January 2012 - The Police Association Victoria

Journal 

THE POLICE ASSOCIATION VICTORIA UPHOLDING OUR RIGHTS SINCE 1917 

www.tpav.org.au VOLUME 78 ISSUE 1 January 2012 

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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 

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Assistant Secretary: Bruce McKenzie 

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Industrial Relations Manager: Chris Kennedy 

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crime to the public 

18 

An assessment 

of the OPI 

Inside this edition 

03 President’s Message 

05 Secretary’s Message 

07 IR News 

08 Newsflash - The challenges of 

reporting crime to the masses 

10 Your elected Police 

Association Executive 

12 Association Administration 

15 Association Delegates 

18 Opinion 

19 Association Scholarships 

20 Guidelines for members 

under investigation 

23 Trivia 

24 Your Say 

25 Minutes 

26 Member Classifieds 

28 ESSSuper 

19 

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29 Make your new pay increase 

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30 OH&S Representatives 

33 Police Clubs 

34 Chaplains 

35 Assistant Delegates 

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Rolling out a ‘New 

Professional Image’ 

It is with some reservation that I write this 

month’s President’s message because I 

know some members will not fully agree 

with my views, while others will reject 

them outright and will seek to tell me so 

directly. 

Notwithstanding, I don’t shy away from 

my firm view that the revised appearance 

standards for police members that 

commenced at the start of this month 

is a very positive and long-overdue 

step forward. 

Despite some negative reaction, I’m 

confident, based on many conversations I’ve 

had with members of all ranks from a broad 

cross-section of areas in the Force, the 

overwhelming majority of members agree 

with me in welcoming a return to a more 

professional image. 

Moreover, I’m confident that this view is 

largely shared by the community we serve 

and protect. 

The Uniform 

The new ‘American’ style uniform that’s 

set to be rolled out later this year has been 

described as having a "more authoritative 

punch" that will toughen up our image. 

Although I personally like the look of the new 

uniform, I don’t think it is the colour that 

makes the difference. 

Ultimately it is how members carry and 

present themselves that determines 

authority and respect. 

The uniform has seen a number of changes 

over the years from the replacement of the 

old round helmet to the flat top hat in 1947, 

to the complete overhaul in 1979 when the 

colour went from almost black to the blue 

we now know. 

The current uniform and dress standards 

have been allowed to slowly slip to the 

point where sometimes it’s hard to tell the 

difference between the police at the scene 

of an incident from the council worker. It’s 

about time we improved our professional 

image by standing out from the crowd 

as what we should be, well presented, 

uniformed, proud members of the Force who 

look and act the part. 

The Association and the membership have 

been involved in the consultation process for 

the new uniform and look forward to its full 

implementation in due course. 

Appearance standards 

For some members this is a little more 

controversial, however the feeling I get from 

the greater membership is that they largely 

support the changes that have been made. 

Some have expressed doubts over the Chief 

Commissioner’s authority to make such 

changes. 

The Association’s legal advice in this regard 

is clear - the Chief Commissioner does have 

the authority to make the changes to policy 

about grooming and accessories under 

relevant legislation. 

Some have suggested that directing 

members to be clean shaven and to 

maintain a certain hair length and style 

breaches discrimination laws. 

Again, our legal advice is that the Victoria 

Police Force has reasonable arguments 

PHILLIP PEARSON > President 

to defend any claim that the changes are 

discriminatory. 

I am sure you have all read the proposed 

changes to the appearance standards and 

I don’t need to repeat them here, other 

than to say I believe they will assist the 

Victoria Police Force in portraying the more 

professional image that many members and 

the wider public have been advocating for 

many years. 

2012 

As you read this many of you will have 

returned to work after having a welldeserved 

Christmas break or alternatively 

you might be packing up the car for a family 

holiday before having to get the kids back to 

school. 

No matter what your situation is, I hope you 

had a safe and enjoyable Christmas with 

family and friends. 

The 23rd of January 2012 begins the Chinese 

New Year − the year of the Dragon. 

In Chinese mythology, the Dragon 

symbolises success and happiness. 

However, I am not too sure that having the 

head of an ox, muzzle of a donkey, eyes of 

a shrimp, horns of a deer, body of a serpent 

covered with fish scales, and feet of a 

phoenix would make you all that happy. 

Having said that, I wish you all every success, 

both personally and professionally, and most 

of all stay happy. 


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SECRETARY’S MESSAGE 

Gearing up for a 

year of consolidation 

I 

wish every member a happy and 

prosperous New Year and I trust the 

"festive season" was an enjoyable and 

pleasant time for all of you, including 

those who continued to protect Victorians 

at all times of the day and night throughout 

that period. 

This edition of the Journal is, basically, 

a directory for members. We have tried to 

put faces to the names of all of our people, 

with whom you may speak when you 

contact our office. 

There is a complete list of Delegates, 

including their photographs, and a full list of 

Assistant Delegates, so that every member 

can recognise their local representatives. 

There is also a short "bio" on each of your 

Executive Members, which is designed to 

give you a closer look at the balance and 

wide range of policing experience of your 

Executive. 

Of the 12 Executive Members, six are 

uniform members, four are detectives and 

two are Highway Patrol members. There 

are five senior sergeants, five sergeants 

and two senior constables; ten males and 

two females. One member is based in the 

Latrobe Valley, one on the Mornington 

Peninsular and two work in the Geelong 

area. The remainder are based in the 

Metropolitan area. 

That’s a diverse mix, in anyone’s language - 

and that has to be good. 

As far as the Association is concerned (and 

without the assistance of a crystal ball) 2012 

will be a year for consolidation, building and 

planning for the future. 

We need to consolidate and build on the 

achievements of recent times, on your 

behalf. 

As there always is, we expect there will be 

a number of EB implementation issues to 

address although, given the planning and 

the spirit in which the negotiations were 

conducted with the Force, we believe the 

issues will be fewer than usual. 

Naturally, we understand that for those 

members who are affected by those issues, 

they will be of major personal concern. We 

will tackle them in that knowledge. 

We will be building on the gains made in the 

area of police numbers, by ensuring that we 

keep a close eye on Force numbers as we 

head through the Parliamentary election 

cycle. While we’re all (including most of the 

community) very grateful for the additional 

numbers, we equally all know that the extra 

1,700 personnel will still leave us well behind 

the national average of police to population 

ratios. A population increase of 82,000 last 

year won’t help that Victorian average. 

That means there is a whole lot of work to 

be done in the lead-up to the next election. 

We will need to provide the contemporary 

data and persuasive argument to, and seek 

public undertakings from, all sides of politics 

on the medium to long-term police numbers 

GREG DAVIES > SECRETARY 

issue. We simply cannot be allowed to 

return to the parlous levels we were at, 

before we’re even out of the woods. 

Obviously, if Government meets its’ target 

of 1,700 additional police and 940 PSOs, we 

will need to be in a position to maintain and 

increase our service provision to members, 

as the size of that membership increases. 

We have already increased the numbers in 

our Industrial Relations area and we have 

purchased one additional holiday home 

(which is yet to ‘settle’) but there are many 

other aspects of our future business that 

need to be addressed. 

So, after record recruiting announcements 

and a pay deal that is unsurpassed in any 

other Australasian police jurisdiction in the 

current round of bargaining, there is still 

much to do. 

And it is work that we will do in the course 

of this year, with the best interests of all 

members as our Number one priority. 

Good luck to all for a safe and happy 2012. 


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IR News 

What are your rights, 

obligations and options 

if you’ve been overpaid? 

When members are advised they’ve been overpaid, 

it is often a source of anxiety. 

This anxiety is exacerbated when 

they’re also told they’ll have 

to pay back the overpayment 

without any proper consultation 

or opportunity to choose a 

repayment option that suits them. 

From the outset, members must not 

be under any illusion when it comes to 

overpayments - they must be repaid but 

only once you have agreed on a suitable 

repayment option with the Force. 

While the obligation to repay overpaid 

money is beyond dispute, members should 

be aware that in this situation they do have 

certain rights and options. 

Recently, The Police Association has 

successfully intervened in a number of cases 

where the Victoria Police Force had sought 

to deduct repayments from the salary of 

members who had been overpaid without 

them being afforded their rights. 

Such cases have served to highlight the lack 

of awareness on the part of both members 

and the employer with respect to their 

respective rights and obligations whenever 

members have been overpaid. 

When it comes to the recovery of salary 

overpayments, these rights and obligations 

are clearly set out in the new 2011 

Enterprise Agreement (the Agreement). 

These are all underpinned by a key principle. 

That being that the employer has no 

unilateral right to recover money from 

members who have been overpaid unless 

they have first notified the member of an 

overpayment. 

Failing to do this is a clear breach of the Fair 

Work Act and the Agreement. 

What rights are afforded to members 

when they’ve been overpaid? 

While there is an obvious legal obligation on 

the part of a member who has been overpaid 

to pay back the overpaid sum, the Agreement 

affords to them the following rights: 

> > The Force must advise the member in the 

event that they become aware that an 

overpayment of salary, allowance or other 

payment has occurred. This right cuts 

both ways, in that the member is obliged 

to notify the Force if they believe they’ve 

been overpaid. 

> > Where an overpayment has occurred, the 

member has to repay the overpayment 

through a mutually agreed process. 

> > The member must receive written 

notification that they’ve been overpaid 

including details of the overpayment. 

> > If the member cannot immediately repay 

the full amount or disputes the overpaid 

amount advised by the employer then 

discussions must be held between the 

member and the Force to resolve any 

points of dispute. 

> > The Force will not make deductions from 

wages without written agreement from 

the member in relation to the sum of 

money to be deducted from their pay 

and how frequently these deductions 

will occur. 

> > Under no circumstances can the 

deductions result in the member being 

paid less than the Federal Minimum 

Wage during the period in which the 

deductions occur. 

What should you do if you’ve been 

overpaid? 

If members are notified of an overpayment 

by the Force, whether it is for salary or 

allowances, you should take the following 

action: 

> > Firstly, check what the overpayment was 

for and that is has actually occurred. 

> > Make sure the calculations are correct 

so that you know exactly how much you 

need to repay. 

> > Enter into discussions with the Force to 

agree on the best repayment option to 

suit your financial circumstances. 

Chris Kennedy > 

Industrial Relations 

Manager 

What are your repayment options? 

There are a few different methods of 

repayment that members can choose 

from depending on their financial situation, 

including a lump sum payment or 

repayment by instalments. 

It is important to note that members have 

a month, from the date they are notified, to 

negotiate a repayment plan with the Force. 

If the member is proposing a repayment 

schedule that will take a significant amount 

of time to clear the debt (i.e. longer than a 

year), they may be required to disclose their 

financial circumstances to the Force. 

Can your obligation to pay back 

overpaid money be waived? 

Members should be aware that you can 

apply to waive your obligation to pay back 

overpaid money should you find yourself in 

difficult financial circumstances. 

Recently the Association has had some 

successful outcomes where the Minister has 

waived the recovery of an overpayment for 

members on compassionate grounds. 

Any application to the Minister must include 

a full disclosure of the members’ financial 

situation. We strongly recommend members 

seeking to pursue this course to contact the 

Association in the first instance. 

Further advice 

Members that have been notified of an 

overpayment and are unsure about their 

rights and obligations or cannot come to a 

mutually agreeable repayment plan with 

the Force, should contact the Association’s 

Industrial Relations section for advice on 

(03) 9468 2600. 


07

Newsflash 

The challenges of reporting 

crime to the masses 

To our members, the media is very often a friend and occasionally a foe, but as 

Dan Ziffer reports, the relentless 24-hour news cycle creates pressures on police 

reporters which police members would relate to. 

Victoria’s most prominent police 

reporters aren’t sworn and don’t 

carry guns, but find themselves an 

essential link between the community and 

the law. 

"Nothing quite captures the public 

imagination like cops and robbers," said 

Brendan Roberts of National Nine News. 

"It’s so far away from people’s experience of 

life that it’s fascinating − look at Underbelly, 

films, all that". 

The people who report about police, crime 

and punishment don’t know what any given 

day will bring. And they love it. 

"We’re first responders too, in a way," said 

Lisa Maksimovic from ABC TV. "Sometimes 

the chief of staff will call: ‘Get out of bed, 

there’s a plane crash in Horsham. The 

cameraman will be at your house in 10 

minutes’. For me, that’s the really thrilling 

part of the job. It happens and you’ve 

got to be somewhere. It’s dangerous, it’s 

developing and you’re there". 

Candice Wyatt of Ten News said the job was 

ridiculously unpredictable. 

"That’s an understatement," she said. "You 

never know what you’re doing". 

The reporters all detail a lifestyle surprisingly 

akin to many members: they respond to 

events − both ordinary and horrific − and try 

to file an accurate report. 

"I never over-estimate how important 

we are," says Seven News police reporter 

Cameron Baud. "Every time there’s a missing 

person or a suspect the media can be a 

massive help, but we’re not on the front line 

or doing the work that police do". 

Even though there’s no ‘average’ day, all tell 

the Journal about familiar routines. 

Most start around 6am, checking overnight 

reports and preparing any breaking news 

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for the breakfast programs. ("You can be on 

national TV within the hour," Baud said.) 

Reporters will then head into the office, calling 

their contacts to follow up stories and chase 

new leads. Then there are frequent press 

conferences at the Victoria Police Centre and 

preparation for the evening’s bulletin. 

"Or all of a sudden there’ll be a shooting in 

Brunswick or something and for the next 

few hours you’ll be on the spot, trying to 

gather information," Roberts said. 

"I’m too disorganised to have an overnight 

bag packed, but I should. You find yourself 

in some far-out country destination with no 

toothbrush or change of clothing, wondering 

how you’re going to the cross for the 

breakfast show." 

Reporters often meet people on the worst 

day of their lives: flung into prominence 

through violence, notoriety or bad luck. 

Maksimovic said that the "death knock" was 

a moment every journalist dreaded. 

"You have every kind of reaction," she said. 

After a group of teenagers were killed in 

a car crash, the grandfather of one victim 

collapsed on her, weeping. 

"That’s terribly upsetting," she said. 

"Then I knock on another door and 

they’re incredibly hostile. All you can 

do is − with sincerity − report on that 

family with as much sensitivity as you 

can. The day you don’t get upset by 

something like that ... maybe you need 

to call it quits". 

The reporters are constantly interacting 

with members, from Constables to the Chief 

Commissioner. Understandably, they react 

to reporters in different ways. 

"Some police are more than willing to engage 

you and inform you on what’s taken place, 

and I really appreciate that," said Baud. 

"You’re trying to get something correct and 

accurate, and I think that’s only positive for 

all those involved". 

Maksimovic agreed, adding: "Particularly 

in country areas they’re happier to speak 

to you, they’re good at interacting with 

people in the bush". 

For Roberts, the best members to find 

at a scene are people you already know. 

"Someone I’ve got a relationship with," he 

said. "Preferably someone I’ve spent many 

beers with".

