper burial of any police animal killed<br />
in the line of duty.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
27
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NT<br />
After lengthy negotiations the Northern<br />
Territory <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> has<br />
recommended members accept a new<br />
Consent Agreement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Agreement is for three years starting on<br />
30 <strong>June</strong> 2011 and expires on 29 <strong>June</strong> 2014.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are three pay increases over the life<br />
of the Agreement as follows: three per cent<br />
in 2011, three per cent in 2012 and a further<br />
three per cent in 2013.<br />
<strong>The</strong> offer includes a restructure of<br />
increment points for each rank, including<br />
Superintendents, Aboriginal Community<br />
<strong>Police</strong> Officers and Auxiliaries, meaning the<br />
majority of members will receive a salary<br />
increase of greater than three per cent on 30<br />
<strong>June</strong> 2011, which works out to be more than<br />
nine per cent over the life of the Agreement.<br />
<strong>The</strong> offer includes improved maternity/<br />
paternity leave provisions which includes<br />
access to 52 weeks unpaid leave for<br />
members with less than one year’s service,<br />
14 weeks paid maternity leave with the<br />
option for another three years unpaid<br />
maternity leave for members with one<br />
to five years’ service, officers with five or<br />
more years’ service will earn 18 weeks' paid<br />
maternity leave, with the option to take a<br />
further three years unpaid leave with the<br />
ability to extend this for another 3 years if<br />
they wish. <strong>The</strong> deal also means couples can<br />
combine their parental leave entitlement so<br />
both parents can access paid leave, and then<br />
share the remaining part of unpaid leave if<br />
they want to.<br />
Members will also be able to access an<br />
Extended Leave Scheme where a member<br />
may elect to reduce their salary to 80 per<br />
cent over a five year period allowing a<br />
member to take one year’s leave in the fifth<br />
year at 80 per cent salary.<br />
QLD<br />
Queensland is still before the Full Bench<br />
of the Queensland Industrial Relations<br />
Commission that is hearing evidence<br />
between parties for an increase greater than<br />
that the 2.5 per cent per annum for 3 (three)<br />
years Queensland Government has offered<br />
its police officers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Full Bench spent a week inspecting<br />
stations from Cairns and Mt Isa to Brisbane’s<br />
Fortitude Valley and the Gold Coast to get a<br />
feel of the work being encountered by officers<br />
on a day-to-day basis. Whilst we believe that<br />
Queensland officers are deserving of a fair<br />
pay rise we wait to see what political will<br />
shall prevail with the impending election<br />
in the next 12 months.<br />
Queensland officers are also currently<br />
giving evidence in the Judicial Inquiry into<br />
this year’s floods that devastated most of<br />
Queensland. Whilst it may not be headlines<br />
the recovery and allocation of funds from<br />
the Premier’s Appeal does not seem to be<br />
benefiting those who need it the most.<br />
Queensland is still mindful of the assistance<br />
given by other jurisdictions during this disaster.<br />
PFA<br />
<strong>Police</strong> Call for Stand Alone Overseas<br />
Workers Compensation Scheme<br />
In 2004 when the Military Rehabilitation<br />
Compensation Act (MRCA) came into<br />
being the Veteran’s Entitlements Act was<br />
‘full stopped’. This put police in a difficult<br />
