August 2009 - The Police Association Victoria

VOLUME 75 – ISSUE 8
August 2009
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> The importance of having a will

THE POLICE ASSOCIATION
VIC T O RIA
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THE POLICE ASSOCIATION
No. 1 Clarendon Street, East Melbourne 3002
Telephone: 03 9495 6899
Fax: 03 9495 6933
Freecall 1800 800 537 (outside metropolitan area only)
Email: general@tpav.org.au
Website: www.tpav.org.au
EXECUTIVE
President: Brian Rix
Senior Vice-President: Rod Brewer
Junior Vice-President: John Laird
Treasurer: Phil Pearson
Assistant Treasurer: Dean Thomas
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Mr Brian Rix – President
9495 6899 (wk) 0419 545 127 (mob)
Mr Rod Brewer (Yarrawonga Police Station)
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Mr John Laird (Fitzroy Police Station)
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Mr Phil Pearson (Fawkner)
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Mr Dean Thomas (Narre Warren CIU)
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Mr Dermot Avon (Properties Branch, Business Management)
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Mr John Carter (Frankston Police Station)
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Mr Karl David APM (Melbourne East Police Station)
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Mr Gerard de Vries (Springvale)
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Mr Paul O’Connell (Doncaster Police Station)
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Mr Mark Rose (Werribee Police Station)
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Ms Diane Wilson (Boroondara Police Station)
8851 1111 (wk) 0425 804 761
Executive members’ home phone numbers are available after
hours in strictly urgent cases only. Their numbers may be
obtained from the on-line supervisor at D24 on 9247 3222.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Secretary: Greg Davies
Assistant Secretary: Bruce McKenzie
Legal Manager: Tony Walsh
Industrial Relations Manager: Chris Kennedy
Administration Manager: Bruce Watt
Communications Manager: Sandro Lofaro
Editor: Shirley Hardy-Rix
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RETIRED POLICE ASSOCIATION
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Secretary: Arthur Roberts 9704 2358
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Inside
Features
09 Members’ Online Survey
10 Shire of Yarra Ranges
12 The Association’s Bushfires Royal
Commission Submission
14 New Staff
15 IR Scholarships
16 Why super is still super
17 The importance of having a will
18 Police Federation of Australia update
20 Police Association History
22 Victorian fighting exploitation in Cambodia
25 Annual General Meeting Notice
26 Bluey Day
10
Yarra Ranges Council
Supports Local Police
August
12
The Association’s Bushfires
Royal Commission Submission
26
Bluey Day
Complete the
on‐line survey.
Regulars
03 President’s Message
05 Secretary’s Message
06 IR News
08 Legal News
24 Word Puzzle
27 Letters
28 Minutes
30 Member Classifieds
33 Police Chaplains
34 Association Delegates
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President’s Message
By Brian Rix
Increase in street violence –
Memo to the Premier
Premier John Brumby and Chief
Commissioner Simon Overland are
right. All Victorians need to rail
against the insidious rise of street
violence and vicious attacks now
synonymous with life on Melbourne
Streets after dark. All Victorians
include you Mr Brumby. You are
one that can do more than most
Mr Brumby and now is the time to
stand up as a leader and tackle this
problem head on.
The community, aka “voters”,
demand more than words. We want
your government to demonstrate
that you are willing to do something
for ordinary law abiding citizens.
Police Association members are
sick and tired of the old worn
out rhetoric. The facts from the
productivity commission do not lie.
Despite your crowing about how
much you are spending on Police,
you and your government are stone
motherless last in terms of re-current
expenditure on Police and Victorian
Police officers serve more people
per capita than any other State or
Territory in the country. Fix it.
All the Police Association has
asked for is to get us at least up
to the average. Then we may be
capable of running long term
operations without jeopardising
our members’ health and safety to
quell street violence and do our bit to
make Melbourne the most liveable
city in Australia once again.
The Police Association has long
rallied for what is euphemistically
termed “zero tolerance” that has
been so successful overseas – for the
uninformed, that just doesn’t mean
no latitude, it means a saturation of
resources in areas of concern coupled
with pro-active community-based
initiatives to bring about attitudinal
change. One officer, a 20 plus year
veteran recently said to me – “more
cops visible on the streets will mean
less crime. It is a fact that you pull
someone up for a minor offence,
they know you are around. It stops
things escalating.”