CAMERON BAUD > Police Reporter, Seven News 

Previous jobs: Radio cadetship, WIN News, Ten News 

Worst days: "Car accidents in general, specifically two-year-old Matthew Bond, who died in Sorrento 

in September when his mother accidentally ploughed into a veranda where he was sitting with his 

grandfather". 

Lighter moment: "Benji Veniamin had just been killed and we were at a press conference in the middle of 

Rathdowne Street. I turned around and there’s Carl Williams sitting in. I told my cameraman, all the other 

crews noticed and started chasing him. All you needed was the Benny Hill music". 

LISA MAKSIMOVIC > Police and Emergency Services Reporter, ABC TV 

Previous jobs: Police reporter at ABC Adelaide, sports and general reporter 

Worst days: "Black Saturday and Cyclone Yasi. Two toddlers drowning in the River Torrens. Anything 

involving children is distressing". 

Lighter moments: "The Judy Moran impersonator turning up at Des Moran’s funeral. Unbelievable". 

BRENDAN ROBERTS > Police Reporter, National Nine News 

Previous jobs: Yarra Ranges Journal, Herald Sun 

Worst days: "Any job involving a deceased child is no good, and that’s pretty often". 

Lighter moment: "Having runaway driver Puneet Puneet invite me into his house for coffee and biscuits 

before telling me a cat, rather than half a dozen scotches was to blame for his fatal car crash". 

YVETTE GRAY > Police reporter, 3AW 

Previous jobs: Leader Newspapers, WIN TV Albury 

Worst days: "Darcey Freeman. We had a call to the newsroom that said, ‘I just saw someone throw a child 

off the bridge’." 

Lighter moment: "I did a live cross with (breakfast hosts) Ross and John at a brothel fire in South 

Melbourne. They decided to challenge themselves to include as many ‘brothel jokes’ as they could ..." 

CANDICE WYATT > Police reporter, Ten News 

Previous jobs: Werribee Times, Seven Tasmania, ABC Radio 

Worst days: "A two-year-old girl run down in the early morning. The distraught mother comes out of the 

house screaming. Hopefully stories like that raise awareness for other parents". 

Lighter moment: "Not lighter as such, but I don’t think that anything I do will be able to top Beaconsfield 

(mine rescue). Tragic, terrible ... triumphant". 


09

IN PROFILE 

Your elected Police Association 

Executive 

The Police Association is governed by 

an Executive of 12 people, which is 

required to manage the Association 

on behalf of the membership. 

The key role of the elected Executive is to set Association policy 

for the betterment of the entire membership. 

The processes by which the Executive is elected are detailed 

in The Police Association Constitution. Executive members are 

elected for a term of three years and four Executive members 

are up for re-election each year. These are your current elected 

Executive members. 

Phil Pearson 

President 

Phil Pearson was first elected to the Executive in 2003 after a nine year period 

as a delegate. Phil joined the Force in 1975 and has worked his entire career at 

busy police stations including Flemington, Ascot Vale Crime Cars, 

Broadmeadows, Coburg and Fawkner. Phil commenced his tenure as President 

of The Police Association in October 2011. 

John Laird 

Senior 

Vice-President 

John Laird is a Senior Sergeant stationed at South Melbourne CIU. He has been 

a member of the Force for 31 years and has broad operational experience at 

inner city stations and CIUs including City West, Northcote, Carlton, Prahran 

and Fitzroy. John has served as an Association Delegate and joined the 

Executive in 2005. 

Paul O’Connell 

Junior Vice-President 

Paul O’Connell has been an operational police officer for the entirety of his 23 

years service, working at a variety of general duties stations, CIU and the Crime 

Dept. He is currently a Sergeant at Moreland CIU. Paul is married with two 

children and has been a member of the Victoria Police since 1988. Prior to 

becoming a member of the Executive in September 2006, Paul often advocated 

for members who had applied for legal assistance. 

Dean Anderson 

Dean Anderson joined Victoria Police Force in 2001 and has been operational his 

entire career. He is a Senior Constable currently stationed at the Transit Safety 

Division and was elected to the Executive in October 2010. During his career, 

Dean has worked at the Melbourne East Police Station, City Patrol Group, the 

Drug Squad, Melbourne TMU, and completed the CIRT course in 2007. 

Colin Birch 

Colin Birch is a Sergeant at Geelong Crime Scene Services. He joined the Victoria 

Police Force in 1988. He has served at various uniform stations and CIU offices 

throughout the CBD, western suburbs and Geelong as well as duties at the 

Security Intelligence Ground and AFP-JCTT. Colin was elected to the Executive 

in 2010. 

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IN PROFILE 

Dean Thomas 

Dean Thomas is a Detective Senior Sergeant and the Officer in Charge at the 

LaTrobe CIU. He was elected to the Executive in October 2004. Dean has 

previously performed duty at the Homicide Squad, Lorimer Task Force, 

Dandenong CIU, Springvale CIU, Prahran CIU, St Kilda, Dandenong and Footscray 

Police Stations and the Morwell Regional Response Unit. 

Karl David APM 

Treasurer 

Karl David APM is a Sergeant stationed at Frankston. He joined the Force in 

1988 has been a uniformed operational member for 23 years and has broad 

experience of policing in inner city, suburban and country areas. He was elected 

to the Executive in March 2005. 

Dermot Avon 

Assistant Treasurer 

Dermot Avon joined the Executive in 2006 and was previously an Association 

Delegate. He is a Senior Sergeant at Prahran Police Station. He has worked at 

Collingwood, Footscray, St. Kilda, South Melbourne, and San Remo Police 

Stations, Russell Street and City West CIB, the Arson squad, Security Intelligence 

Group and the Properties Branch. 

Di Wilson 

PFA Delegate 

Diane Wilson is Senior Sergeant and the Officer in Charge of Glen Waverley 

Police Station. She joined Victoria Police in 1986 and has worked at both general 

duties and the CIU. She has broad operational experience having worked at 

stations including Russell Street, Richmond, Northcote, Preston, Camberwell, 

Boroondara, Nunawading along with the Crime Dept and Caulfield CIU. She was 

first elected to the Executive in September 2007 and re-elected in 2011. 

Mark Rose 

Mark Rose is a Sergeant at Melbourne HWP. He has been a member of the 

Force since 1993 and has been stationed at Carlton, Richmond, Melbourne East, 

Melbourne West, St Kilda Road, Melbourne TMU, Wyndham TMU and Werribee. 

He joined the Victoria Police Force in 1993 and was elected to the Executive 

in 2006. 

Brigette De Chirico 

Brigette De Chirico is a Detective Senior Constable at Yarra Ranges CIU. She has 

had 17 years of operational service at various inner-city and outer-east 

stations. Brigette has previously served as an Association Assistant and 

Delegate since 2007 and was elected to the Executive in 2011. 

Maurie Banks 

Maurie Banks is a Leading Senior Constable at Geelong Highway Patrol. He has 

39 years of operational experience starting in the western suburbs but has 

been with Highway Patrol since 1978. Maurie served as an Association Delegate 

for four years since 2007 and was elected to the Executive in 2011. 


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IN PROFILE 

TPAV > Senior Administration 

Greg Davies 

Secretary 

Bruce McKenzie 

Assistant Secretary 

Rebecca Joss 

Personal Assistant 

(Sec/Asst Sec) 

TPAV > Industrial Relations 

Chris Kennedy 

Industrial Relations 

Manager 

Emma Rili 

Senior Industrial 

Officer 

Luke Oliver 

Senior Industrial 

Officer 

Nerio Baldini 

Industrial Officer 

Les Beslis 


(WorkCover) 

Peter Gioulekas 


Laura Miller 


Paul Mangan 


Susan Knight 


Erin De Zilwa 


TPAV > Communications 

Sandro Lofaro 

Communications 

Manager 

John East 

Delegates’ & Training 

Co-ordinator 

Caitlin Walsh 

Communications 

Officer 


IN PROFILE 

TPAV > Discipline/Legal 

Tony Walsh 

Legal Manager 

Bernie Elliott 

Discipline Advocate 

Chris Gorissen 


Jeff Gundy 


Kaye Murphy 

Welfare Officer 

Michael Clark 

OH&S Officer 

Trudi Brisbane 


TPAV > Administration 

Sylvia Loveless 

Administration 

Manager 

Bruce Watt 

Project Officer 

Keith Karunagoda 

Accountant 

Noreen Farrell 

Bookkeeper 

Sue Thorley 

Senior Membership 

Officer 

Tracey Morgan 

Membership Officer 

Melissa Adam 

Administration/ 


Vicky Mouhtsis 

Administration 

Assistant 

Sybille Hennequin 

Receptionist 

Skye Di Gennaro 

Holiday Homes 

Co-ordinator 

Rosenia Ingram 

File Management 

Officer 


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TPAV > Delegates 

Corporate Services 1 

(Education Department) 

Sergeant Glenn Whyte 

Centre For Foundation 

Training 

9566 9566 

Corporate Services 2 (BMD, 

BITS, HRD, & CSPD) 

Sergeant Terence 

MacManus 

Transport Support Unit 

9380 7254 

Crime Department 1 

Sergeant Michael 

Gunn 

Armed Crime Taskforce 

9865 2368 

Crime Department 2 

Sen Con Matthew 

Merrigan 

Fraud Extortion Squad 

9611 8512 

Eastern, (Bass Coast, South 

Gippsland) 

Sen Con Sydney 

Hadley 

CIU-Bass Coast 

5672 2761 

Eastern, (Baw Baw, Latrobe) 

Sen Con Graeme 

Carter 

CIU-Baw Baw 

5622 7151 

Eastern, (Boroondarra, 

Monash) 

Sen Con Mark Smith 

UNI-Clayton 

9543 3888 

Eastern, (East Gippsland) 

Sergeant Andrew 

Bills 

UNI-Bairnsdale 

5150 2600 

Eastern, (Greater 

Shepparton) 

Sen Con Paul Shortis 

CIU-Shepparton 

5820 5800 

Eastern, (Knox, Maroondah) 

Sen Con Robyn Waite 

CIU-Maroondah 

9871 3052 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) 

Sergeant Darren 

Murphy 

UNI-Kilmore 

5782 1211 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, 

Wodonga, Moira) 

Sergeant Henry 

Clarke 

UNI-Wodonga 

02 6049 2600 

Eastern, (Wellington) 

Sen Con Keith 

Patterson 

UNI-Sale 

5143 5015 

Eastern, (Whitehorse, 

Manningham) 

Sen Con Elizabeth 

Sidiropoulos 

Multicultural Liaison 

Eastern Region 

9871 410 

Eastern, (Yarra Ranges) 

Sen Con Ben Aulich 

UNI-Yarra Junction 

5967 1104 

Ethical Standards 

Department 

Sergeant Brad Curtin 

Conduct & Prof 

Standards Div 

9247 3644 

Forensic Services 

Sergeant Thomas 

Brady 

Fingerprints 

Management Unit 

9865 2890 

Intelligence and Covert 

Support 

Sen Con Luke Woods 

Surveillance Services 

Division 

9804 3599 

Legal Services 

Sergeant Adam 

McCormack 

Melbourne Prosecutions 

8628 3200 

North West Metro, 

(Banyule, Nillumbik) 

Sen Sgt Damian 

Oehme 

UNI-Greensborough 

9435 7001 


(Brimbank, Melton) 

Vacant 

North West Metro, (Hume) 

Sen Sgt Andrew Foot 

Risk & Audit Unit 

9744 8111 


(Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay 

& Wyndham) 

Sergeant Terence West 

UNI-Altona North 

9392 3111 

North West Metro, (Moonee 

Valley, Moreland) 

Sen Con Craig Zeeher 

UNI-Fawkner 

9355 6000 


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IN PROFILE 

TPAV > Delegates 


(Whittlesea, Darebin) 

Sergeant Jason 

Gaffee 

UNI-Epping 

9409 8100 

North West Metro, (Yarra) 

Sen Con Steven 

Boskovski 

CIU-Yarra 

8420 3600 

North West Metro, Melb 

.2, (Melb. West, VPC, Melb. 

TMU) 

Sen Con Steven Cox 

UNI-Melbourne West 

9247 5362 

North West Metro, Melb.1, 

(Melb East. Nth Melb/ 

Carlton, St Kilda Rd UNI) 

Sergeant Maxwell 

Jackson 

UNI-Melbourne North 

8379 0800 

Operations Co-ordination 

Sergeant David Short 

Planning & Special 

Projects 

9247 3058 

Operations Response UNIt 

Sergeant Alex 

Stewart 

Operations Response 

Unit 

9247 5482 

Police Bands 

Constable Brett 

Staley 

Bands 

9489 2257 

Southern Metro, (Casey, 

Cardinia) 


Carson 

Crime Desk-Narre Warren 

9705 3110 

Southern Metro, 

(Frankston) 

Sergeant John Carter 

UNI-Carrum Downs 

8770 4100 

Southern Metro, (Greater 

Dandenong) 

Sergeant Phillip 

Hulley 

UNI-Dandenong 

9767 7444 

Southern Metro, (Kingston, 

Bayside, Glen Eira) 

Sen Con Timothy 

Barratt 

UNI-Mordialloc 

9588 2988 


(Mornington Peninsula) 

Sergeant Jamie Stuart 

UNI-Hastings 

5970 8600 

Southern Metro, (Port 

Phillip) 

Sergeant Douglas 

Bowles 

UNI-South Melbourne 

9690 3088 


(Stonnington) 

Sergeant John 

Pattison 

UNI-Malvern 

9822 2487 

SSD - Emergency Response 

1 (Air Wing, Dog Squad, 

Mounted Branch) 

Sergeant Wayne Gatt 

Mounted Branch 

9682 4733 

SSD - Emergency Response 

2 (SAR, Water Police) 


Blythe 

Water Police 

9399 7500 

SSD - FRU/SOG 

Sen Con Damien 

Peppler 

Special Operations 

Group 

9247 5578 

SSD - Police 

Communications Division 

Sergeant Adrian 

Hurring 

Police Operations Centre 

(D24) 

9247 3222 

SSD - Protective Services 

Unit 

PSO Peter Marsden 

Protective Services Unit 

9603 6215 

TTSD - Traffic Support 

Division 

Sen Con Trevor Collins 

Major Collision 

Brunswick 

9380 7299 

TTSD - Transit Safety 

Division 

Sen Con Richard Field 

Transit Safety Division 

9247 3300 

Western, (Ballarat, 

Moorabool) 

Sen Con Ivan 

Blomeley 

Ballarat Prosecutions 

5336 6074 

Western, (Campaspe) 

Sen Con Rodney Pell 

UNI-Echuca 

5482 2255 

Western, (Colac - Otway/ 

Surf Coast) 

Sen Con Michael 

Palmer 

CIU-Colac 

5231 2613 


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Western, (Greater Bendigo, 

Macedon Ranges,Central 

Goldfields) 

Sen Con Sean Dickson 

UNI-Wedderburn 

5494 3300 

Western, (Greater Geelong) 

Sen Con Thomas 

Dempsey 

UNI-Geelong 

5225 3100 

Western, (Horsham, West 

Wimmera, Hindmarsh) 

Sen Con James 

Richardson 

UNI-Goroke 

5386 1004 

Western, (Mildura) 

Sen Con Michael 

Baldock 

UNI-Mildura 

5018 5300 

Western, (Northern 

Grampians) 

Sen Con Darren 

Brown 

UNI-St Arnaud 

5495 1000 

Western, (Southern 

Grampians, Glenelg) 

Constable Jack 

Fletcher 

UNI-Portland 

5523 1999 

Western, (Swan Hill, 

Gannawarra, Buloke) 

Sen Con Shane 

Hardinge 

UNI-Koondrook 

5438 7333 

Western, (Warrnambool, 

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Brown 

UNI-Warrnambool 

5560 1333 

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OPINION 

Top-level OPI exits speak volumes 

as corruption body collapses 

Last month, just days before 

the state government 

introduced legislation to 

set up a new independent, 

broad-based anti-corruption 

commission, two of the most 

senior officers from the 

body which the new IBAC 

will replace announced their 

intention to call it quits. 