position as the MRCA had no provision<br />
for police. Since that time we have been<br />
lobbying consecutive governments to<br />
develop a stand-alone piece of legislation<br />
to accommodate police officers working in<br />
dangerous missions overseas. As a result,<br />
NSW <strong>Police</strong> refused to provide police for<br />
further deployments.<br />
In 2009 the government commissioned<br />
a Review of Military Compensation<br />
Arrangements. One of the key elements of<br />
the Terms of Reference (ToR) that affected<br />
<strong>Police</strong> were −<br />
Consider the suitability of access to military<br />
compensation schemes for members of the<br />
Australian Federal <strong>Police</strong> who have been<br />
deployed overseas<br />
> > Consider whether the current<br />
arrangement to develop an ‘enhanced’<br />
scheme under the SRCA remains<br />
appropriate.<br />
> > Consider whether it is appropriate for<br />
members of the Australian Federal <strong>Police</strong><br />
who have been deployed on high-risk<br />
overseas operations to have access to<br />
the MRCA.<br />
> > Consider whether it is appropriate to<br />
develop a stand-alone compensation<br />
scheme for members of the Australian<br />
Federal <strong>Police</strong> who have been deployed<br />
on high-risk overseas operations.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pfa made a submission to that<br />
Review and appeared and gave evidence.<br />
We argued for the third dot point in that<br />
section of the ToR. We were aware that<br />
Defence did not want us as part of the MRCA<br />
and we have argued since the beginning of<br />
this debate that the Safety Rehabilitation<br />
Act (SRCA) was developed for domestic<br />
public service, not dangerous overseas<br />
missions and therefore police should not<br />
be part of that legislation.<br />
During the Review process we also asked<br />
the then Minister for Veteran’s Affairs to<br />
expedite the section of the Review that<br />
related to police. That wasn’t done. However<br />
in April 2010 the Minster for Home Affairs,<br />
through his personal intervention in this<br />
matter, made a commitment in writing<br />
to the Pfa that an interim agreement had<br />
been reached to provide officers working<br />
overseas access to enhanced benefits.<br />
<strong>The</strong> correspondence said −<br />
"<strong>The</strong> scheme will afford each member<br />
a percentage increase in any payment<br />
made under the SRCA and will allow<br />
members to access compensation similar<br />
to that which would be received under<br />
the MRCA for similar risk. I am advised<br />
that this percentage will be in the order<br />
of 45 − 50%".<br />
<strong>The</strong> Review has now been completed and<br />
its report has been released.<br />
<strong>The</strong> only relevant recommendation for<br />
police was −<br />
That the Committee recommends that<br />
Australian Federal <strong>Police</strong> Members not<br />
be given access to the MRCA.<br />
A pretty weak outcome considering we’ve<br />
had to wait almost two years for the result.<br />
Why the Committee couldn’t have been<br />
bold enough to recommend the third dot<br />
point in their ToR - a stand-alone piece of<br />
legislation- is beyond our understanding?<br />
We have subsequently met with the Minster<br />
for Home Affairs and are now in the process<br />
of setting up a meeting with him and the<br />
Minister for Veteran’s Affairs to finalise this<br />
issue once and for all in favour of police.<br />
We will keep you advised.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
29
ExECuTIVE MINuTES<br />
LEFT TO RIGHT: Paul O'Connell, John Laird, Colin Birch, Mark Rose, Brian Rix, Glenn Holland, John Carter, Karl David, Dean Anderson, Dean Thomas, Dermot Avon, Phil Pearson.<br />