You do your bit, John Brumby. Get us
off the bottom of the ladder. Spend
money on your Police Force, employ
more Police officers and we will
work with our Chief Commissioner
to turn this around. We will lead by
example and enforce the law.
Federal unexplained wealth
legislation
Through the auspices of the Police
Federation, submissions were
made to the Federal parliamentary
committee responsible for
oversighting the Australian Crime
Commission. Our submission
was ostensibly on the lawlessness
of outlaw motorcycle gangs and
suggestions on how to combat
unlawful activities. Out of those
discussions, the Commonwealth
legislation to combat serious and
organised crime bill 2009 has been
introduced to parliament by the
Attorney General. This legislation will
allow for unexplained wealth orders
but will not require proof of a link to
the commission of a specific offence.
While still undergoing development,
this legislation has the potential to
greatly assist investigators to take
the profit out of crime.
The Police profession -
National Registration
Your Police Federation executive
presented to the Minister for Home
affairs, all State Police Ministers
and Commissioners on the rationale
for a National Registration scheme
for all 53,000 Police officers
throughout Australia. A working
party has been established to
progress a National registration
...more cops visible on the
streets will mean less crime.
It is a fact that you pull someone
up for a minor offence, they
know you are around. It stops
things escalating.
model that will enhance the
policing profession. The Police
Association has been a driver in
this debate and hopefully we will
see the model endorsed. National
Registration has been on the
agenda for 18 years and is now
close to realisation.
A time to remember and
support your colleagues
National Police Remembrance Day
and Blue Ribbon Day memorial
services will be held on Tuesday
29th September. The Police
Association strongly supports
these events and encourages all
members to attend, participate
and remember our friends and
colleagues who are no longer
with us. Spread the word, put
aside some time to attend the
service at the memorial on St
Kilda Road, the service at the
Springvale cemetery or if you are
in Canberra, the magnificent Police
memorial on Wendouree Drive,
Kings Park adjacent to Anzac
Drive, Canberra.
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Secretary’s Message
By Greg Davies
Street violence
This is, most unfortunately, a major
issue that simply won’t go away
on its own. The State Government
clearly needs to address a range of
issues to rectify this major problem
that plagues the streets of our cities
and towns – and it needs to do
so urgently.
Education is important; but
educating our young people is a
generational process that could
require at least fifteen years to
take effect, and the community
cannot wait fifteen years for
a resolution.
The community needs a review
of licensing laws - we need a review
of the sentencing of those who
are convicted of mindless and
devastating violence - and we need
the immediate injection of sufficient
government funding to provide a
permanent and adequate visible
police presence on the streets of
our cities and towns.
No-one could possibly oppose
the idea of urgently addressing the
major issue that has made Victoria
a national and international object
of condemnation for our apparent
inability to ensure the safety of
our own citizens, going peacefully
about their own business.
What we need most are
politicians who will listen to
the community of law abiding
people in Victoria and increase
police numbers to at least the
national average.
The time for talk is long past –
the community demands positive
action…Now.
TPA members’ online survey –
Your Association, Your say.
One of my key priorities as
Secretary of the Police Association
is to ensure that members’ receive
the highest standards of services
and benefits they need and expect
from their Association.
In order to deliver on this
objective it is important that we
constantly remain in tune with
the needs of members. It is for this
reason that we are about to launch
the first ever comprehensive online
survey of Association members.
To make sure you get what you
want from your Police Association
membership, we encourage you
to complete the online survey and
give us your feedback – good, bad
or indifferent.
Members are assured that your
responses to the survey will be
treated with absolute confidentiality
and that your feedback will be
used to ensure that we deliver the
highest standards of services and
benefits members require from
their Association. As an added
incentive, your participation in the
survey will put you in the running
to win one of several excellent
prizes on offer. Please see page 9 for
further details. We look forward to
your feedback.
Bushfires Royal Commission –
Police Association submission
I’d like to take this opportunity
to thank the many members
who shared their experiences from
the Black Saturday bushfires with us.
This valuable feedback has
led the Association to prepare
a detailed submission to the
2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal
Commission to help members
play their part in making sure
Victoria learns the lessons from
this appalling tragedy so that the
policing role in future bushfire
Members are assured that
your responses to the survey
will be treated with absolute
confidentiality and that your
feedback will be used to ensure
that we deliver the highest
standards of services and
benefits members require from
their Association.
emergencies can be handled as well
as possible.