Against this background, 

the Herald Sun newspaper 

invited, Police Association 

Secretary, Greg Davies to 

provide his assessment 

of the OPI’s short, but 

controversial, history. 

Greg’s opinion piece was 

published in the paper’s 3 

December 2011 edition and 

is re-produced below: 

The announcements from 

Michael Strong, Director Police 

Integrity, and his deputy, Paul 

Jevtcovic, prove something is badly amiss 

at the OPI. 

Why have the two senior people left 

prematurely? 

The Government has apparently advised 

Mr. Strong that there will be no place for 

him at the proposed IBAC, to be established 

"some time" in 2012. 

It’s an announcement that would not 

surprise many and it should not have 

surprised Mr. Strong. Governments don’t 

do away with anti-corruption bodies, and 

replace them with something that’s hoped 

will be better, if they are happy with their 

performance and that of its’ head. 

The proposals that the IBAC Commissioner 

and the Deputy be required to hold 

qualification for appointment to the 

Supreme Court, rule out Mr. Jevtcovic for 

either of the top jobs. 

One can understand that, after hearing that 

news, Mr. Jevtcovic might jump if the right 

job came along any time soon. Apparently it 

has, and he is said to be off to the Australian 

Crime Commission, although it’s unknown in 

what capacity. 

Jevtcovic came to Victoria from the 

Australian Federal Police, and he returns to 

the Federal jurisdiction. It’s impossible to 

criticise anyone for providing for their family, 

yet it never ceases to amaze that anyone 

bitten by the "Police Corruption Bug" always 

seems to find a chair when the music stops 

− as it surely has for the OPI in Victoria. 

One wonders how many other OPI 

employees will have to follow the example 

of their leaders and either head interstate 

or retire, for surely there can be no 

employment for them in the new IBAC. 

Anyone who has followed the incompetent 

capers of the OPI over the years will be aware 

of its’ dreadful performance. Those with any 

detailed knowledge will harbour more than a 

sneaking suspicion that much or most of the 

first year’s work of the IBAC will involve the 

investigation of criminal conduct allegations 

against the OPI and some of its personnel. 

To suggest that any individual could remove 

their OPI Star, pin on an IBAC badge and head 

off to investigate serious allegations against 

themselves and their current or former 

colleagues, from that happy time when they 

were accountable to no-one, would surely 

see the opponents of ‘Police investigating 

Police’ swooning into their chardonnay. 

Serious questions remain unanswered over 

the OPI’s most public failures. Paul Mullett 

and Noel Ashby were put on a show trial and 

no evidence of any criminality was produced. 

Mullett received a nolle prosequi from the 

Office of Public Prosecutions and Ashby was 

denied his day in court because of a simple 

administrative blunder that a Year 11 legal 

studies student should have spotted. 

And what was the serious criminal offence 

alleged against either of them that allowed 

the OPI to obtain telephone interception 

warrants against them? 

What was the serious criminal offence said 

to have been committed by Sir Ken Jones, or 

Tristan Weston, that allowed their telephones 

to be intercepted under Federal Warrants? 

No-one knows, because never, at any time, 

has that offence been alleged against any 

of them. The appalling lack of oversight that 

prevents accused persons from accessing 

the warrants, let alone the "evidence" used to 

obtain them, must be rectified with the IBAC. 

And where are the masses of corrupt police 

the OPI promised to flush out? It can’t be 

denied that any group of 12,500 people will 

probably have a couple of rotten apples, but 

either there are none left or the OPI couldn’t 

find them − there is no third alternative. 

By contrast, if IBAC investigations are to be 

thorough and professionally conducted, they 

must be controlled by investigators − not 

barristers. 

There are many brilliant minds among the 

judiciary and legal profession in Victoria, 

but not too many of them are trained 

investigators. It is folly to think that 

being a former judge makes for a trained 

investigator; no different to saying that a 

Detective Constable has the skills to be 

a Supreme Court Judge. Each has their 

qualities, skills and abilities but they are two 

entirely different fields. 

To mix them is like mixing oil and water − 

it can’t be done successfully and it will fail. 

It must be done properly next time. 


Association 

scholarships 

Scholarships now available for 

school-age children in 2012 and beyond 

Applications close 31 January 2012 

Are you a Police Association member with school-age children? 

If so, your child may be eligible for a Police 

Association-funded scholarship to cover 

some of their education expenses in 2012 

and beyond. 

As we have done for many years, The Police 

Association has again teamed up with the 

Victorian Department of Education to make 

scholarships available to four students from 

Victorian policing families. 

Depending on their year level your child 

can apply for one of three of the following 

available scholarships. 

What scholarships are available? 

Graham Davidson Scholarship 

This scholarship, valued at $600, is awarded 

to a student who has completed year-6 in 

2011. The scholarship is for a period of two 

years at an allowance of $300 for each year. 

Angela Taylor Scholarship 

There are scholarships available for two 

students, each valued at $250. They are 

awarded to students who have completed 

year-8 in 2011. The scholarships are 

awarded for one year. 

E C James Scholarship 

This scholarship, valued at $750, is 

awarded to a student who has completed 

year-9 in 2011. The scholarship is for a 

period of three years at an allowance of $250 

per year. 

Who can apply? 

To be eligible to apply, students must meet 

the following criteria. 

1. Must be a child of a current Police 

Association member, police pensioner or 

police widow(er). 

2. Student must attend a school located 

in Victoria (regardless of whether it is a 

public or private school). 

3. Student must be involved in school / 

community activities. 

4. Student’s end-of-year results for 2011 

will also be assessed. 

Who determines the 

successful applicants? 

Scholarship recipients are selected by a 

panel from the Department of Education 

and Early Childhood Development having 

regard to the above criteria. 

While The Police Association fully funds 

these scholarships, it has no involvement in 

the selection process. 

How can your child apply? 

Your eligible child can apply for one of the 

above scholarships by completing an online 

application form at www.eduweb.vic.gov. 

au/scholarships. 

A hyperlink to this site is available 

on The Police Association’s website − 

www.tpav.org.au. Simply go to the 

‘About Us’ link and follow the prompts. 

When do applications 

open and close? 

Applications for these scholarships close on 

Tuesday 31 January 2012. 

Further information 

Enquiries regarding any of the above 

scholarships can be directed to: 

Ms Andrea Constantino, Student 

Scholarships Coordinator, 

Department of Education and Early 

Childhood Development. 

Phone: (03) 9637 3367 or Email: constantino. 

andrea.a@edumail.vic.gov.au 

Alternatively, you can contact The Police 

Association’s Communications Manager, 

Sandro Lofaro on (03) 9468 2600 or tollfree on 

1800 800 537 (outside Melbourne metro area). 


19

Legal News 

Guidelines for members 

under investigation 

These guidelines are intended to give you basic 

advice if you are going to be interviewed for a 

criminal or disciplinary matter. 

Tony Walsh > Legal Manager 

1. It is not intended that these guidelines 

provide comprehensive advice, or that 

they cover every possible situation. 

Before you are interviewed, you should 

carefully consider your position and 

seek advice from The Police Association 

or referral to appointed solicitor for 

preliminary legal advice. 

2. It is important to note that the advice 

contained in this document is general in 

nature. Each case must be considered on 

its merits. 

3. Before any interview commences, 

you should always ascertain from the 

Ethical Standards Department or the 

Investigator whether you are going to 

be subjected to a criminal interview or a 

disciplinary interview. 

CRIMINAL MATTERS 

1. If you are the subject of a criminal interview, 

a caution pursuant to Section 464 of the 

Crimes Act 1958 should be administered. 

If that occurs, you have the same right 

to silence as any other member of the 

community. Before you abrogate that 

right, you should consider your alternatives 

carefully. It is not only a guilty person who 

can exercise his or her right to silence. Even 

an innocent person, in answering questions 

in a Record of Interview, can provide 

inconsistent answers. 

2. As a general rule, you should decline 

to answer any questions in a criminal 

interview, other than denying the 

allegation that is being made against you 

at the end of the caution. Your reason for 

refusing to answer questions should be 

based on legal advice. You should seek 

legal advice prior to any criminal interview. 

3. It is common for suspects in a tape 

recorded record of interview to read out 


a prepared statement at the end of the 

criminal caution and then decline to 

answer all questions put to him or her. 

The Assistant Commissioner for ESD 

has directed that this procedure will not 

be available to Police Officers. If a Police 

Officer seeks to read out a prepared 

statement and then declines to answer 

all questions, the tape recording will be 

terminated. Serving Police Officers are 

the only citizens in Victoria to whom 

this applies. 

4. Often, if the subject of the complaint 

relates to an "on duty" incident, you may 

already have made a statement as part of 

your duties as a police officer, for inclusion 

in a prosecution brief of evidence. You will 

have made that statement voluntarily 

and at a time when you were not a 

suspect. Accordingly, such a statement 

may be admissible evidence against you 

in any event. Providing the statement is 

accurate, you should in this circumstance, 

at the end of the caution state that 

you have already made a statement 

which has been acknowledged, that the 

statement contains a full account of 

your actions, and that you do not wish 

to answer any further questions but rely 

upon your statement. 

5. If there is sufficient evidence to 

constitute a prima facie case against 

you, you will probably be charged 

regardless of whether you answer 

questions or not. Often, answering 

questions will not detract from the 

prima facie case that already exists, 

and will only put forward an opposing 

view. The investigating police may then 

consider that it is a matter for the court 

to determine the facts in issue. If a 

prima facie case exists, it is unlikely that 

responding to questions will alter the 

existing situation. Obvious examples 

of providing a contrary account to the 

principal allegation of the complainant, 

is admitting that you were involved in 

an altercation but that you were acting 

in self defence, or admitting that you 

engaged in sexual conduct with a person, 

but that it was fully consensual. 

6. If the Ethical Standards Department 

only charge members where there is 

sufficient evidence to constitute a prima 

facie case, exercising your right to silence 

and refusing to answer questions cannot 

provide more evidence beyond what 

already exists. Either there is sufficient 

evidence to constitute a prima facie 

case or there is not. Refusing to answer 

questions cannot provide more evidence. 

You should not be charged just because 

you have exercised your right to silence 

on legal advice. 

7. If you decide to refuse to answer 

questions, you should ensure that each 

and every question is answered "no 

comment". You should never answer 

questions on a selective basis. 

8. You should also remember that any person 

that you speak to about the circumstances 

surrounding an alleged offence has the 

capacity to make a statement to the 

investigators relaying the contents of your 

conversation. It is quite possible that 

the contents of the conversation may be 

lead against you in evidence. Accordingly, 

you should be cautious about talking to 

other people about the matter. Police 

Officers can be compelled to make a 

statement about conversations they 

have conducted with colleagues. 

9. You should not participate in a reenactment 

or identification parade under 

any circumstances.

DISCIPLINARY MATTERS 

1. The Police Regulation Act 1958 and 

The Police Integrity Act 2008 empower 

the Director of Police Integrity and the 

Chief Commissioner of Police, in an 

investigation into a breach of discipline, 

to direct a member of the Force to 

furnish any relevant information, 

produce any relevant documentation or 

answer any relevant question. 

2. This coercive power can relate to 

investigations into what would ordinarily 

be considered criminal matters. In some 

circumstances the investigation can be 

conducted on a disciplinary basis if the 

Chief Commissioner or the Director of 

Police Integrity so directs. 

3. If you are interviewed in relation to a 

disciplinary offence and you are given 

a direction to do so under S.86Q of the 

Police Regulation Act 1958, or S.47(1) 

of The Police Integrity Act 2008, you 

are required to co-operate only in the 

above mentioned areas. You are not 

obliged to provide any form of bodily or 

forensic sample and you are not required 

to do anything other than "furnish 

any relevant information, produce any 

relevant documents or answer any 

relevant question". 

4. At times, the Director of Police Integrity 

has sought to compel a police officer 

to answer questions under oath for 

the purposes of S.47 of The Police 

Integrity Act 2008. Legal advice obtained 

by The Police Association suggests that 

there is no lawful basis for that demand 

despite the Director’s opinion to the 

contrary. 

5. The powers of compulsion referred 

to above do not extend to interviews 

concerning criminal matters where a 

caution is administered pursuant to 

Section 464 of the Crimes Act 1958. If 

you are given a criminal caution, you 

have the same rights as any other 

citizen in the community, namely the 

right to decline to answer questions. 

6. The High Court of Australia has held 

that a member’s right to refuse to 

answer questions on the basis of 

self-incrimination does not apply 

to questions asked in an interview 

concerning a disciplinary offence. The 

High Court held that it is only in a 

criminal investigation that a member can 

decline to answer questions on the basis 

of self-incrimination. 

7. A subsequent decision of the Police 

Services Board held that a member 

may refuse to answer questions in a 

disciplinary interview if the answers 

to those questions could lead to the 

yielding of potential derivative evidence 

which could incriminate a member in 

relation to a criminal offence. Before 

refusing to answer questions in a 

disciplinary interview on that basis, you 

should seek legal advice, as the refusal 

to answer questions in a disciplinary 

interview will, unless justified, constitute 

a disciplinary offence. 

8. If a member has been interviewed 

in relation to criminal matters and a 

caution has been administered, he or 

she should not then be the subject of a 

disciplinary interview if the substance 

of the interview is the same. Before 

being compelled to answer questions 

in those circumstances, all criminal 

charges should have been concluded, 

or alternatively, the member should be 

told, either on tape or in writing, that any 

criminal matters will not be proceeded 

with. It would improper for the Ethical 

Standards Department to use the power 

of compulsion as a means of acquiring 

evidence in support of a criminal 

prosecution. 