minutes FOR THE VPA<br />
FRIENDLY SOCIETY MEETING<br />
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2011<br />
Location: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Boardroom, 1 Clarendon<br />
Street, East Melbourne<br />
Time: 8.16am<br />
Present:<br />
BK Rix (President)<br />
JC Laird (Senior Vice President)<br />
PJ Pearson (Junior Vice President)<br />
KM David, APM (Treasurer)<br />
D Avon (Assistant Treasurer)<br />
DB Anderson<br />
CW Birch<br />
JR Carter<br />
GB Holland<br />
P O’Connell<br />
DJ Thomas<br />
GJ Davies Secretary (joined the<br />
meeting at 8:20am following<br />
a media commitment)<br />
BI McKenzie assistant Secretary<br />
Apologies:<br />
M Rose<br />
Observers:<br />
Jamie Stuart<br />
Southern Metro (Mornington<br />
Peninsula) (Delegate)<br />
1. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES<br />
"THAT THE MINUTES OF 1 maRCH<br />
2011 BE CONFIRMED."<br />
2. ADOPTION OF THE ORDER<br />
OF BUSINESS<br />
"THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS<br />
BE aDOPTED."<br />
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3. APPLICATIONS TO JOIN VPA<br />
FRIENDLY SOCIETY<br />
"THAT THE 83 APPLICATIONS LISTED<br />
BE ACCEPTED."<br />
4. VPA FRIENDLY SOCIETY LTD.<br />
BUDGET 2011/12<br />
1. "THAT THE MEMORANDUM FROM<br />
THE SECRETARY DATED 30 maRCH<br />
2011, WITH ATTACHED BUDGET<br />
PROPOSAL FOR THE FINANCIAL<br />
YEAR 2011/2012 FOR THE VPA<br />
FRIENDLY SOCIETY, BE RECEIVED."<br />
2. "THAT THE ADMINISTRATION<br />
PROVIDE A MID TERM BUDGET<br />
REVIEW ON THE OPERATIONS OF<br />
ALL THE HOLIDay HOME/UNITS<br />
AND REPORT THE FINDINGS AT<br />
THE DECEMBER 2011 DIRECTORS’<br />
MEETING.<br />
3. "THAT THE BUDGET FOR THE<br />
VPA FRIENDLY SOCIETY FOR THE<br />
FINANCIAL YEAR 2011/2012 BE<br />
APPROVED."<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting closed at 8:30am.<br />
MINUTES FOR THE<br />
VICTORIA POLICE BRANCH<br />
OF THE POLICE FEDERATION<br />
OF AUSTRALIA<br />
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2011<br />
Location: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Boardroom, 1 Clarendon<br />
Street, East Melbourne<br />
Time: 8.31am<br />
Present:<br />
BK<br />
JC Laird<br />
Rix (President)<br />
(Senior Vice President)<br />
PJ Pearson (Junior Vice President)<br />
KM David, APM (Treasurer)<br />
D Avon (Assistant Treasurer)<br />
DB Anderson<br />
CW Birch<br />
JR Carter<br />
GB Holland<br />
P O’Connell<br />
DJ Thomas<br />
GJ Davies Chief Executive Officer<br />
BI McKenzie Executive Officer<br />
Apologies:<br />
M Rose<br />
Observers:<br />
Jamie Stuart<br />
(Delegate)<br />
Southern Metro<br />
(Mornington Peninsula)<br />
1. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES<br />
"THat THE mINUTES of 1 maRCH<br />
2011 BE CONfIRmED."<br />
2. ADOPTION OF ORDER<br />
OF BUSINESS<br />
"THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS BE<br />
ADOPTED."<br />
3. STRATEGIC<br />
3.1 REVIEW OF STRATEGIC AND KEY<br />
FOCUS AREAS<br />
3.1.1 EB 2011 PLANNING<br />
<strong>The</strong> Secretary provided the meeting<br />
with an update advising that 70<br />
member meetings have been<br />
scheduled around the State over the<br />
coming month. A Special General<br />
Meeting of members will be held at<br />
the Dallas Brooks Centre on 2 May<br />
2011, to vote on possible industrial
action should the Government not<br />
change its position in relation to the<br />
pay offer on the table.<br />
He stated that a much greater<br />
emphasis has been placed on<br />
communication with members<br />
during the EB process via InBrief<br />
Newsletters and website updates.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s negotiation team<br />
will be back at the negotiation table<br />