Inside this edition, we outline
the Police Association’s key
recommendations of our submission
to the Royal Commission. We also
raise some serious questions on
who was actually in charge of
our emergency services on Black
Saturday? We have also expressed
serious concerns in our InBrief
newsletter (37/09) about the
appalling lack of response by the
Brumby Government to the police
communication failures that let us
down on Black Saturday.
Both these concerns are reflected
in our submission to the Royal
Commission which members are
invited to read in its entirety via our
website – www.tpav.org.au.
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IR News
Fair Work Act
– What it means for us
The new Fair Work Act (Commonwealth) took effect on July 1, 2009. This replaces the
oppressive Work Choices legislation introduced by the former coalition government.
We will see the true benefits when the next EB Agreement is negotiated in 2011.
Overwhelming the ‘prohibited
content’ has been wound back.
Now clauses can be included in
the EBA that deal with consultation
between the Association and
the Force. There will also be the
opportunity to get fair bargaining
orders through Fair Work Australia.
This will streamline the material
that was included in a ‘Deed
of Agreement’ in the past. All
members’ rights and entitlements
will be included in the EBA.
Fair Work Australia replaces
the Workplace Ombudsmen, the
Workplace Authority and the
Australian Industrial Relations
Commission.
While the Fair Work Act enshrines
many important areas of workers’
rights in legislation there are still a
number of areas directly affecting
police in this state that are not
covered by the new Act.
Back in the Jeff Kennett years,
police officers’ industrial rights were
referred to the federal arena and
the state based industrial relations
commission abolished. But not all
areas were referred. Those still
dealt with on a state level include
the number and identity of police,
their promotion, transfer and
training, and their dismissal. For a
large part there is no actual body
that deals with these disputes over
issues in Victoria.
The state government has ignored
lobbying by The Police Association
to have our industrial issues
referred back to Victoria and a
police specific industrial relations
tribunal recreated.
This anomaly means that some
of the workplace rights enshrined
in the new Fair Work Act are,
potentially, diminished by the
failure to refer many matters to
the Federal jurisdiction, including
the all important freedom of
association provisions. For example,
if a Victorian police officer was
going to be transferred because of
their role as a union delegate they
may not be protected under the
new Federal legislation. Any other
worker, including Victorian public
servants would be protected.
The only freedom of association
protection provided to police
in Victoria is under the Equal
Opportunity Act. However,
Expense-related
allowances increased
Members are reminded that
Expense-Related Allowances
increased on 1 July 2009.
The increase is prescribed under
the Victoria Police Workplace
Agreement 2007. As part of the
agreement, members can expect
to see further increases to their
Expense-related allowances at the
start of each financial year.
To view your new Expense-related
allowances, visit the Industrial
Relations section of our website,
www.tpav.org.au, then click on
the ‘Your EBA’ link.
Members with queries
regarding increases to Expenserelated
allowances or any
aspect of the Workplace
Agreement can contact the
Association’s industrial relations
team on (03) 9495 6899.
The Police Association has argued
that there should be a specific
jurisdiction to deal with freedom
of association for police in Victoria.
Section 127 of the Police
Regulation Act states that it is not
a disciplinary offence to cause
disaffection in the Force in pursuit
of legitimate industrial insterests.
Freedom of association has moved
into the 21 st Century with the Fair
Work Act but this is all that is there
for police and must be improved.
There has to be a much more
thorough and modern approach to
this area for police. While The Police
Association believes there is an
indication by the state government
they will rectify this situation,
we hope that will happen in the
foreseeable future. The Association
is negotiating with the government
to rectify the anomalies.
Workers
Compensation
Review
The Brumby Government is due
to announce new legislation
in September that will
dramatically amend the Workers
Compensation Act.
The Association has lobbied
the government to ensure they
abandon plans to bolster the
grounds for rejection of claims for
psychological injuries.
It is believed that the list of
grounds for denying a claim for
psychological injuries will be
modernised but will still include
decisions to transfer or demote
members or to deny them a benefit.
The Association has yet to see
the legislation.
August 2009 The Police Association Journal
www.tpav.org.au

IR News
7
Safe Streets Debacle
The Force will be running down
the police numbers in suburban
and country areas of Victoria
to bolster the numbers in Region
1. There are plans to run Region 1
at 102 per cent of its strength. This
means that each other region will
be structurally run down – losing
0.5 percent of their overall strength.