9. You should comply with the obligation 

imposed upon you in a disciplinary 

interview unless you are justified in 

refusing to answer questions (which 

will only arise rarely). However, you 

should keep your answers specific to the 

question asked. 

10. Prior to any disciplinary interview 

commencing, members are strongly 

advised to contact The Police Association 

Discipline Advocates on 9495 6899. 

Appropriate advice will be provided. This 

service is available 24 hours a day, seven 

days a week via the Police Association. 

OFFICE OF POLICE INTEGRITY 

1. The Office of Police Integrity was 

established in November 2004. The 

Director, Police Integrity, has the power 

under Sections 53(1) or (2) of The Police 

Integrity Act 2008 to summon a person 

to attend before the Director, Police 

Integrity or his delegate. 

2. Confidentiality provisions usually apply 

to service of such a Summons. In such 

circumstances, it is a criminal offence 

to disclose to any person the existence 

of the Summons or the subject matter 

of the investigation to which it relates, 

unless the person has a "reasonable 

excuse". If the confidentiality provisions 

apply, you will be served with a Notice 

setting out the requirements when you 

receive the Summons. You are permitted 

to contact the Police Association only for 

the purpose of obtaining legal advice. 

3. A person served with a Summons 

to attend before the Director, Police 

Integrity, may, at the discretion of 

the Director’s Delegate, be legally 

represented. The hearing can be 

conducted in private or in public. 

Pursuant to S.69 of The Police Integrity 

Act 2008, a person’s privilege against 

self-incrimination is abrogated and a 

person who receives a summons is not 

excused from answering a question, 

producing a document or other thing or 

giving information for the purposes of 

an investigation by the Director on the 

ground that the answer to the question, 

the production of the document or other 

thing or the giving of the information 

might tend to incriminate the person or 

make the person liable to a penalty. 

4. As a consequence of the privilege against 

self-incrimination being abrogated in 

respect of hearings before the Director 

or his Delegate, S.69(3) provides the 

protection that the answer, information, 

document or thing provided by the 

person the subject of the examination is 

not admissible in evidence against that 

person before any Court or person acting 

judicially, except in proceedings for: 

a. Perjury or giving false information; or 

b. A breach of discipline by a member of 

the force; or 

c. Failure to comply with a direction 

under section 47; or 

d. Failure to answer a question or 

produce a document or other thing 

that he or she was required to 

answer or produce or answer a 

summons to attend; 

e. Contempt of the Director 

5. The OPI has demonstrated that it may 

conduct a private hearing before a 

member receives a Summons to give 

evidence at a public examination. It 

should not be assumed that the totality 

of the evidence will be put to a member 

at a private examination. Experience 

has shown that where the OPI has 

decided to conduct a public examination, 


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THE POLICE ASSOCIATION 

it will hold a private hearing where the 

member is examined. Evidence such as 

tape recorded telephone conversations 

or film footage of incidents is often not 

put to the member, but rather, shown to 

him or her for the first time at the public 

examination. 

6. Any member who receives a Summons 

to appear before the Director, Police 

Integrity, should contact The Police 

Association for referral to a Solicitor. 

General Investigative 

Practices 

1. As with any investigation undertaken 

into serious crimes, investigators, 

including those attached to ESD, have 

at their disposal a range of investigation 

tools. These include all forms of 

electronic surveillance and include 

telephone interceptions and listening 

devices. However the authority to 

undertake these forms of surveillance 

is generally restricted to investigations 

relating to serious crimes. It is important 

to be mindful of the potential existence 

of electronic surveillance methods when 

dealing with suspects or witnesses 

who, you suppose, may be the subject 

of an investigation into serious criminal 

activity as any of your conversations that 

are lawfully recorded may be admitted 

into evidence that ultimately has the 

potential to cause you embarrassment. 

You may also be in breach of the 

‘Declarable Associations’ policy. 

2. If you are being spoken to by a 

member of the OPI, or the Ethical 

Standards Department, it should 

be on the basis that you are either 

suspected of committing a criminal 

offence, a disciplinary offence or you 

are being treated strictly as a witness. 

If you are being treated as a witness, 

you should seek an assurance from 

the investigating police officer that 

you are not suspected of involvement 

in the commission of an offence. 

There is no such thing as an "off the 

record chat". You should not submit 

yourself to a situation where any 

conversation that you have with an 

investigating police officer is being tape 

recorded and your status as to whether 

you are a suspect or a witness has not 

been determined. 

3. If you are being treated as a witness and 

you are concerned that you may become a 

suspect, you can be compelled to make a 

statement as a police officer, however, you 

cannot be compelled in terms of what you 

say in your statement. If in doubt, you should 

insert a sentence at the commencement 

of the statement to the following effect: 

"This statement constitutes the evidence 

which I am prepared to give in the event 

that I am called as a witness in any 

proceedings relating to this matter. I am 

making this statement under direction. 

I do so after being informed none of the 

information contained in this statement 

shall be used in evidence against me 

for the purpose of any criminal or 

disciplinary proceedings against me". 

If you are the subject of an interview, 

regardless of the type, your first 

call should always be to The Police 

Association. Our Legal/Discipline Section 

is always available to you 24/7 on 9495 

6899 or toll free on 1800 800 537 (outside 

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VIC T O RIA 


Trivia Quiz 

Test Your Brain and win a copy of ex Senior 

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How is your general knowledge? Try and answer the 20 questions and 

test the knowledge of your colleagues around the mess room table 

without peeking at the answers printed at the bottom of the page. 

And if you think you know the answer to the ‘Who Am I?’ question, 

email your answer to the Association and go into the draw to win a 

copy of Jack Knife − the crashing of a policeman. 

Members can order a copy of Paul 

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families but the general public. And it is a must read for anyone who has had to deal with mental illness. This book is the 

truth as to what really goes on behind the frontline of the policing world.’ 

How much do you remember about 2011 and what do you know about what’s 

in store for the year ahead? 

Find out by trying to answer the 20 questions in our special holiday trivia quiz without peeking at the answers on the bottom of the page! 

And if you think you know the answer to the ‘Who am I?’ question, email your answer to cew@tpav.org.au and go in the running to win a copy of Jack Knife. 

1 How many teams will be competing for 

the AFL premiership in 2012? 

2 To the nearest hundred, what is the 

total number of serving Victoria Police 

Force officers, inclusive of PSOs and 

Recruits as at 5 December 2011? 

a) 12,300 b) 13,000 or c) 13,400 

3 On what date will the 2012 London 

Summer Olympic Games commence? 

4 Who won the 2011 Melbourne Cup? 

5 Inclusive of the 2012 London Olympics, 

how many Summer Olympic Games have 

been held in the modern era from 1896? 

6 How many Australian states have ended 

2011 with a different Premier from the 

one they had at the start of that year? 

7 The 100 th anniversary of what maritime 

disaster will be marked on 15 April 2012? 

8 From 1 December 2011 Victorian 

Constables who have completed their 

two-year probationary period are 

officially classified as what? 

9 Russian leader, Vladamir Putin is due 

to celebrate what birthday milestone in 

2012? 

10 Which two high-achieving Australian 

athletes of 2011 were invited to carry the 

Premiership Cup onto the MCG before 

the start of the 2011 AFL Grand Final? 

11 In February 2012, Queen Elizabeth II will 

celebrate her 60 th anniversary on the 

throne, making this milestone her jubilee 

linked to which precious gemstone? 

12 What is the subtitle of the latest 

Underbelly series to premiere on 

Australian television in 2011? 

13 During 2011 the world’s human 

population reached what milestone 

figure? 

14 Which Ukranian city will host the final 

of the 2012 UEFA European Football 

Championship in July? 

15 In which month of 2011 did Qantas 

management decide to ground its 

entire domestic and international fleet 

during its bitter industrial dispute with 

relevant unions? 

16 Which Asian nation located on a 

peninsula will host the 2012 World Expo? 

17 Towards the end of 2011 which 

country’s troops exited Iraq after an 

8-year military campaign? 

18 2012 is a leap year. True or false? 

19 Name the Federal MP who ‘slipped’ into 

the House of Representatives Speakers’ 

chair following the resignation of Harry 

Jenkins from the position? 

20 How is 2012 expressed in Roman 

Numerals? 

Quiz Answers > 1. 18 2. b) 13,000 3. 27 July 4. Dunaden 5. 30 6. Three (NSW, Tas & SA) 7. The sinking of the Titanic 

8. First Constables 9. 60 th birthday 10. Cadel Evans and Sally Pearson 11. Diamond Jubilee 12. Razor 13. 7 billion 14. Kiev 

15. October 16. South Korea 17. USA 18. True 19. Peter Slipper 20. MMXII 

Correctly Answer Who 

Am I? for a chance to win 

Who am I? 

1. I was born on 29 January 1942. 

2. I live in Melbourne and 

am regarded as an icon 

of Australian music. 

3. I presented the popular music 

program, Countdown, on the 

ABC for 13 years during the 

1970s and 80s. 

4. I’m widely recognised for my 

trademark Stetson hat that I’ve 

worn in public since the 1980s. 

5. In December 2011 I sustained 

life-threatening injuries as a 

result of a fall. 

Last month’s Who Am I? 

Answer − I am Barack Obama 

To enter the prize draw all you have to do is 

answer the ‘Who Am I?’ question and email 

your entry along with your contact details 

to journal@tpav.org.au. The completed 

‘Who Am I?’ must be submitted by 

Friday 27 January to be eligible for the prize 

draw. The first correct entry will be the 

winner. The judge’s decision is final and no 

correspondence will be entered into. 


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YOUR SAY 

Your say > 

Email journal@tpav.org.au or write to us at 

PO Box 76, Carlton South 3053 

Thanks 

On behalf of retired Chief Inspector Gary Jose 

and I, may I take this opportunity to express our 

sincere appreciation to The Police Association 

for your generous donation to our annual 

retired member’s lunch that was held in 

October at Williamstown RSL. Your donation 

certainly went a long way in ensuring an 

excellent day was had by all. We had 104 

retired and serving members in attendance 

which translated to in excess of 3000 years 

of police service. We were most pleased to 

have your newly appointed President, Phillip 

Pearson, present and he addressed the 

audience in a most enlightening manner. 

Thank you to all your staff. 

Peter Egan 

Retired Senior Sergeant 15892 

I have been on leave and out of the country 

for the last six weeks. I returned to find the 

result of the EB negotiations. I would like 

to personally thank the Secretary and his 

team for the effort and the outstanding 

result of the negotiations. Whilst there are 

frontline, high profile employees of TPA who 

were the face of the negotiations, I not only 

congratulate them, but also the support staff 

behind the scenes who worked diligently on 

our behalf. I can only imagine the pressure 

and frustration that your team must have 

experienced along the journey. Well done. 

Regards 

Peter Given 

Senior Sergeant 17742 

Please accept our grateful thanks for the 

generosity bestowed on us by The Police 

Association in relation to the donation 

we received that greatly assisted us 

towards defraying our costs. From the 

many compliments received the luncheon 

(Southern Metro Regional Luncheon) was 

a great success. Dermot Avon was warmly 

welcomed as the Association representative 

and on behalf on Joan (Paffett) and myself, 

we wish all members a Merry Christmas and 

happy, safe and healthy New Year. 

Graeme Crawford 

Retirements 

After almost 34 years in the job, it is with 

sadness that I write to inform you that on 

3/12/2011 I will retire from the Victoria 


Police Force on disability pension and will 

therefore be concluding my membership 

with the Association. A big thanks to Les 

in WorkCover for his advice and guidance 

over the past 12 months. Thank you to all at 

the Association for all your hard work and 

dedication over the years and for being there 

when needed. 

Bruce Watt 

Sergeant 20763 

It is with a saddened heart that I am taking 

early retirement from Victoria Police as of 

25/11/2011 after 37 years 9 months service. 

I have loved my job in particular the last 20 

years as the Officer in Charge at Warrandyte. 

I am retiring to pursue new challenges 

outside of Victoria Police. I have met some 

wonderful people along the way and must 

say that it has been a terrific journey. I would 

like to take this opportunity to thank The 

Police Association for the help you have 

provided along the way. It has been very 

comforting to know that you were there. Can 

I send a special thank you to Kaye Murphy 

who has provided welfare support to several 

of my staff over the years. What a wonderful 

person she is and great asset to not only 

The Police Association but Victoria Police. 

Best wishes for the future 

Keith Walker 


I am writing to advise that as of 30 

December 2011, I will be resigning from 

the Victoria Police Force after 23 years 

continuous service, and will therefore be 

withdrawing from The Police Association 

membership. The Police Association has 

assisted me on several occasions over 

the years for vastly different matters 

with professionalism and diligence. The 

organisation has changed so much since 

joining in 1989 it is hardly recognisable. 

I enjoyed my service and leave with no 

regrets. 

All the best to you and the membership 

beyond 2011. 

Andrew Gibson 

Detective Senior Constable 27730 

I wish to advise you that I will be retiring 

from Victoria Police on the 9 December, 2011, 

after 37 years and 3 months and therefore 

tender my resignation as a member of The 

Police Association. While I have only ever 

had to contact the Association for relatively 

minor matters I have always found the staff 

to be very helpful with appropriate advice 

to resolve the issue. I congratulate the TPA 

on what appears to be a very good outcome 

for members on the current EB and wish 

everyone well in the future. 

Jim Woods 


Mr President, members of the Executive 

and the Association, it is with mixed 

emotions that I write to inform you of my 

retirement, on 3 December 2011, after 

40 years of membership with The Police 

Association that has gone ‘hand in glove’ 

with the length of my operational service 

with Victoria Police. I give heartfelt thanks 

to the Association for the legal assistance 

provided to my colleagues and I during a 

rather protracted coronial inquest some 

years ago. I will miss the camaraderie of 

my colleagues and being a member of the 

Association, which in my opinion has served 

the membership well. 

Yours sincerely 

Ian MacDonald 

Leading Senior Constable 17014 

It is with deep regret and disappointment 

that I write to The Police Association to 

inform you of my resignation from Vic Pol 

after 10 years. I am a mother to three young 

children and have been unsuccessful in 

obtaining leave without pay to allow me 

to spend a couple of years as a full-time 

mother. I am extremely saddened that I 

have been forced to resign and feel that Vic 

Pol are only disadvantaging themselves by 

forcing police women out of the job because 

they want to spend quality time with their 

children during their formative years. I am 

very grateful to the Association who have 

provided invaluable support and advice to me 

over the past 10 years. I hate to think what 

the workforce would be like without you. 

Regards 

Tanya Hemington 

Senior Constable 33726 

We welcome your letters to the Journal. In all cases 

the writer’s name must be supplied. Names will be 

published unless there is a good reason for anonymity. 