on 14 April 2011.<br />
3.1.1.1 APPLICATION FOR PROTECTED<br />
ACTION BALLOT ORDER –<br />
PROPOSED BANS<br />
1. "THAT THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL<br />
ACTIONS, AS amENDED, CONTAINED<br />
WITHIN THE MEMORANDUM OF<br />
THE BRANCH CHIEF EXECUTIVE<br />
OffICER DATED 31 maRCH 2011,<br />
BE RATIFIED BY THE EXECUTIVE<br />
AND PUT TO THE SPECIAL GENERAL<br />
MEETING OF MEMBERS TO BE HELD<br />
ON 2 may 2011".<br />
2. "THAT THE FOLLOWING MOTION<br />
BE PUT TO THE SPECIAL GENERAL<br />
MEETING OF 2 may 2011:<br />
THIS SPECIAL MEETING<br />
OF MEMBERS ENDORSES<br />
PARTICIPATION IN THE INDUSTRIAL<br />
ACTIONS LISTED IN THE REPORT<br />
OF THE BRANCH CHIEF EXECUTIVE<br />
OffICER TO THIS MEETING".<br />
3. "THAT SUBJECT TO<br />
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROPOSED<br />
INDUSTRIAL ACTION, AND ANY<br />
MODIFICATION AT THE SPECIAL<br />
GENERAL MEETING OF 2 may<br />
2011, THE POLICE FEDERATION<br />
Of aUSTRALIA maKE APPLICATION<br />
TO faIR WORK AUSTRALIA FOR<br />
THE ‘CONDUCT Of PROTECTED<br />
ACTION’ BALLOT, WITH ACTION<br />
TO COmmENCE ON 6 JUNE 2011.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting adjourned at 9:20am and<br />
resumed at 12:28pm.<br />
Present:<br />
BK Rix (President)<br />
JC Laird (Senior Vice President)<br />
PJ Pearson (Junior Vice President)<br />
KM David, APM (Treasurer)<br />
D Avon (Assistant Treasurer)<br />
DB Anderson<br />
CW Birch<br />
JR Carter<br />
GB Holland<br />
P O’Connell<br />
DJ Thomas<br />
GJ Davies Secretary<br />
BI McKenzie assistant Secretary<br />
Apologies:<br />
M Rose<br />
Observers:<br />
Jamie Stuart<br />
Southern Metro (Mornington<br />
Peninsula) (Delegate)<br />
1. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES<br />
"THAT THE MINUTES OF 1 maRCH<br />
2011 BE CONFIRMED."<br />
2. ADOPTION OF ORDER<br />
OF BUSINESS<br />
"THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS<br />
BE aDOPTED."<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting adjourned at 10:04am and<br />
resumed at 10:26am.<br />
3. OPERATIONAL<br />
3.1 SECRETARY’S REPORT<br />
"THAT THE SECRETARY’S REPORT<br />
BE RECEIVED."<br />
3.2 FINANCE REPORTS<br />
3.2.1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORT<br />
"THAT THE FINANCIAL<br />
maNAGEMENT REPORT<br />
BE RECEIVED."<br />
3.3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLICE<br />
ASSOCIATION<br />
"THAT THE 89 APPLICATIONS LISTED<br />
BE ACCEPTED FOR MEMBERSHIP<br />
Of THE POLICE ASSOCIATION."<br />
3.4 APPLICATIONS TO RE-JOIN THE<br />
POLICE ASSOCIATION<br />
"THAT THE 3 APPLICATIONS TO<br />
REJOIN THE POLICE ASSOCIATION<br />
BE aCCEPTED."<br />
4. MAINTENANCE<br />
4.1 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION ONLY<br />
4.1.1 CORRESPONDENCE<br />
"THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE<br />
BE RECEIVED."<br />
<strong>The</strong> President thanked the Executive<br />
members for their attendance and declared<br />
the meeting closed at 11:15am.<br />
3.1.1.1 ENCOURAGING MORE WOMEN TO<br />
PARTICIPATE IN THE ASSOCIATION<br />
Mr Avon spoke to his memorandum<br />
outlining the benefits of encouraging<br />
more women to become involved<br />
in <strong>Association</strong> business. <strong>The</strong> issue<br />
was discussed at some length by the<br />
Executive, and it was agreed that this<br />
issue remain an information item for<br />
the time being.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meeting concluded at 1:17pm.<br />
MINUTES FOR THE<br />
EXECUTIVE MEETING<br />
Date: Tuesday 5 April 2011<br />
Location: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Boardroom, 1 Clarendon<br />
Street, East Melbourne<br />
Time: 9.21am<br />
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31