It will mean about 170 additional
police moving into the CBD.
This is completely separate from
the introduction of the new HR
system that has seen vacancies
written off by the Force. This has
just been a smokescreen being used
to slash numbers. It is impossible to
believe TMUs and other specialist
areas had unfunded positions.
TMUs have not had an increase in
numbers on paper or in actuality
since 2000. How can a reduction in
numbers help in reducing the road
toll and saving lives?
What it does mean is that the
regions will lose even more people.
When vacancies arise they will
be written-off. Members will not
be replaced.
It continues the process of
running down the regions. For years
the Force has ignored the problems
in the CBD. Over the last three or
four years those problems have
grown. Now, it appears the Force is
moving in to ‘Fortress CBD’ mode.
Members are being progressively
moved from the regions right across
Victoria to the CDB.
Already communities across
the state have been complaining
about a poor police presence. There
have been public campaigns in
Yarra Ranges, Hastings, Frankston,
Sunshine, Ashburton, Heidelberg
West and Werribee. More
will follow.
Stations will go from having
blank spots on the roster to not
having the line on the roster at
all. When a vacancy is created
the vacancy won’t be filled. The
Association believes that the
majority of PCETs will probably be
stationed in the CBD.
The Association is campaigning
to increase, let alone maintain
frontline numbers. We are aware
that everywhere is desperately short
of police.
The interim measure of getting
police to work extra shifts for the
Safe Streets program has proved to
be unsustainable. Members need
their four rest days a fortnight.
The Brumby Government has
to face up to its responsibility
when it comes to police numbers.
It is happy to boast loudly when
they open a new police station,
but where are the police to work
in them?
New rights for
Health & Safety
Representatives
There is a proposal to create a
right to action under the Health
& Safety Act for workers who
claim to have been discriminated
against because they have either
pursued a health and safety issue or
because they happen to be a health
and safety representatives.
Any individual who believes they
have suffered because they raised
a health and safety issue or because
they were a Health and Safety
representative will be able to make
a claim in the industrial relations
division of the Magistrates’ Court.
Please contact your industrial
relations section for further details.
Staff Assistance Program (SAP)
free & confidential counselling service for Members and their immediate family.
Provided by the Police Association, the SAP is able to assist
Members and their families with a range of personal and
work‐related issues that are faced by most people from time
to time, including:
• Marital/Relationship
• Stress
• Emotional
• Legal and financial worries
• Work-related
• Family
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Alcohol/drugs
• Grief and loss
The Police Association has contracted IPS Worldwide ® , an
independent Company, to provide the SAP. All counselling
within the SAP is private and confidential and is conducted by
professional, registered psychologists.
For more information, or to make a counselling
appointment, contact
IPS Worldwide ® on 1300 366 789
or visit www.www.eap.com.au
The Staff Assistance Program is wholly funded
by The Police Association(Victoria) Benefit
Fund (as administered by Foresters
Friendly Society)
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8 Legal News
Drug and Alcohol Testing
– members’ rights and obligations
In April 2007 amendments were made to the Police Regulation Act 1958, to allow
for statutory testing of members for Alcohol and Drugs of Dependence. In 2008 the
Victoria Police Force introduced policy that supported the law on testing for Alcohol
and Drugs of Dependence.
The introduction of a testing
regime within the Police
Regulation Act 1958 does not
give the relevant delegate of the
Chief Commissioner “blanket
authority” to test members for the
existence of Alcohol and Drugs
of Dependence. Under the law
the Chief Commissioner may
in accordance with the Police
Regulations 2003, direct a member
to do any one or more of:
• Furnishing a sample of breath;
• Furnish a sample of urine; or
• Allow a registered medical
practitioner to take from the member,
a sample of the members blood
For the purpose of testing for the
presence of alcohol or a drug of
dependence.
This direction which can be made
either orally or in writing, can only
be administered in cases where the
Chief Commissioner reasonably
believes that the member:
• Because of the consumption of
alcohol or a drug of dependence
is incapable or inefficient in the
performance of their duties; or
• Has been involved in a critical
incident; or
• The testing of the member for
the existence of alcohol or drug
of dependence is for the good order
or discipline of the force.