The editor reserves the right to edit, abridge, or decline 

letters without explanation. Letters under 400 words are 

preferred. Send your letters to journal@tpav.org.au

Executive MINUTES 

MINUTES FOR THE VPA 

FRIENDLY SOCIETY MEETING 

Date: Tuesday 4 October 2011 

Location: The Police Association 

Boardroom, 1 Clarendon 

Street, East Melbourne 

Time: 8.05am 

Present: 

JC Laird (Senior Vice President) 

PJ Pearson (Junior Vice President) 

KM David, APM (Treasurer) 

D Avon (Assistant Treasurer) 

DB Anderson 

M Banks 

CW Birch 

B De Chirico 

P O’Connell 

M Rose 

DJ Thomas 

D Wilson 

GJ Davies Secretary 

BI McKenzie Assistant Secretary 

1. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES 

"THAT THE MINUTES OF 2 august 

2011 BE CONFIRMED." 

2. ADOPTION OF THE ORDER 

OF BUSINESS 

"THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS 

BE ADOPTED." 

3. APPLICATIONS TO JOIN VPA 

FRIENDLY SOCIETY 

"THAT THE 201 APPLICATIONS 

LISTED BE ACCEPTED." 

4. APPLICATIONS FROM 

MEMBERS WISHING TO 

CONTINUE AS OUTSIDE 

MEMBERS OF THE VPA 

FRIENDLY SOCIETY 

"THAT THE 21 APPLICATIONS LISTED 

BE ACCEPTED." 

5. STAFF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

QUARTERLY REPORT 

1. "THAT THE MEMORANDUM DATED 

21 SEPTEMBER 2011 FROM THE 

SECRETARY TO THE DIRECTORS OF 

THE VPA FRIENDLY SOCIETY AND 

ATTACHED QUARTERLY REPORT OF 

PPC WORLDWIDE FOR THE PERIOD 

1 MAY 2011 TO 31 JULY 2011, BE 

RECEIVED." 

2. "THAT COPIES OF THE PPC 

WORLDWIDE QUARTERLY REPORT 

FOR THE PERIOD 1 MAY 2011 TO 

31 JULY 2011, BE FORWARDED TO 

THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, DEPUTY 

COMMISSIONERS, ALL ASSISTANT 

COMMISSIONERS AND THE 

EMPLOYEE SUPPORT AND WELFARE 

SERVICES UNIT." 

6. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

REPORT 

"THAT THE FINANCIAL 

MANAGEMENT REPORT BE 

RECEIVED." 

The meeting closed at 8:11am. 

Minutes for the VICTORIA 

POLICE BRANCH OF THE POLICE 

FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA 

Date: 

Location: 

Time: 

Wednesday 2 November 

2011 

The Police Association 



8.07am 

Present: 

PJ Pearson (President) 


P O’Connell (Junior Vice President) 



DB Anderson 

CW Birch 

B De Chirico 

DJ Thomas 

D Wilson 

GJ Davies Chief Executive Officer 

BI McKenzie Executive Officer 

Apologies: 

M Banks 

M Rose 


"That the minutes of 4 October 

2011 be confirmed." 

"That the minutes of the 

special executive meeting of 

24 October 2011 be confirmed." 

2. ADOPTION OF ORDER 

OF BUSINESS 


BE ADOPTED." 

3. STRATEGIC 

3.1 REVIEW OF STRATEGIC AND KEY 

FOCUS AREAS 

3.1.1 EB 2011 PLANNING 

The Secretary advised that the secret ballot 

paperwork should go out tomorrow. Once 

the secret ballot has been voted on by the 

majority of members the Agreement will 

become a reality. Members have a 14 day 

period to vote up the deal. All votes must 

be returned to the Australian Electoral 

Commission by close of business Thursday 

17 November. 

Discussion took place in relation to the 

General Meeting scheduled for 3 November 

2011. 

3.2 REVIEW OF RISKS 

3.2.1 EMERGING RISKS 

3.2.1.1 Rostering 

Mr David spoke to his proposal. 

Following considerable discussion 

around the affect on police officers of 

shift work, including rostering patterns, 

night shift, shift durations and worklife 

balance, the Executive were of the 

view that this issue should be a key 

priority for the Police Federation of 

Australia over the coming 12 months. 

1. "THE VICTORIA BRANCH OF THE 

POLICE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA 

MOVES THAT ONE OF THE KEY 

FOCUS AREAS OF THE PFA FOR 2012 

BE IDENTIFYING THE AFFECT ON 

POLICE OFFICERS OF SHIFT WORK, 

INCLUDING ROSTERING PATTERNS, 

NIGHT SHIFT, SHIFT DURATIONS AND 

WORK-LIFE BALANCE." 

2. "THAT THE ADMINISTRATION OF 

THE PFA REPORT TO EXECUTIVE 

MEETINGS ON THE STANDARD AND 

APPROPRIATENESS OF AVAILABLE 

RESEARCH AND WHETHER 

ADDITIONAL WORK IS REQUIRED TO 

PROVIDE DEFINITIVE OUTCOMES ON 

THE SUBJECT MATTER." 

The meeting adjourned at 9:10am and 

resumed at 9:46am. 

The meeting closed at 9:48am. 

MINUTES FOR THE 

EXECUTIVE MEETING 

Date: 

Location: 

Time: 

Wednesday 2 November 

2011 

The Police Association 



10:03am 

Present: 

PJ Pearson (President) 


P O’Connell (Junior Vice President) 



DB Anderson 

CW Birch 

B De Chirico 

M Rose 

DJ Thomas 

D Wilson 

GJ Davies Secretary 

BI McKenzie Assistant Secretary 

continued on page 27 


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fire, ducted heating. Linen provided. Close to 

shops and lake. Sleeps 2-8 people. 2 night min 

stay $400 (30% off regular price for members). 

Contact > 

Chris 

0409 013 023 

Accommodation in 

tropical Port Douglas 

Port Douglas accommodation at fourstar 

PortSea Resort situated in Davidson 

Street, close to Four Mile Beach, shops and 

restaurants of Macrossan Street. Facilities 

include three swimming pools, waterslide, 

spas and waterfalls linked by a central lagoon 

with swim-up pool bar, BBQs, gym, tennis 

court, day spa and booking service to organise 

tours to reef, rainforest and local attractions. 

One bedroom studio features private balcony 

overlooking lagoon pool, king-size bed, spa 

bath, kitchenette, cable TV, in-house movies, 

DVD, internet and room safe. Up to 50% 

discount for TPA members. 

Contact > 

Photography 

Rod 

0419 154 628 

portsea.resort@gmail.com 

Weddings, families, babies, cars, motorbikes ... 

anything! Whatever your photography needs 

I can help. Natural, quality photography at 

affordable prices. See stevebillsphotography. 

com.au for more info. 

Contact > 

Steve 

0417 586 700 

Minutes continued 

continued from page 25 

Apologies: 

M Banks 


"THAT THE MINUTES OF 4 October 

2011 BE CONFIRMED." 

2. ADOPTION OF ORDER 

OF BUSINESS 


as amended, BE ADOPTED." 

3. OPERATIONAL 

3.1 SECRETARY’S REPORT 

"THAT THE SECRETARY’S REPORT 

BE RECEIVED." 

3.2 FINANCE REPORTS 

3.2.1 Financial Management Report 

"THAT THE FINANCIAL 

MANAGEMENT REPORT 

BE RECEIVED." 

3.2.2 Legal Representation Cost 

Fund Investment Strategy 

"THAT THE MEMORANDUM FROM 

THE SECRETARY DATED 27 October 

2011 PROVIDING AN UPDATE OF THE 

LRCF INVESTMENT STRATEGY AND 

ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, 

BE RECEIVED." 

3.3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLICE 

ASSOCIATION 

"THAT THE 113 APPLICATIONS 

LISTED BE ACCEPTED FOR 

MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLICE 

ASSOCIATION." 

3.4 EXECUTIVE MEETING/FUNCTION 

DATES FOR 2012 

"THAT THE PROPOSED DATES FOR 

EXECUTIVE/DELEGATES MEETINGS 

AND OTHER FUNCTIONS FOR 2012, 

BE APPROVED." 

3.4.1 2012 Executive Meeting Dates 

− Notification to the Victoria 

Police Force 

Hardcopies of the material was circulated 

at the meeting for the Executive to submit 

to their respective Officer-in-Charge or line 

managers as soon as possible. It is hoped 

that this will remove the potential for any 

claims of a lack of notice being provided. 

4. MAINTENANCE 

4.1 ITEMS FOR INFORMATION ONLY 

4.1.1 Correspondence 

"THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE 

BE RECEIVED." 

The meeting adjourned at 10:50am. 

The meeting resumed following lunch 

at 12:41pm. 

The meeting closed at 1:24pm. 


27

FINANCE 

Does the ESSSuper death and disability 

benefit protect members for injuries 

sustained off duty? 

If you are an ESSS Defined Benefit (DB) Fund member, 

then the simple answer is, YES. 

Unlike some insurance companies 

who may classify police officers as 

‘high risk’ employees and either don’t 

offer cover, or include excessive premiums 

and exclusions, the ESS DB Fund death and 

disability benefit covers you 24/7 for injury, 

illness or death, anywhere, any time − not 

just when you’re are at work. 

These entitlements came about with thanks 

to various emergency services unions, 

including the Victorian Police Association, 

who fought long and hard to ensure that 

those who protect our community would 

also be protected by means of adequate 

death and disability cover through their 

super fund. And, as most emergency 

services workers are on-call even when they 

are off duty, it makes sense to ensure you 

are protected at all times. 

So, it’s fair to say that the ESSS DB Fund 

death and disability benefits have been 

designed with police officers in mind. 

How does it work? 

Your ESSS DB Fund membership includes 

death and disability benefits at no additional 

cost to you. The cover is based on a formula 

that includes your accrued benefit at the 

date of claim, along with a projected benefit 

to age 55. The amount you receive, however, 

is dependant on the contributions you have 

paid from your before or after tax salary 

to your ESSS DB Fund account during your 

membership. So, it pays to understand the 

relationship between contributions and how 

your benefits are calculated. 

To help you keep track of the insurance 

benefit payable, ESSSuper includes these 

details on your Annual Benefit Statement 

each year. When assessing if you have 

enough death and disability cover, you may 

wish to consider: 

> > Is additional insurance needed? 

How much would you need to live on 

if you were off work for a long period 

due to an injury or illness, or how much 

your family would need in the event of 

your death? It’s possible that the death 

and disability benefits provided by the 

ESSS DB Fund may not be enough to 

suit your needs. 

> > Did you join the force later in life? 

You may find that your death and 

disability benefits cover provided is less 

than fellow officers who joined when they 

were younger, as your projected service 

to age 55 will be less. 

If any of the above is relevant to you, you 

may wish to consider additional insurance 

through your Accumulation Plan account. 

The Accumulation Plan offers a range of 

insurance options including death, disability 

and income protection through a premium 

from your super balance. You can apply for 

as much or as little additional insurance you 

want to suit your needs. 

Where to from here? 

To get a better understanding of how your 

insurance cover works, you can find more 

information on the ESSSuper website 

www.esssuper.com.au/insurance or 

through the ESSS DB Fund Product 

Disclosure Statement, available for 

download from this insurance page of our 

website. You can also use the insurance 

calculators available at www.esssuper. 

com.au/calculators to estimate how much 

insurance you need. Alternatively, you can 

call the ESSSuper Member Contact Centre on 

1300 650 161 between 8:30am and 5:30pm, 

Monday to Friday. 


Make your new pay 

increase work for you 

Congratulations on your recent pay rise, the well-deserved result of your hard work 

serving the Victorian community. When you receive a financial gain like this, it’s a great 

time to start thinking about investing in your future. 

Financial planning helps you to create, 

grow and protect your assets through 

a lifetime of personal and economic 

cycles. It also helps you to set and realise 

your personal goals, and budget to make 

sure you have funds available to meet 

whatever life brings. 

Over time, your financial requirements 

change − you may need to plan for 

education, home, cars, renovations, 

holidays and retirement. You may also 

need to consider how best to protect your 

possessions, your lifestyle and your family. 

There are a number of PC products and 

services that can assist you to reach your 

financial goals, help you build your wealth 

and ensure your financial future. 

It’s never too early or late to invest in 

your future 

No matter what your life stage, or whatever 

your situation, at PC we can help provide you 

with options. 

Property investment 

A popular choice for many Australians 

is property. Properties have in the past 

increased in value, providing capital growth 

and rental income to assist in repaying the 

asset. Interest expenses that result from 

buying an asset for investment purposes 

are tax deductible and you may benefit from 

negative gearing. 

While there are positives associated 

with property investment, there are also 

negatives. Property investment isn’t 

for everyone and it’s not a short term 

investment. If you need to reduce your 

investment, you can’t sell half a house. 

Selling property can also take time, unless 

you’re prepared to lower your asking price to 

sell quickly. And property prices can fall too! 

Non-property investment 

Varying your share investments or managed 

funds portfolio can be a lot easier. But timing 

can be critical to whether your investment 

has made positive or negative returns. 

At Police Credit, we have a range of 

investment loan options for all your 

investment needs and will soon be 

introducing a new range of products 

specifically designed for wealth builders. 

Not sure if property or non-property 

investment is for you? A chat with our PC 

planners will help you work out the strategy 

that suits you best. 

Just starting out 

A high interest savings account or term 

deposit might be the best way to begin. Once 

you’ve reached a short term goal, you can 

revise your financial goals and think bigger. 

> > Term Deposits: reach your savings goal 

with a PC Term Deposit. Ranging from 

3 to 60 months, and with a minimum 

deposit of $5,000, you have the flexibility 

to choose the term you like. 

> > High Interest Savings Account: set up 

regular savings contributions and watch 

your savings grow with a PC Bonus Saver 

and easyinvest account. It’s a great way 

to start saving. 

Speak with our PC planners about 

investment options that will suit your 

life stage, investment level and preferred 

strategy or to apply for a home loan, call 

Home Loan Centre on 13 63 73 and press 4. 

PC Planners 

Our PC Planning financial planners are 

qualified specialists who have the financial 

expertise, qualifications and life skills to 

assist you to develop and protect your 

assets and your lifestyle. 

Call PC Planning on 13 63 73 & press 5 or 

email pcplanning@policecredit.com.au 

This newsletter has been prepared by Police Association 

Credit Cooperative Limited ABN 33 087 651 661 AFSL/ 

Australian Credit License 240293 (Police Credit). PC 

Planning is a registered business name of Police 

Credit. PC Planning financial planners are authorised 

representatives of Police Credit and are members of the 

Financial Planning Association of Australia. This advice is 

general and has been prepared without taking account of 

your objectives, financial situation or needs. Before acting 

on the advice you should consider whether the advice 

is appropriate for you. Before you make any decision to 

acquire non-basic deposit and related non-cash payment 

product or service, you should obtain and consider the 

relevant Product Disclosure Statement (PDS) available 

from any branch of Police Credit or by calling 13 63 73. 