Your SAY<br />
Your say ><br />
Email journal@tpav.org.au or write to us at<br />
PO Box 76, Carlton South 3053<br />
Retirement<br />
I’m writing to advise <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
that I retired from <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> on the 23rd<br />
of April, 2011 after a career spanning almost<br />
34 years. I've been a proud member of TPA<br />
since joining <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> on the 20th of<br />
<strong>June</strong>, 1977 and that treasured membership<br />
must now come to an end.<br />
During my time with <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> I'm<br />
able to say I've enjoyed every second of the<br />
journey and the fact is I'm indebted for all<br />
the opportunities afforded me during that<br />
time. Accordingly, I have no hesitation in<br />
recommending a career in <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> to<br />
anyone interested. My concern is not that<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> will miss me but that I will<br />
miss it.<br />
I must point out that my retirement is<br />
early by about three or four years and is<br />
directly linked to the 'rotation' policy. I would<br />
have liked to have been a one club player,<br />
however that couldn't be so I've found<br />
another position in the corrections arm of<br />
the Department of Justice. It's ironic that for<br />
nearly 34 years I was interested in getting<br />
the wrong doers to Court and now I'll be<br />
managing what happens to them when they<br />
come out the other side.<br />
I need to point out that my time in <strong>Victoria</strong><br />
<strong>Police</strong> was actually extended by 12 months<br />
following Bruce McKenzie's successful<br />
representation to Force Command<br />
(on my behalf). I must add that Deputy<br />
Commissioner Walshe was very supportive<br />
of my exemption and extension (from the<br />
2010 round of rotations) and for that I am<br />
very thankful.<br />
So Bruce, thank you very much for your<br />
representation which allowed me the<br />
extra time needed to sort out my personal<br />
affairs. My family and I really do appreciate<br />
the effort.<br />
To all members of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
(and your families), I wish all the very best<br />
for whatever the future offers and I trust<br />
you each enjoy 'the job' as much as I have.<br />
I'm particularly hopeful you're on the good<br />
end when this current EB is completed and<br />
I'm confident TPA Executive Team will do<br />
their very best to see you are fairly and justly<br />
represented.<br />
Thanks again for all your support and I<br />
look forward to catching up with the many<br />
friends I’ve gained during my journey.<br />
Kindest regards,<br />
Garry Bennett<br />
Ex-Inspector 20364<br />
I would like to take this opportunity to<br />
inform you that I have retired from Vic<br />
<strong>Police</strong> and therefore I am resigning from<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> after 23 years' service.<br />
I would like to thank the <strong>Association</strong> for your<br />
outstanding work and support in that time.<br />
I would especially like to thank Ms Kaye<br />
Murphy for her generous help and support,<br />
not only to myself, but to my husband and<br />
young son as well. Life would have been<br />
a lot harder if not for Kaye. Once again,<br />
thanks for all of your assistance during<br />
my police career.<br />
Gratefully yours<br />
Yvonne Strawhorn<br />
Former Sergeant 27058<br />
Ill-health retirement<br />
I am writing to notify you that I retire from<br />
<strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong> on 14/5/2011 and therefore<br />