It is apparent that the most
likely occasion where a member
is to be the subject of a direction
to provide a sample, be it breath,
urine or blood, will be as a result
of a “critical incident”. A “critical
incident” is considered to be any
of the following situations where
the member involved is on duty and
involved in an incident that:
• Results in death or serious injury
to a person;
• The discharge of a firearm;
• The use of force;
• The use of a motor vehicle either
as driver or passenger in the course
of your duties; or
• Where a death occurs to a person
who is in the custody of a member
at that time.
What is unclear from our experience
is the application of the other
provisions relating to the grounds
where a direction to obtain a sample
can be made. Clouding the authority
even further is that a direction
cannot be given unless the results
of the testing may be relevant to:
• The management of the members
performance of duties;
• An investigation undertaken in
respect of the member that falls
within Parts IV and IVA of the Police
Regulation Act 1958; or
• Any proceeding arising out of, or in
connection with, any investigation
that emanates from Parts IV and IVA.
Members compliance obligations
are relatively strict however, there
are in certain circumstances time
limitations. Should a member be
involved in a critical incident, a
direction to provide a sample (blood,
urine or breath) must have been made
within three (3) hours of the incident
occurring. In relation to other critical
incident situations, (i.e. the member is
not specifically involved perhaps the
passenger in a police vehicle involved
in an on duty collision) then the
direction to provide the sample can
be given within a reasonable time
after the critical incident.
Areas of the application of the law
and policy in relation to this process
that members should be mindful
of are:
• Unjustifiable refusal to provide
a sample;
• Direction given to a member
by a non authorized person;
• Direction to provide a sample outside
of statutory time frames;
• Obtaining of samples that not
lawfully justified; and
• The taking of a sample in a manner
that does not afford the member
privacy, such as in an open area
and by multiple “collectors”.
Our experience in dealing with
members who have been the subject
of Testing of members for Alcohol
or Drugs of Dependence has been
limited and we would encourage
members to contacts us, should they
wish, to discuss their experiences.
How do I gain Legal Assistance?
Rule 75(d) of
The Constitution
At the discretion of The Executive, members may be granted legal assistance when the members make application
under Article 69(d). Except in urgent cases, ALL addresses pursuant to Article 69(d) will be heard on the FIRST
Tuesday of each month. Because of the requirement of presenting personally before The Executive for 69(d)
applications, and that The Executive meet regularly on the FIRST Tuesday, time has been allocated on these Tuesdays.
Should you wish to make such an application, please write to the Secretary outlining the reasons for your request and
include any supportive documents and statements so that proper deliberations may ensue. You will be advised of the time
of your appointment with The Executive.
August 2009 The Police Association Journal
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Members’ Online Survey
– Your Association, Your say!
This month, The Police Association will be conducting an extensive online survey of
members to ensure that you’re getting the most out of your Association membership.
It is important to the Association
that we remain in tune with
the needs of our members. As
the policing profession continues
to evolve, so do the needs of our
members. We want to ensure
that we continue to provide the
best levels of service, protection,
representation and support to you.
To make sure you get what you
want from your Police Association
membership, we encourage you
to complete the survey and have
your say!
You will soon receive an email
from The Police Association that
will enable you to securely log on
to complete the survey. It will take
about 10 minutes to complete and
your responses will be treated with
absolute confidentiality.
Your participation in the survey
will also put you in the running
to win a great prize, with one of
10 $200 Clive Peeters vouchers and
20 $100 Caltex fuel vouchers to
be won.
The survey will ask a range of
questions relating to all areas
of the Association including our
industrial relations section, legal
team, holiday homes service and
member discount offers. We also
want to know more about ways we
can improve our communication
with members via the website,
newsletters and Journal.
The Police Association Members’
On-line Survey gives you the
opportunity to submit your
views – good or bad - about your
Association. The Association is
committed to acting upon the
results of the survey to ensure that
we enhance and improve upon our
service to members and accurately
represent your views on a range of
policing issues.
Reminder: Drink driving charges
Members are reminded that only in exceptional circumstances will
those members charged with drink driving of any vehicle (including Police
vehicles) be entitled to legal assistance through The Police Association.
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YARRA RANGES
COUNCIL
SUPPORTS
POLICE
Healesville Police Station.
Photography by gregnoakes.com
The Shire of Yarra Ranges has come out in support of the local police; demanding
the Police Station at Olinda be fully staffed and Healesville become a 24-hour station.