Information on terms and conditions, interest rates and 

fees and charges applying to our products and services is 

available on application or request. 121 Cardigan Street 

Carlton Victoria 3053 www.policecredit.com.au 


29

Your Health & Safety Representatives 

Work Group Name Rank Ph 

Eastern Region - Rosanna District 

Offices 

Leanne Cadman N/A 9244 00147 

North West Metro - HQ (People 

Development) 

Cassie Bond N/A 9247 5701 

Infrastructure - Property 

Management Property Services 

Susanna Thelander N/A 

Business Services Department - LEAP Jason Grasso N/A 

People Department - Dispute 

Resolution and Advisory Unit (ADRC) 

Maureen Blue N/A 9628 8781 

People Department - Transfer and 

Promotion Unit 

Laura Farrugia N/A 9247 3414 

People Department - VPC 

Recruitment 

Gayle Cladwell N/A 9247 6666 

People Department 1 ( VPC Yarra 

Tower Build D Lev 5) 

Ana Fata N/A 9247 6666 

People Department - PMO Jack Michalke N/A 9247 3865 

Inteligence and Covert Support - 

Special Projects Unit 

Lauren Newton N/A 9865 2080 

Inteligence and Covert Support - 

Special Projects Unit 

Mark White N/A 9865 2062 

People Department - Centre for 

Investigation 

Fiona Padgham N/A 9566 9566 

Intell and Covert Support - State 

Intellegience Division 

Michael Hall N/A 9865 2711 

Operations Support - Traffic Support 

(Traffic Alcohol Section) 

David Whittle N/A 

Operations Support - OSD Department Ivan Johnston N/A 

Southern Metro - Casey Duncan Bartley Sergeant 5968 4422 

North West Metro - Yarra Chris Antoniou Sergeant 

Operations Support - Water Police Adrian Sinclair Sergeant 

Intell and Covert Support - Covert 

Services Division 

Stephen Cody Sergeant 

Crime Department 02 - Crime Theme 

Desks Tasking & Coordination 

John Zeler Sergeant 

Ethical Standards Department 3 - A3 

Specialist Operations & Intell. Division Garry May Sen Const 9247 3487 

Surv. & Tech 

Infrastructure - Transport Branch & 

Field Catering Unit 

Terence Macmanus Sergeant 9380 7254 

Crime Department 02 - Crime Theme 

Desks Tasking & Coordination 

Murray Aldred Sergeant 

Southern Metro - Cardinia Christopher Marlow Sergeant 5945 2500 

Western - Ararat (Ararat Elmhurst 

Lake Bolac Willaura) 

Denis McAdie Sen Const 5352 3880 

Eastern - Knox (Knox Complex Boronia 

& Rowville) 

Wayne McDonald Sergeant 

Western - Colac Otway (Apollo Bay 

Beeac Birregurra Colac Cressy Lavers Martin Day Sergeant 

Hill) 

Eastern - Wangaratta Robert Norris Sergeant 5723 0888 

Eastern Region - Rosanna District 

Offices 

Anthony Cecchin Ins 

Western - Yarriambiack (Beulah 

Hopetoun Minyip Murtoa Rupanyap Darryl Anderson Sen Const 5385 5078 

Speed Warracknabeal Woomelang) 

Southern Metro - Springvale Barry Pryor Sergeant 

Eastern - LaTrobe David Watson Sen Sgt 

Eastern - Benalla A Rodney Smith Sergeant 0417 114 293 


Driving & Road Policing 

David Marshall Sergeant 

People Department - Organisatinal 

Wellbeing Division (Jolimont) 

Kevin Oakley Sen Const 9301 6900 

Western - Northern Grampians (Halls 

Gap St Arnaud Stawell) 

Peter Cazaly Sergeant 

Crime Department 08 - Fraud & 

Extortion Squad eCrime 

Terry Collins Sen Const 9611 8505 

Western - Geelong Bellarine 

Peninsula (Bellarine Drysdale Geelong Thomas Dempsey Sen Const 

Portarlington Queenscliff) 

Eastern - Murrindindi David Rowles Sergeant 

Eastern - South Gippsland Neil Coates Sergeant 

Eastern - Mitchell / Strathbogie Stephen Raynor Sergeant 5735 0248 

North West Metro - Banyule 

(Greensborough) 

Allen O'donnell Sergeant 

Eastern - Murrindindi Bruce Colville Sen Const 

Western - Bendigo B John Olver Sergeant 5433 3711 

Western - Macedon Ranges (Gisborne 

Kyneton Lancefield Macedon 

Malmsbury Romsey Woodend) 

Shane Flynn Sen Const 



Western - Division 6B (Swan Hill 

Complex Robinvale Manangatang Michael Lobe Sen Const 

Nyah West) 

North West Metro - Nillumbik (Eltham 

Diamond Creek Hurstbridge) 

Peter McCarthy Sergeant 


Beeac Birregurra Colac Cressy Lavers Michael Fischer Sen Const 

Hill) 

Southern Metro - Kingston A ( 

Moorabbin Complex) 

Anthony Woods Sergeant 9556 6103 

State Emergency & Security 

Department - Police Communications Michael Howard Sergeant 

D24 

Operations Support - Transit Uniform Keith Shields Sergeant 9247 3800 

Crime Department 08 - Fraud & 

Extortion Squad eCrime 

Mark Homberg Sen Const 9526 6669 

North West Metro - Maribrynong 

(Footscray) 

Stephen Meehan Sergeant 

Southern Metro - Kingston C 

(Mordialloc) 

David Bewley Sergeant 9588 2988 

Western - Loddon (Boort Bridgewater 

Inglewood Pyramid Hill Serpentine Dale Lewis Sen Const 

Tarnugulla Wedderburn) 


(Heidleberg Greensborough) 

Brian Igoe Sergeant 

Western - Loddon (Boort Bridgewater 

Inglewood Pyramid Hill Serpentine Steven Smith Sen Const 5438 3200 

Tarnugulla Wedderburn) 

Operations Support - OSD Department Peter Shaw Sen Sgt 9247 5820 

North West Metro - Maribrynong 

(Footscray) 

Bradlee Bennett Sergeant 

Eastern - Mansfield Mark Ross Sergeant 

Southern Metro - Kingston D 

(Cheltenham) 

Peter Tickner Sen Const 

Eastern - Yarra Ranges Craig Lane Sen Const 9754 6677 



Bradley Lancaster Sergeant 

Crime Department 09 - Sexual Crimes 

Squad Bellier Taskforce 

John Raglus Sen Const 9611 8717 

Southern Metro - Kingston B (Chelsea) Robert Manks Sen Const 

Eastern - LaTrobe Robert Kovacs Sen Const 

Crime Department 07 - Criminal 

Proceeds Specialist Resources 

Brent Scurry Sergeant 9611 8632 

Corporate Management Review Glenn Jackson Ins 

North West Metro - Brimbank A 

(Sunshine) 

Ian Whelan Sen Const 9313 3397 

Western - Mount Alexander 

(Castelmaine Maldon Newstead) 

Grant Macdonald Sen Const 



Leanne 

Cunningham 

Sen Const 

Western - Division 6A (Mildura 

Complex Red Cliffs Merbein Werrimull) 

Scott Brennan Sergeant 

Eastern - Baw Baw Rosemary Uwins Sergeant 5622 7111 

Western - Bendigo B Lawrence Mueck Sen Const 

Western - Moorabool Anthony Walker Sen Const 

Eastern - LaTrobe Steven Kaestner Sergeant 

Eastern - LaTrobe Peter Fusinato Sergeant 

Operations Support - Mounted Branch 

& Stud Farm 

Southern Metro - Mornington 

Peninsula 

Western - Glenelg (Branxholme 

Casterton Heywood Portland) 

Western - Ballarat (Avoca Ballarat 

Beaufort Bunninyong Landsborough 

Learmonth Lexton) 

Western - Mount Alexander 

(Castelmaine Maldon Newstead) 

Samantha 

McKenzie 

Sen Const 

Ashley Fletcher Sen Const 

Mark McLean Sen Const 

Stuart Gale Sergeant 

Eric Janssen Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Dandenong Patrick Green Sergeant 9767 74444 

Operations Support - Dog Squad Philip Collishaw Sen Const 

North West Metro - Moreland 

(Brunswick Fawkner) 

Brendan Watts Sergeant 

North West Metro - Richmond Brendan Compton Sergeant 

Eastern - LaTrobe Wayne Redmond Sergeant 



Peter Jones Sergeant 

North West Metro - HQ (Business 

Development) 

Mark Denton Sen Sgt


Operations Support - MCIU 

(Brunswick) 

Mark Amos Sergeant 9380 7297 

Legal Services - Prosecutions Daniel Steele Sen Const 



Josef Schneeweiss Sen Const 9380 7254 


Operational Safety - OSTT Academy 

Kevin Bayliss Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Stonnington A 

(Prahran Complex) 

Geoffrey Lawson Sen Const 9536 2666 

Eastern - Mitchell / Strathbogie David Konings Sen Const 

Central - HQ (Special Events) Paige Jay Sen Const 

North West Metro - Melbourne West 

Crime 

Adrian Smith Sen Const 9247 5430 

Western - Campaspe A Neil Hodson Sen Const 


Specialist Operations & Intell. Division Peter Munro Sen Const 9247 3156 

Surv. & Tech 

Eastern - Boroondara Stuart Cockerell Sergeant 

Eastern - Division 2 Support Service Rodney Westh Sen Const 

Southern - Carrum Downs Peter Martin Sergeant 

Office of Chief Examiner Craig Thornton Sergeant 


Investigation 

Darron Hedge Sergeant 9767 7487 

Operations Support - Dog Squad Peter Abbey Sen Const 



Mark Goldspink Sergeant 

Operations Support - Search & Rescue Victor Velthuis Sergeant 9399 7503 

Eastern - Wangaratta Paul Pursell Sergeant 5723 0888 

Southern - Carrum Downs John Carter Sergeant 

Western - Division 6E (Sea Lake 

Culgoa Birchip Wycheproof Charlton David Rose Sen Const 

Donald) 

Southern Metro - Stonnington B 

(Malvern) 

Antonio Marasco Sergeant 



Steven Pitt Sen Const 

Corporate Management Review Andrew Fitzgerald Sergeant 9247 6739 

Operations Support - Operations 

Response Mgt Unit 

Alex Stewart Sergeant 9628 7009 

Operations Support - Search & Rescue Matthew Roberts Sen Const 9399 7503 


Driving & Road Policing 

Michael Kayrooz Sergeant 9380 7334 

Intell and Covert Support - Operations 

Support Unit 

Hugh Nolan Sen Const 



John Bergin Sergeant 

Operations Support - Police Airwing Brendon Francis Sen Const 

Operations Support - Force Response 

Mgmt & Unit 

Daniel Nihill Sen Const 9247 5619 



Andrew Armstrong Sergeant 

North West Metro - Hume A 

(Broadmeadows Sunbury Craigieurn) 

Andrew Foot Sen Sgt 9247 3247 

Operations Support - Transit Uniform Joanne Daley Sen Const 9247 3282 

North West Metro - Darebin 

(Reservoir Preston Northcote) 

Stephen Hall Sen Const 

Western - Division 6C (Kerang 

Koondrook Quambatooik Lake Boga) 

Brian Gibson Sergeant 

Operations Support - Support Services Matthew Thomas Sen Const 9247 3740 

Eastern - Benalla A Stuart Pritchard Sen Const 



Danny Crouch Sen Const 


Department - Police Communications Adrian Hurring Sen Sgt 9247 3222 

D24 

Eastern - LaTrobe 

Anthony 

Vanderzalm 

Sen Sgt 

Operations Support - Water Police Matthew Blythe Sen Const 9399 7500 

Crime Department 10 - SOCAU Campbell Davis Sen Sgt 

Eastern - Greater Shepparton B 

(Dookie Mooroopna Murchison Tatura) 

Kevin Winch Sen Const 

Legal Services - Prosecutions Kerrie Bullman Sen Const 

9302 8263/ 

66 

Eastern - Baw Baw Kevin McLaren Sen Const 5622 7198 

Eastern - Baw Baw Andrew Pascoe Sen Const 5622 7111 

Business Services Department - LEAP Patrick Ferdinands Sen Sgt 9247 6083 



Support Unit 

Southern Metro - Glen Eira A (Caulfield 

Murrembeena) 

Christopher 

Smolarek 

Sergeant 

Peter Burton Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Dandenong Phillip Hulley Sergeant 9767 7410 


Beaufort Bunninyong Landsborough Andrea Morgan Sen Const 9247 3740 


Ethical Standards Department 2 - 

A2 Discipline Conduct Training and Bradley Curtin Sergeant 

Professional Standards 

Operations Support - Police Airwing Paul Hunter Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Kingston C 

(Mordialloc) 

Timothy Barratt Sen Const 95882988 

Operations Support - MCIU (Glen 

Waverley) 

Shane Miles Sen Const 9560 6555 

North West Metro - Whittlesea 

(Epping Whittlesea Mill Park) 

Jason Gaffee Sergeant 9409 8100 

Western - Division 6D (Ouyen 

Murrayville Underbool) 

Anthony Keely Sergeant 

Eastern - Greater Shepparton A Mark Berens Sen Const 

Legal Services - Prosecutions Raymond White Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Port Phillip B (St 

Kilda Police Station) 

Peter Easton Sergeant 9536 2666 

Western - Surf Coast (Anglesea Lorne 

Torquay Winchelsea) 

David Cooper Sergeant 5289 2712 


Beeac Birregurra Colac Cressy Lavers Sally Slingsby Sen Const 5232 1881 

Hill) 



John Dimos Sergeant 

Crime Department 06 - Arson & 

Explosives OMVTS(Organised Motor Stephen Harvey Sen Const 

Vehicle Theft Squad) 

North West Metro - Hobsons Bay A 

(Williamstown) 

Jodi Addison Sen Const 9393 9555 

Western - Central Goldfields 

(Maryborough Dunolly) 

Colin Leehane Sen Const 

Eastern - LaTrobe Melanie Hamshere Sergeant 517 40900 

North West Metro - Wyndham 

(Werribee Wyndham) 

Brian Innes Sergeant 

Eastern - East Gippsland Peter Buck Sen Const 5150 2600 

Eastern - Monash Peter Ashton Sen Const 

Eastern - LaTrobe Gavin Purcell Sergeant 5131 5000 

Eastern - Maroondah (Croydon & 

Ringwood) 

Gregory Clooney Sen Const 

People Department - Operations Skills 

Section 

Adam Merola Sen Const 9566 9486 

North West Metro - City (Melbourne 

East) 

Ashley Wigg Sergeant 9637 1100 


Uniform 

Brett Clarkson Sergeant 



Nathan Prowd Sergeant 



Stephen Trewavas Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Frankston Scott Callander Sen Const 9784 5539 


Mgmt & Unit 

Stephen Bowman Sen Const 9247 5618 

Crime Department 06 - Arson & 

Explosives OMVTS(Organised Motor Russell Baird Sergeant 96118560 

Vehicle Theft Squad) 