I will no longer be a member of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>Association</strong>. I have been struck down by the<br />
‘Ill-health retirement virus’.<br />
A quote from Colin McLaren’s book<br />
Infiltration − the ancient Jewish prophet Meir<br />
ticked a simple truth when he observed that<br />
‘the tree itself supplies the handle of the axe<br />
that cuts it down'.<br />
John Knight<br />
Leading Senior Constable 25312<br />
With thanks<br />
I would like to express my thanks and<br />
appreciation for all of the assistance that my<br />
family and I received from the <strong>Association</strong><br />
over the last 12 months. It was a very<br />
difficult time and without the support and<br />
assistance from the <strong>Association</strong> we would<br />
have struggled to cope. My situation was<br />
just another example where <strong>Victoria</strong> <strong>Police</strong><br />
treats police members differently to the rest<br />
of the community and without the support<br />
and assistance of the <strong>Association</strong> the<br />
outcome achieved would have been reached.<br />
I would like to specifically thank Jeff Gundy<br />
for all his hard work. Jeff is a fantastic<br />
person and his professionalism with his<br />
knowledge and great sense of humour<br />
delivered me an outcome that was the best<br />
anyone could hope for.<br />
Things are now back to normal and I am<br />
indebted to Jeff and the <strong>Association</strong> in<br />
achieving this.<br />
Thanks again<br />
Tony Francis and family<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> <strong>Victoria</strong> Journal <strong>June</strong> 2011<br />
33
WHY CONSIDER a KIT HOME<br />
Many country people choose to build a new home on their<br />
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To build a quality country home in rural areas can be a challenge<br />
when faced with tight budgets and possible shortages of<br />
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<strong>The</strong>re are many people who live in country areas with the need,<br />
motivation and practical skills and capability to build their<br />
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<strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Delegates<br />
worKGroup rank DElEGaTE work location phone<br />
Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Glenn Whyte Centre For Foundation Training 9566 9566<br />
Corporate Services 2 (BMD, BITS, HRD, & CSPD) Sen Sgt James Mulholland Reliever Div 2 Nw Metro Region 9392 3111<br />
Crime Department 1 Sergeant Michael Gunn Tasking & Co-Ord Support 9865 2456<br />
Crime Department 2<br />
Vacant<br />
Eastern, (Bass Coast, South Gippsland) Sen Con Sydney Hadley CIU-Bass Coast 5672 2761<br />
Eastern, (Baw Baw, Latrobe) Sen Con Graeme Carter CIU-Baw Baw 5622 7111<br />
Eastern, (Boroondarra, Monash) Sen Con Mark Smith UNI-Oakleigh 9567 8900<br />
Eastern, (East Gippsland) Sergeant Craig Peel UNI-Bairnsdale 5150 2600<br />
Eastern, (Greater Shepparton) Sergeant Leslie Oroszvary Prosecutions-Shepparton 5820 5777<br />
Eastern, (Knox, Maroondah) Sen Con Robyn Waite Socau-Knox 9881 7931<br />
Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sergeant Darren Murphy UNI-Kilmore 5782 1211<br />
Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Sen Con Mark Deegan UNI-Wodonga 02 6049 2600<br />
Eastern, (Wellington) Sen Con Keith Patterson UNI-Sale 5143 5000<br />
Eastern, (Whitehorse, Manningham) Sen Con Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Multicultural Liaison Eastern Region 8841 3942<br />
Eastern, (Yarra Ranges) Sen Con Brigette De Chirico CIU-Yarra Ranges 9735 1610<br />
Ethical Standards Department Sergeant Brad Curtin Conduct & Prof Standards Div 9247 6763<br />