They are committed people, standing behind their dedicated police.
So incensed are they by what
they perceive is a lack of
support for their police, the
councillors have written to Chief
Commissioner Simon Overland
calling on him to provide the area
with “adequate police resources”.
In June the situation of police
resourcing in the shire was on
the council agenda. It took the
councillors just 17 minutes to
resolve this issue and vote on
the need to write to the Chief
Commissioner demanding
more resources.
The Police Association Journal must
point out that there are two serving
members on the Shire of Yarra
Ranges Council – Sergeant Terry
Avery from Lilydale and Sergeant
Richard Higgins from Mooroolbark.
Both these members excused
themselves from the council debate
sighting a conflict of interest
because they are members of the
Victoria Police Force. When The
Police Association Journal attended
a meeting with councillors at the
Shire offices in Lilydale Terry and
Richard did not attend.
The letter to the Chief
Commissioner pointed out that
the Shire of Yarra Ranges has a
population of 143,000 over almost
2,500 km² with in excess of two
million people visiting annually.
The letter says, “There is no doubt
that our local policemen and women
are doing an outstanding job. But they
are doing so under adverse conditions
with limited staffing numbers and a
desperate lack of resources.”
The councillors told the Mr
Overland of an incident in June
when the vans from Monbulk,
Lilydale and Mooroolbark were
sent to assist at an out of control
party outside the shire in Bayswater.
This left the entire Shire of Yarra
Ranges without any police on
patrol or an immediate response
capability. They say this is not an
uncommon situation.
The Police Association has been
told that members in the PSA are
shifted around to cover shortages
in some of the 16-hour stations.
This means that several of these
stations are left unattended for days
at a time.
“We’ve have members of the
public complain that they’ve been
trying to get to see us for three
days,” one member of the PSA said.
“They are always seeing stories on
the television and reading in the
newspapers about nuisance calls
wasting the time of 000 operators so
they are reluctant to use the phone.
They just keep popping by the police
station until they find us in.”
Councillor Jeanette McRae from
Healesville is adamant that the
local station in her ward should
be expanded to provide a 24-hour
service to the community. Local
PSA hierarchy say that won’t
happen because the CAD data
doesn’t show a need for a 24-hour
police presence.
“It is not about the crime or need
in the township itself,” says Jeanette.
“It is about providing a service to
that entire end of the shire. At the
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Cr Graham Warren.
moment it can take 30 minutes for
police to get to our area from the
24-hour stations at Lilydale and
Mooroolbark.”
There are times when there are no
police available in the Healesville
area after 2 am on the weekends
when the twilight shift knock-off,
because the crews from the 24-hour
stations at Lilydale, Mooroolbark
and Belgrave have been called out
of the area. If a van crew makes
an arrest they have to lodge the
prisoner at Ringwood, taking
the van off the road for possibly
two hours.
Jeanette McRae wrote to Police
Minister Bob Cameron on behalf
of the 9,000 plus people living in
Healesville and the surrounding
area. She pointed out that it is not
just the residents who deserve a
better police service; it is the visitors
as well.
“A recent visitors’ survey for Visitor
Information Services found that of the
16% of visitors to the Shire of Yarra
Ranges who stayed overnight, 32%
stayed in Healesville which was by far
the largest number for any area of
the Shire. Given the added attractions
of Healesville Sanctuary, numerous
wineries, cafes, scenic drives such as
the Black Spur and destinations such
as Eildon, Fraser National Park and
Lake Mountain, day visitations create
an added mass of population.”
Mr Cameron’s response, which
was received almost two months
after Jeanette wrote to him, was a
nine paragraph missive outlining
all that the government has done
Cr Tim Heenan.
for police. It did not address Ms
McRae’s actual concerns. The local
state member, Ben Hardman MP
fully supports Jeanette’s call for
better resources and has written to
Bob Cameron on her behalf.
The councillor who looks after the
Streeton Ward and the township
of Olinda has been quoted in the
local papers calling the new police
station as the Taj Mahal.
“We wanted a new police station
but the mistake we made was we
didn’t say we wanted it with police,”
Councillor Noel Cliff said. “There’s
not even a cardboard figure, I think
people would be happier if we had
even a cardboard cut-out.”