North West Metro - St Kilda Road 

Richard 

Gelemanovic 

Sergeant 


Crime 

Simone Luppino Sen Const 


Investigations Group 

Paul Egan Sen Const 


Mgmt & Unit 

Andrew Franklin Sen Const 9247 5617 

Eastern - Monash Mark Smith Sen Const 9567 8900 

Southern Metro - Kingston A ( 

Moorabbin Complex) 

Duncan McKenzie Sen Const 


Ringwood) 

Benjamin Rosevear Sergeant 

North West Metro - St Kilda Road Martin O'donoghue Sergeant 9556 6592 


Support Unit 

Barry Davis Sen Const 9508 8888 


Support Unit 

Andrew Place Sen Const 9417 1362 


31

HSRs continued 


Eastern - Bass 

Christopher 

Spencer 

Sen Const 

Western - Division 6A (Mildura 

Complex Red Cliffs Merbein Werrimull) 

Shane Bourke Sen Const 

Eastern - LaTrobe Danny Shaddock Sen Const 

DC Road Policing Divisions David Barnes Sergeant 9484 7110 


(Heidleberg Greensborough) 

Adam Vohmann Sergeant 

Eastern - Greater Shepparton A Paul Shortis Sen Const 5820 5807 

Eastern - Knox (Knox Complex Boronia 

& Rowville) 

Simon Peeters Sen Const 9881 7000 

North West Metro - Melbourne North 

(Melbourne North Carlton) 

Western - Central Goldfields 

(Maryborough Dunolly) 

North West Metro - Whittlesea 

(Epping Whittlesea Mill Park) 

Aaron Prentice- 

Evans 

Sergeant 

James Lee Sen Const 

Haydn Beale Sen Const 9379 5194 

Eastern - Boroondara Penelope Palmer Sen Const 

Eastern - Baw Baw Roy Moore Sen Const 5622 7112 

Eastern - Wellington David Douglas Sen Const 5143 5000 

Southern Metro - Kingston D 

(Cheltenham) 

Vincenzo Mortale Sergeant 

Western - Horsham Nano Magee Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Port Phillip A (South 

Meblourne) 

Alexandra O'toole Sergeant 9690 3088 

Eastern - Bass Nicholas Carlson Sen Const 

Crime Department 03 - Homicide 

Purana Taskforce 

Niall Waring Sen Const 



Martin Challis Sen Const 9380 7255 


Department - Protective Services Unit 

Michael Winter PSO 8636 6877 

Southern Metro - Frankston Lachlan Grant Sen Const 9247 5478 


Operational Safety Geelong/Essendon Kirsteen Stewart Sen Const 

OSTT 



Matthew Tippett Sen Const 9520 5202 

Eastern - LaTrobe Mark Rossiter Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Port Phillip A (South 

Meblourne) 

Kane Berwick Sen Const 

Eastern - Monash Tony Tancredi Sen Const 


Department - Protective Security Patrick Millar Sen Const 

Division (Special Operations Group) 

North West Metro - Hobsons Bay A 

(Williamstown) 

Benjamin O'neill Sen Const 

Western - Bendigo A Robert Walsh Sen Const 5448 1300 


Department - Protective Security Alfred Johnson Sergeant 




Iain Fraser Sen Const 

Western - Division 6C (Kerang 

Koondrook Quambatooik Lake Boga) 

Shane Pilgrim Sen Const 5457 1200 

Operations Support - Water Police Lynden Blackley Sen Const 

Eastern - Baw Baw Philip Wyatt Sen Const 

Operations Support - Traffic Support 

(Traffic Alcohol Section) 

Michael Lyons Sen Const 



Beaufort Bunninyong Landsborough Scott McLoughlin Sen Const 


North West Metro - Moonee Valley 

(Flemington Moonee Ponds Avondale Craig Sanderson Sen Const 

Heights Racecourses&Showgrounds) 

Western - Campaspe B Shaun Tanner Sen Const 


Beaufort Bunninyong Landsborough 


Christopher 

Hardiman 

Sen Const 9247 3925 

Crime Department 05 - Drug Task 

Force & Clandestine Laboratory Squad 

Craig McEvoy Sen Const 



Karen McCulloch Sen Const 

North West Metro - Melton (Caroline 

Springs Melton) 

Michael Downes Sen Const 


Ringwood) 

Tanya Kirsch Sen Const 


Ringwood) 

Mark Van Suylen Sen Const 8628 3200 

North West Metro - St Kilda Road Andrew Ruth Sen Const 9865 2102 

Southern Metro - Glen Eira B (Bayside) David Ingram Sen Const 8530 5100 



Pamela Bradley PSO 9865 2120 



Brendan Smith PSO 8636 6877 

Eastern - Maroondah (Highway Patrol 

Knox & Maroondah) 

Lea-Taylor Bolton Sen Const 

Eastern - Yarra Ranges Luke Schroder Sen Const 9725 9999 

Southern Metro - Stonnington B 

(Malvern) 

Craig Page Sen Const 


Uniform 

Paul Kenwery Sen Const 9274 5478 



Adrian Rivalland Sen Const 9247 5510 

Western - Bendigo A Forbes Klemm Sen Const 5448 1300 


Department - Protective Security Stephen Hayes Sen Const 




Leigh Thorne Sergeant 



Joseph Simonelli PSO 9628 7821 

Eastern - East Gippsland Angus Webb Sen Const 5750 2600 


Specialist Operations & Intell. Division Jody Dyne Sen Const 

Surv. & Tech 

Western - Horsham Brendan Isbel Sen Const 

Southern Metro - Springvale Timothy Sullivan Sen Const 9767 7556 



Tony Ivankovic PSO 

North West Metro - Brimbank B 

(Keilor Downs) 

Miranda Jackson Sen Const 



Gilbert Laida PSO 

North West Metro - Hobsons Bay B 

(Altona North Laverton) 

Narelle Sinclair Const 

North West Metro - Wyndham 

(Werribee Wyndham) 

North West Metro - Brimbank B 

(Keilor Downs) 

Rachel Van 

Someren 

Const 

Janine Adams Const 


Victoria Police Sport & Recreation Club Contacts 

Club Contact Phone 

Alpine Club 

Angling Club 

Bendigo Angling Club 

John Blaikie (Pres) 

Robyn Garrett (Sec) 

John Cranston (Pres) 

Tim Hose (Sec) 

Dave Collins (Pres) 

Grant Thompson (Sec) 

0421 634 335 

9738 0767 

0427 356 600 

0428 521 449 

0438 653 392 

5448 1400 

Axeman’s Club Daryl Smallman (Sec) 5225 3114 

Basketball Assn 

Bowling Club 

Cricket Club 

Cycling Club 

Cycling Club - Bendigo Police 

Cycle Team (Homicide Squad) 

Field & Stream Club (Wodonga) 

Fishing Club (Gippsland) 

Football Club 

Four Wheel Drive Club 

Friends of the Library 

Christopher Dixon (Pres) 

Sarah Williams (Sec) 

Colin Goodrem (Pres) 

Pat Connor (Sec) 

Steve Rainey (Pres) 

Wayne Stokes (Vice Pres) 

Dermot Avon 

Liz Laver (Sec) 

Joshua Olver 

Keith Brown 

Nigel Howard (Pres) 

Elly Anderson (Sec) 

Raymond Causer (Pres) 

Murray Sleep (Sec) 

Chris Harris (Pres) 

Michael Morris (Sec) 

Kemal Brkic (Pres) 

Paul Gates (Sec) 

Mark Dacey (Treas) 

Evan Brown (Pres) 

Barbara Tabaka 

Alan Dew (Pres) 

Sharron Scott (Sec) 

9247 3761 

9392 3291 

9560 7401 

0419 748 700 

9637 1100 

9767 7463 

0418 582 861 

0427 310 881 

5448 1318 

5448 1300 

9628 2030 

9288 6055 

(02) 6049 2700 

(02) 6049 2703 

5131 5031 

5127 2222 

0423 891 064 

0410 634 564 

0428 311 312 

9313 3377 

9247 6239 

9767 7520 

9247 3395 

Games Federation (Victoria Police) 

www.emergencyservicesgames.org.au 

Vic Hawking (Exec. Off) 9566 9477 

Games (Australasian) 

www.apandesgames.com 

Danny Bodycoat (Pres) 0409 794 046 

Games (World Police & Fire) Bob Powles (Director) 0408 301 393 

Golf 

Bandicooters Golf Club 

Swampy’s Golf Club (Mildura) 

Allan Buckley (Pres) 

Allen Lee (Sec) 

Jason Hocking (Pres) 

Stuart Hough (Sec) 

Paul Wright 

Glenn Palmer 

0402 901 925 

0425 167 318 

9784 5588 

9784 5590 

5018 5467 

5018 5301 

Club Contact Phone 

Hellenic Police Assoc. (Victoria) Eugene Kontos (Sec) 9871 2777 

Historical Society (Victoria Police) Ralph Stavely 9836 2401 

Hockey Club 

Motor Sports 

Motorcycle Club (Frontline Tourers) 

Netball 

Past & Present Women Police Assoc. 

Petanque Club 

Pistol Club 

Rifle 

Rugby Club 

Police Scouters Victoria 

Shooting - Trap (Loddon District) 

Soccer 

Soccer (Indoor) 

Sports Club (Swan Hill) 

Sports Club (Wodonga) 

Sub Aqua Club 

Touch Club 

UNPOL (Vic) Club 

Steve Bourke (Pres) 

Pixie Fuhrmeister (Sec) 

Colin Chamings (Pres) 

Geoff Shaw (Sec) 

Ian Marr (President) 

Scott McLean (Vice Pres) 

Lee Stack (Pres) 

Belinda Jones (Sec) 

Kelly Bowen (Treas) 

Wendy Cowling (Pres) 

Mary White (Sec) 

Peter Pryce-Lewis (Pres) 

Kevin Walsh (Sec) 

Steve Vorwerk (Pres) 

Andrew Chattington 

(Sec) 

Michael Holden (Pres) 

Bob Herron (Sec) 

Barry Randall (Pres) 

David Jamieson (Treas) 

Kevin Kay (Pres) 

Stefan Rea (Sec) 

Glenn Woodhatch (Pres) 

Colin Anderson (Sec) 

Ron Sinclair (Pres) 

Vince Manno (Sec) 

Ang Miljesic (Pres) 

Ron Sinclair (Sec) 

Stan Atkins (Pres) 

Jamie Templeton (Sec) 

Phil Ryder (Pres) 

Murray Sleep (Sec) 

Ross Fitzgerald (Pres) 

Steve Parkinson (Treas) 

Dave Young (Pres) 

Katrina Hall (Sec) 

Darren Wiseman (Pres) 

Dale Potter (Sec) 

Ken Tucknott 

(Committee) 

9566 9483 

8327 6845 

9247 3156 

5424 1402 

0412 618 125 

0417 351 412 

9450 8070 

9450 8072 

0402 988 966 

9247 6179 

9355 6046 

0414 792 719 

0422 533 648 

0419 300 365 

0400 220 030 

9393 9555 

9499 4448 

9767 7469 

9355 6186 

5225 3182 

5366 4500 

0429 401 122 

5762 1811 

0417 312 157 

9865 2828 

9865 2111 

0417 312 157 

5036 1605 

5036 1666 

(02) 6049 2601 

(02) 6049 2703 

9399 7500 

0409 930 052 

5368 9202 

9871 2777 

0419 892 310 

5828 6213 

0407 004 534 

The Peer Support Program 

What is Peer Support? 

Peer Support is a process whereby 

employees, trained to recognise various 

signs and symptoms of stress, assist their 

colleagues by listening, understanding 

and providing appropriate referrals when 

necessary. 

The Role of Peer Support Officers 

Peer Support Officers are volunteers 

and undertake their roles in addition to 

normal policing duties. They are available 

when rostered for duty to provide initial 

support, information and options to enable 

employees to make their own decisions 

about the assistance they require. 

Rank does not exist when a person is 

receiving support and no notes are taken. 

The role of a Peer Support Officer is to: 

> > offer initial support and assistance to 

colleagues regarding work, family and 

personal issues 

> > assess the need for critical incident 

stress defusing or debriefing 

> > make referrals to appropriate health 

and support services if necessary 

> > provide follow-up support for colleagues. 

The Officers are not counsellors, but they 

have received training in: 

> > managing general stress 

> > critical incident stress management 

> > communication styles 

> > counselling techniques 

> > suicide awareness 

> > bereavement skills 

> > ethics and confidentiality. 

Confidentiality 

Confidentiality is strictly maintained at 

all times. Peer Support Officers work in 

accordance with the principles and practices 

developed by Police Psychology. 

Contacts 

The Peer Support Officer Contact List 

is available on the welfare pages of 

The Police Association website - 

www.tpav.org.au 

This list is also available on the Victoria 

Police Force Intranet. 

Peer Support Officers can be contacted 

while they are on duty. In situations where 

a Peer Support Officer cannot be released 

from operational duties, assistance can be 

arranged by contacting the Welfare Services 

Unit on 9301 6900, who will locate an 

appropriate Peer. 