Forensic Services Sergeant Thomas Brady Fingerprints Management UNIt 9865 2900<br />
Intelligence and Covert Support Sen Con Luke Woods Surveillance Services Division 9804 3599<br />
Legal Services Sen Con Angela Coulson Prosecutions-Sunshine 9313 3334<br />
North West Metro, (Banyule, Nillumbik) Sen Sgt Damian Oehme UNI-Greensborough 9435 1044<br />
North West Metro, (Brimbank, Melton) Sen Con Jason Kisielis UNI-Keilor Downs 9365 3333<br />
North West Metro, (Hume) Sen Con Haydn Beale CIU-Hume 9302 8211<br />
North West Metro, (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay & Wyndham) Sen Sgt Leigh Wisbey Reliever Div 2 Nw Metro Region 9392 3111<br />
North West Metro, (Moonee Valley, Moreland) Sen Sgt Eriks Krauklis Reliever Div 4 Nw Metro Region<br />
North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sergeant Jason Gaffee UNI-Epping 9409 8100<br />
North West Metro, (Yarra) Sen Con Travis Storti UNI-Richmond 8420 3600<br />
North West Metro, Melb .2, (Melb. West, VPC, Melb. TMU) Sen Con Steven Cox UNI-Melbourne North 8379 0800<br />
North West Metro, Melb.1, (Melb East. Nth Melb/Carlton, St Kilda Rd UNI) Sergeant Maxwell Jackson UNI-Melbourne North 8379 0800<br />
Operations Co-ordination Sergeant David Short Properties Management 9247 6224<br />
Operations Response UNIt Sergeant Alex Stewart Operations Response UNIt 9247 5482<br />
<strong>Police</strong> Bands Constable Brett Staley Bands 9489 2257<br />
Southern Metro, (Casey, Cardinia) Sergeant Anthony Nestor UNI-Cranbourne 5991 0600<br />
Southern Metro, (Frankston) Sen Con Lachlan Grant UNI-Frankston 9784 5555<br />
Southern Metro, (Greater Dandenong) Sergeant Phillip Hulley UNI-Dandenong 9767 7444<br />
Southern Metro, (Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira) Sergeant Alan Wroblewski Rto-Moorabbin 9556 6194<br />
Southern Metro, (Mornington Peninsula) Sergeant David Stuart UNI-Hastings 5970 7800<br />
Southern Metro, (Port Phillip) Sergeant Douglas Bowles UNI-South Melbourne 9690 3088<br />
Southern Metro, (Stonnington) Sergeant John Pattison CIU-Stonnington 9520 5216<br />
SSD - Emergency Response 1 (Air Wing, Dog Squad, Mounted Branch) Sen Con Paul Hunter Air Wing 9289 3500<br />
SSD - Emergency Response 2 (SAR, Water <strong>Police</strong>) Sen Con Matthew Blythe Water <strong>Police</strong> 9399 7500<br />
SSD - FRU/SOG Sergeant Stuart Oliver Special Operations Group 9247 5578<br />
SSD - <strong>Police</strong> CommUNIcations Division Sergeant Adrian Hurring <strong>Police</strong> Operations Centre (D24) 9247 3222<br />
SSD - Protective Services UNIt Pso Peter Marsden Protective Services UNIt 9247 3893<br />
TTSD - Traffic Support Division Sen Con Trevor Collins Major Collision Brunswick 9380 7299<br />
TTSD - Transit Safety Division Sergeant Mark Spackman UNI-TRANSIT 9247 3300<br />
Western, (Ballarat, Moorabool)<br />
Vacant<br />
Western, (Campaspe) Sen Con Rodney Pell UNI-Echuca 5482 2255<br />
Western, (Colac - Otway/Surf Coast) Sen Con Michael Palmer CIU-Colac 5231 2613<br />
Western, (Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges,Central Goldfields) Sen Con Sean Dickson UNI-Bendigo 5448 1300<br />
Western, (Greater Geelong) Sen Con Maurice Banks Highway Patrol-Geelong 5225 3150<br />
Western, (Horsham, West Wimmera, Hindmarsh) Sen Con James Richardson UNI-Goroke 5386 1004<br />
Western, (Mildura) Sen Con Michael Baldock UNI-Mildura 5018 5300<br />
Western, (Northern Grampians) Sen Con Darren Brown UNI-Stawell 5358 8222<br />
Western, (Southern Grampians, Glenelg) Sen Con David Tognon UNI-Heywood 5527 1614<br />
Western, (Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Buloke) SERGEANT David Mark UNI-Lake Boga 5037 2201<br />
Western, (Warrnambool, Moyne) Sen Con Matthew Laxton CIU-Warrnambool 5560 1155<br />
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