A new police station is planned for
Lilydale, but as Cr Graham Warren
says, “it is not about the police
station. The police working in it is
the issue.”
Graham Warren, who moved
the motion to write to the Chief
Commissioner, says he has received
a number of calls from elderly
residents who say they are too
scared to leave their houses on
weekends because of the lack of
resources.
“In the more remote, outlying
areas, the residents just don’t bother
ringing because they believe the
police won’t come,” says Graham.
But all the councillors were at
pains to point out that the local
police do a good job. They are great
supporters of their local police.
“They do a great job, a
magnificent job. This is not a
criticism of the police. There is
just not enough of them. They are
spread too thin on the ground,”
says Graham.
Graham Warren told The Police
Association Journal that many
serving police contact him about
the resourcing shortages but they
seem petrified to speak out.
“That concerns me. The people
on the ground know what is
happening. They are living it
every day. If they feel they can’t
get that message out, then their
superiors and the public are getting
a very jaundiced view of what
is happening.”
The Shire of Yarra Ranges has
the same problems as many other
PSAs in Victoria. The rosters have
just enough people to cover the
basic shifts, so if a member goes off
sick there is no minimum service
delivery.
Cr Tim Heenan says the late
licensed premises in the shire create
issues in the townships yet police
haven’t extended their numbers
to correspond with the number of
hotels that have had their trading
hours extended.
Tim says police resourcing seems
to be going back to the down-sizing
days of the Kennett era.
“Society is changing too,” says
Councillor Chris Templer. “There is
a lot more anti-social behaviour.”
“Police need to keep civic order
and they need to be resourced to do
it,” stresses Graham Warren.
The Police Association applauds
the Shire of Yarra Ranges Council
for taking a stand.
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Black Saturday
Who was in charge?
On Black Saturday 2009, more than 100,000 emergency services staff and volunteers
stood ready to defend the community against Australia’s worst recorded natural disaster.
The frightening picture emerging
from the Royal Commission is
that there was no particular
individual in charge.
The question about whether
the role of the Country Fire
Authority’s Chief Fire Officer was
to “co-ordinate” or take the lead in
relation to fire warnings on the day
has been well debated in the media
and the commission will make its
finding in due course.
But other submissions have raised
questions about the role of Victorian
police on the day. The submission
by Jonathan Beach QC, and others,
on behalf of electricity distributor
SP AusNet, accuses Victoria Police
of abandoning “their responsibility to
warn the public” and of “abdicating
or assigning to others” its statutory
responsibility to monitor the
timeliness of warnings to the public.
SP AusNet said the Victoria Police’s
failure to release any warnings to
the communities around Kinglake
and Kilmore was “a breach of the
Emergency Management Manual
Victoria and therefore a breach of the
Emergency Management Act 1986”.
The SP AusNet submission says
the newly-formed Integrated
Emergency Co-ordination Centre
(IECC) was more like a co-location
of the CFA and the Department
of Sustainability on the day of the
fires. But no-one was in charge of
the IECC and there was no common
integrated system between them,
using common information. It was
therefore “dysfunctional”.
The submission says
Superintendent Collins was in
charge of the police-run State
Emergency Response Co-ordination
Centre (SERCC) but not in charge
of the IECC. (Rod Collins is an
experienced, professional and
highly regarded police officer of
more than 37 years experience).
The IECC did not regard itself as
responsible generally for the issue
of warnings and did not monitor
warnings. The Victoria Police told the
Royal Commission (through Deputy
Commissioner Kieran Walshe) that
they did not regard themselves as the
responsible entity for warnings and
they were not asked to issue warnings.
The SP AusNet submission refers
to a guideline on the establishment
of the IECC on a “trial” basis.
Superintendent Collins gave evidence
that one effect of the establishment
of the IECC was to move the
warnings function from police to the
IECC. But the evidence revealed that
the Emergency Management Manual
Victoria was not changed and the
IECC guideline was never authorized.
SPAusnet said, “If the Police had
abided by their responsibilities as
recorded by the Manual they would
have issued warnings according to the
information the CFA had given them
through Collins at the IECC and through
information flowing from the Kilmore
Incident Control Centre and the Kangaroo
Ground Incident Control Centre. And they
would have ensured that consideration
was being given to alerting the public to
existing and potential danger … either
direct or through the media, and to
the need for evacuation. The Victorian
Police did none of these things.”