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Police Chaplains 

PSA CHAPLAIN CONTACT 

Western Region 

Geelong John Minotti 0408 313 678 

Surf Coast Graeme Snell 0408 542 270 

Southern Grampians 

Denis Sotiriadis 

Peter Cook 

0438 399 678 

5571 2577 

Warrnambool Geoff Barker 0407 349 578 

Ballarat Gerald Loos 0409 149 486 

Moorabool 

Horsham 

Northern Grampians 

Darrell Couch 

Liz Bufton 

Ken Agnew 

Robert Niehus 

Paul Mercovich 

Eric Bryant 

Brendan Davey 

0417 522 779 

0437 524 865 

0419 528 436 

0407 484 472 

0407 349 578 

0419 597 063 

5352 1110 

Bendigo Ian Cutlack 0402 130 718 

Campaspe 

vacant 

Central Goldfields Ian Cutlack 0402 130 718 

Macedon Ranges Andrew Bearman 0408 994 265 

Mildura Gary Fordham 0458 252 280 

Swan Hill 

Peter Hudson 

David Bond 

0419 323 397 

0427 531 088 

Eastern Region 

Boroondara Jim Pilmer 0488 967 688 

Manningham Gerald Vanderwert 0414 407 404 

Monash Paul Worsnop 0402 436 716 

Whitehouse Chris Siriweera 0400 024 955 

Knox 

vacant 

Maroondah Wendy Oliver 0418 143 090 

Yarra Ranges 

Merv Lincoln 

Neal Taylor 

vacant 

0419 990 034 

0417 579 944 

Benalla 

Mitchell Graeme Scorringe 0425 740 355 

Shepparton Peter Jeffrey 5821 2633 

Wangaratta 

Wodonga 

Michel O’Brien 

Alan Jarrad 

0447 025 551 

0418 992 045 

Denis Crameri 0419 539 566 

Bass Coast Martyn Scrimshaw 0407 625 122 

Latrobe Paul Gratton 0466 217 555 

Baw Baw 

vacant 

East Gippsland 

Bruce Gallacher 

Peter Bickley 

0412 112 954 

0408 517 073 

Wellington Russell Macqueen 0400 491 960 

PSA CHAPLAIN CONTACT 

Southern Metro Region 

Port Phillip Chris Dimolianis 0417 596 001 

Stonnington 

vacant 

Glen Eira Meir Kluwgant 0418 585 856 

Kingston Jim Jung 0411 433 378 

Cardinia 

vacant 

Casey 

Tony Aspinall 

Peter Stringfellow 

0414 468 692 

0423 144 286 

Greater Dandenong Max Orchard 0407 564 000 

Frankston Graeme Watkinson 0428 142 231 

Mornington Peninsula Graeme Watkinson 0428 142 231 

North West Metro Region 

Melbourne 

vacant 

Yarra Civil Bozic 0412 555 840 

Hobsons Bay Shane Cassidy 0407 064 556 

Maribyrnong and Air Wing John Mathes 0417 407 768 

Wyndam Paul Blacker 0407 553 495 

Brimbank Gavin Baulch 0449 115 025 

Melton Gavin Baulch 0449 115 025 

Hume 

Peter Owen 

Ernest Horth 

0402 903 331 

0411 092 243 

Moonee Valley Alan Colyer 0418 708 610 

Moreland 

vacant 

Darebin 

vacant 

Whittlesea Craig Anderson 0412 118 750 

Banyule Don Winans 0438 053 119 

Nillumbik Craig Anderson 0412 118 750 

Multi Faith Denominations 

Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Esme Bamblett 9480 7777 

Baha’i Kevan Pitcher 5332 7142 

Buddhist Michael Wells 5446 3366 

Hindu Chief Priest Sri Ra Man 9560 7257 

Progressive Jewish Aviva Kipen 9301 6900 

Muslim 

Sheikh Mahamadu 

Nawas Saleem 

0433 924 197 

Orthodox Jewish Meir Kluwgant 0418 585 856 

Sikh Devinder Singh Kochar 0413 976 394 

Victoria Police 

Senior Police Chaplain John Broughton 0439 225 160 

Emergency Services Chaplain David Thompson 0439 225 159 

Walbros Sand 

Soil Stone 

426 Sutton St, Delacombe, VIC, 3356 

Ph: (03) 5336 9200 

Proudly supporting the men and women of the Victorian Police Association 

in crime control and public safety, Helping keep the community safe. 

Kids Helpline 

1800 55 1800 


Your Police Association Assistant Delegates 

Workgroup Rank Delegate Work Location Phone 

Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Belinda Denys 

Centre For Foundation Training 

Recruits 

9566 9566 

Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sen Const John Miller Operational Safety Unit - Geelong 5225 3276 

Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sen Const Trevor Stow Highway Patrol-Glen Eira 9556 6586 

Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Robert Forbes Driver Training 9380 7269 

Corporate Services 1 (Education Department) Sen Const Kenneth Peterson Driver Training 9380 7269 

Corporate Services 2 (BMD, BITS, HRD, & CSPD) Sen Const Kevin Oakley People Welfare 9301 6900 

Corporate Services 2 (BMD, BITS, HRD, & CSPD) Sergeant Graham Whelan Field Catering 9380 7293 

Corporate Services 2 (BMD, BITS, HRD, & CSPD) Sergeant Martin Park People Welfare 9301 6900 

Corporate Services 2 (BMD, BITS, HRD, & CSPD) Sen Const Saul Stones Taskforce Razon Unit 9301 6976 

Crime Department 1 Sen Const Glenn Holland Purana Taskforce 9865 2405 

Crime Department 2 Sen Const David Kay Tasking & Co-Ord Support 9628 7306 

Eastern, (Bass Coast, South Gippsland) Sergeant Neil Coates UNI-Foster 5682 2407 

Eastern, (Bass Coast, South Gippsland) Sen Const Nicholas Carlson UNI-Cowes 5952 2037 

Eastern, (Baw Baw, Latrobe) Sergeant Michael Morris UNI-Moe 5127 2222 

Eastern, (Boroondarra, Monash) Sergeant John Harper UNI-Oakleigh 9567 8900 

Eastern, (Boroondarra, Monash) Constable Wesley Yarnton UNI-Boroondara 8851 1111 

Eastern, (East Gippsland) Sen Const Stuart Jones DFO-Bairnsdale 5150 2630 

Eastern, (East Gippsland) Sen Const Hayley Smith Highway Patrol-Orbost 5154 1844 

Eastern, (Greater Shepparton) Sen Const Ricky Keast UNI-Murchison 5826 2222 

Eastern, (Knox, Maroondah) Sen Serg Kevin Barrie UNI-Rowville 

Eastern, (Knox, Maroondah) Sen Const Leanne Thomson NHW-Knox 9881 7948 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sen Const Damien Griffiths UNI-Mansfield 5775 2555 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sen Const Kenneth Dwight UNI-Woods Point 5777 8233 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sen Const Anthony O'bryan UNI-Nagambie 5794 2526 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sen Const Michael Globen Highway Patrol-Mansfield 5775 2374 

Eastern, (Mitchell, Benalla) Sen Const Alan Marshall UNI-Benalla 5762 1811 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Sergeant Robert Norris UNI-Wangaratta 5723 0888 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Sergeant Charles Duncan UNI-Mount Beauty 5754 4244 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Sergeant Brian Curran UNI-Rutherglen 6032 9612 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Sen Const Gerard Gaul UNI-Myrtleford 5752 1003 

Eastern, (Wangaratta, Wodonga, Moira) Constable Mark Paynter UNI-Wodonga 02 6049 2600 

Eastern, (Wellington) Sergeant Eamon Leahy UNI-Maffra 5147 1026 

Eastern, (Whitehorse, Manningham) Sen Const Aaron Gribble Highway Patrol-Nunawading 9874 4145 

Eastern, (Yarra Ranges) Sen Const Linda Hancock CPO-Yarra Ranges 9754 8609 

Eastern, (Yarra Ranges) Sen Const David Creek UNI-Monbulk 9756 6266 

Ethical Standards Department Sen Serg Peter Kells ESD-Specialist Ops & Intel Division 9247 3485 

Ethical Standards Department Sergeant Elizabeth Wonson ESD-Investigations Group Division 9247 6666 

Ethical Standards Department Sen Const Peter Newell ESD-Specialist Ops & Intel Division 9247 3525 

Forensic Services Sergeant Anthony Lawler Forensic Intel & IT Management Unit 9450 3435 

Forensic Services Sergeant Rodney Oldfield Crime Scene Examination Unit 9450 3564 

Forensic Services Sergeant Shaune Ward Fingerprints Management Unit 9865 2900 

Intelligence and Covert Support Sen Const Brendan Finn ICS-State Intelligence Division 9865 2299 

Intelligence and Covert Support Sergeant Matthew Cocks ICS-Surveillance Services Division 9804 3599 

Legal Services Sen Serg Jamie Edwards Subpoena Management Unit 

North West Metro, (Banyule, Nillumbik) Sergeant Brenton Smith UNI-Eltham 9430 4500 

North West Metro, (Banyule, Nillumbik) Sergeant Mark Goldspink UNI-Diamond Creek 9438 8300 

North West Metro, (Brimbank, Melton) Sergeant Robert Sweetland UNI-Sunshine 9313 3333 

North West Metro, (Brimbank, Melton) Sergeant Brendan Stovell UNI-Keilor Downs 9365 3333 

North West Metro, (Brimbank, Melton) Sen Const Andrew Eyries CIU-Melton 9747 7945 

North West Metro, (Hume) Sen Const Claus Othmer Airport Police HR 9247 5284 

North West Metro, (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay & Wyndham) Sen Const Brendan O'mahoney CIU-Maribyrnong 8398 9899 

North West Metro, (Moonee Valley, Moreland) Sen Const Bronwyn Woodward Highway Patrol-Fawkner 9355 6139 

North West Metro, (Moonee Valley, Moreland) Sen Const Craig Sanderson UNI-Moonee Ponds 9373 5200 

North West Metro, (Moonee Valley, Moreland) Sen Const Scott Williams CIU-Moonee Valley 9376 2866 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sen Serg Eriks Krauklis NW Metro Region Support Services 9403 0234 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sergeant Kenneth Sage UNI-Reservoir 9460 6744 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sergeant Alex Pratt CIU-Whittlesea 9407 3355 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sergeant Carolyn Deer PSA Whittlesea-ND5 9407 3333 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sen Const Haydn Beale CIU-Whittlesea 9302 8211 

North West Metro, (Whittlesea, Darebin) Sen Const Michelle Lewis UNI-Northcote 9403 0200 

North West Metro, (Yarra) Sen Const Trung Luu Crime Desk-Yarra 8420 3646 

North West Metro, (Yarra) Sen Const James Mclaughlin UNI-Collingwood 9419 4911 

North West Metro, Melb .2, (Melb. West, VPC, Melb. TMU) Sergeant Rodger Vandervlist UNI-Melbourne West 9247 6491 

North West Metro, Melb .2, (Melb. West, VPC, Melb. TMU) Sen Const Darren Esler Highway Patrol-Melbourne 8379 0863 

North West Metro, Melb.1. (Melb East. Nth Melb/Carlton, St Kilda Rd Uni) Sergeant Christopher Meyer UNI-Melbourne East 9865 2109 


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Assistant Delegates Continued 

Workgroup Rank Delegate Work Location Phone 

Operations Co-ordination Sen Serg Darryl Macintire Prisoner Movement Unit 9247 6917 

Operations Co-ordination Sen Const Joanne Rae 

Esd-Conduct & Professional 

Standards Division 

9247 6666 

Operations Co-ordination Sergeant Barry Young High Challenge Program-Yau 9247 6139 

Operations Response Unit Sergeant Danny Burgess Operations Response Unit 9247 5482 

Southern Metro, (Casey, Cardinia) Sen Const Stuart Wright UNI-Pakenham 5945 2500 

Southern Metro, (Frankston) Sen Const Renee Kate Grant UNI-Frankston 9784 5555 

Southern Metro, (Greater Dandenong) Sen Const Michael Clifford UNI-Springvale 8558 8600 

Southern Metro, (Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira) Sergeant Alan Wroblewski RTO-Moorabbin 9556 6194 

Southern Metro, (Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira) Sen Const Shirlene Dark Crime Desk-Moorabbin 9556 6576 

Southern Metro, (Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira) Sen Const Jessica Rosewarne UNI-Bayside 8530 5100 

Southern Metro, (Kingston, Bayside, Glen Eira) Sen Const Simone Carroll UNI-Chelsea 9772 1344 

Southern Metro, (Mornington Peninsula) Sen Const Ashley Fletcher UNI-Mornington 5970 4900 

Southern Metro, (Mornington Peninsula) Sergeant Stuart Keighley Highway Patrol-Rosebud 5986 0424 

Southern Metro, (Mornington Peninsula) Sen Const Daniel Riddle UNI-Rosebud 5986 0444 

Southern Metro, (Port Phillip) Sergeant Peter Easton Reliever Div 1 Southern Metro Region 

Southern Metro, (Stonnington) Sen Const Scott Woodford Highway Patrol-Stonnington 9510 4833 

SSD - Emergency Response 1 (Air Wing, Dog Squad, Mounted Branch) Sen Const Paul Hunter Air Wing 9289 3500 

SSD - Emergency Response 2 (SAR, Water Police) Sen Const Alistair Cooke Water Police 9399 7500 

SSD - FRU/SOG Sergeant Peter Condon Force Response Unit 9247 5617 

SSD - FRU/SOG Sen Const David Seeley Force Response Unit 9247 5617 

SSD - Protective Services Unit PSO Michael Winter SESD-Protective Services Unit 9247 3893 

SSD - Protective Services Unit PSO Brendan Smith SESD-Protective Services Unit 9247 3893 

TTSD - Traffic Support Division Sergeant Helen Poke Highway Patrol-Glen Eira 9556 6586 

TTSD - Transit Safety Division Sen Const Matthew Thomas DIU-Transit 9247 3614 

TTSD - Transit Safety Division Sen Const Peter Maynard UNI-Transit 9247 3300 

Western, (Ballarat, Moorabool) Sergeant Paul Irving Reliever Div 3 Western Region 

Western, (Ballarat, Moorabool) Sen Const Anthony Taylor Highway Patrol-Ballarat 5336 1306 

Western, (Ballarat, Moorabool) Sen Const Scott McLoughlin UNI-Buninyong 5341 3431 

Western, (Colac - Otway / Surf Coast) Sen Const William Boddington UNI-Beeac 5234 6255 

Western, (Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges,Central Goldfields) Sen Serg Rodney Stewart CIU-Bendigo 5448 1300 

Western, (Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges,Central Goldfields) Sen Const Daniel Brown UNI-Woodend 5427 2610 

Western, (Greater Bendigo, Macedon Ranges,Central Goldfields) Sergeant Jamie Ward UNI-Bendigo 5448 1300 

Western, (Greater Geelong) Sen Const Graeme Arnold Highway Patrol-Greater Geelong 5225 3100 

Western, (Horsham, West Wimmera, Hindmarsh) Sergeant Colin Macaffer UNI-Kaniva 5392 2244 

Western, (Horsham, West Wimmera, Hindmarsh) Sen Const Neil Zippel UNI-Nhill 5391 1022 

Western, (Mildura) Sergeant Daniel Saint UNI-Mildura 5018 5431 

Western, (Mildura) Sen Const Gary Leeson Multicultural Liaison-Mildura 5018 5497 

Western, (Mildura) Sen Serg Paul Matheson DTO-Mildura 5018 9703 

Western, (Northern Grampians) Sergeant Peter Hawkins Highway Patrol-Northern Grampians 5352 3880 

Western, (Northern Grampians) Sen Const David Cosgriff UNI-Stawell 5358 8222 

Western, (Northern Grampians) Sen Const Shaun Allen Highway Patrol-Northern Grampians 5352 3880 

Western, (Northern Grampians) Sen Const Matthew Cashman UNI-Lake Bolac 5350 2310 

Western, (Southern Grampians, Glenelg) Sergeant Peter Freeman UNI-Hamilton 5572 1999 

Western, (Southern Grampians, Glenelg) Sen Const David Tognon UNI-Branxholme 5578 6222 

Western, (Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Buloke) Sergeant David Mark UNI-Lake Boga 5037 2201 

Western, (Swan Hill, Gannawarra, Buloke) Sen Const Shane Pilgrim UNI-Quambatook 5457 1200 

Western, (Warrnambool, Moyne) Sergeant Steven Barclay UNI-Warrnambool 5560 1333 

Western, (Warrnambool, Moyne) Sen Const David Macphail UNI-Warrnambool 5560 1333 


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