The submission says there was a
way to address the dysfunctional
communication between the CFA,
the DSE and Victoria Police, but
it was not used. SPAusNet said,
“Relevant legislation permits a State
of disaster to be declared. This would
have simplified command lines and
should have occurred on 7 February
2009. No-one on 7 February 2009
turned their mind to this.”
It is clear, pursuant to Section 23
of the Emergency Management Act
1986, that the Minister and Chief
Commissioner may advise the
Premier, who may then declare a
State of Disaster. What is not clear
is whether or not the Premier was
advised by either that the situation
on ‘Black Saturday’ was one which
“…constitutes or is likely to constitute a
significant and widespread danger to
life or property in Victoria.” (Sec.23[1])
Was he so advised and, if not,
why not? If he was advised, why
was there not a State of Disaster
declared? Wide powers over all
government agencies are conferred
upon the Chief Commissioner once
Sergeant Jon Ellks in Kinglake.
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that declaration is made. Unified
command and control, with a single
person in charge, may have made a
very real difference.
If the 7 th of February 2009,
being the worst natural disaster
in Australia’s history, was not an
appropriate time to declare a state if
disaster, one wonders exactly what
situation the legislation contemplates.
These issues deserve clarity if the
public of Victoria are to ever know
the truth.
The Police Association has
addressed some of these issues
in its submission to the Royal
Commission. The submission
was prepared after TPA asked for
feedback from members on three key
issues: communications, resources
and command & control. Police
Association Secretary Greg Davies
addressed the key communications
issues in a newsletter in July.
Greg says a “glaring omission”
from the commission hearings
so far is the failure to call former
Chief Commissioner Christine
Nixon in her role as the State
Emergency Response Co-ordinator
and the Police Minister in his role as
Co‐ordinator in Chief.
He said, “Fire warnings have become
an absolutely critical issue. The law says
the Victoria Police has responsibilities
for warnings. We need to know why a
State of Emergency was not called. It is
difficult to see how the commission can
come to any conclusions on how the
system failed Victoria without hearing
directly from the two most senior people
responsible for emergencies.”
So – we are all aware of who was
supposed to be in charge.
The $64 question now is,
“Who was?”
Member’s are invited to read the
The Police Association’s submission
to the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal
Commission in its entirety on our
website – www.tpav.org.au
The Police Association has made the following
recommendations to the Bushfire Royal Commission.
1. Funding of ESTA in rural Victoria. Funding must be made
available immediately to move all “country D24” centres to the ESTA
facility at Ballarat and provide CAD facilities. Funds must also be
made available to replace the country analogue radio network with a
digital network capable of communicating with the metropolitan radio
network and other emergency services.
2. Co-location of Emergency Services. When responding to
emergencies such as the fires of 7 February 2009, Police and fire
fighting authorities should, at all levels, be located together to facilitate
timely communication and co-ordination.
3. Alignment of Geographic Areas. Police, CFA and DSE
geographic areas should be aligned.
4. Alignment of Agency Structures. The internal structures of
the CFA, DSE and Police for response to fires must comply with the
framework in the Act and the Manual.
5. Clear Statutory Responsibility. The scope and content of the
roles designated by the Act and the Manual should be explicitly and
unambiguously set out5. The responsibility of the State Emergency
Coordinator of DISPLAN to actively check the timing, content and issue
of warnings, including advice to evacuate (currently implicit) should be
made explicit.
6. Strict Statutory Compliance. Those assuming roles under the
Act should actively fulfill them and only delegate their responsibilities
as expressly provided in the Act and Manual. If a role is delegated, the
delegator should provide a detailed written description to the delegatee
of the scope and responsibilities of the delegated role.
7. Communication of timely and detailed information.
Communication to the public of timely information about fires
detailing their location, intensity, size, direction and speed of travel,
and expected changes in these elements together with weather reports
and forecasts should properly form the basis of adequate warnings.
Details of what people in the path of a fire can expect and strategies
which they ought to adopt, or at least consider, should be incorporated
into any public messages. Members of the public must be urged to
maintain battery operated radios in order to receive warnings in the
event of power failure.
8. Warnings must provide useful and relevant content. If
warnings include advice to evacuate, then the message should also
include a time frame for safe departure from the area under threat.
Such advice must also make reference to routes for evacuation and
rallying points/refuges. The critical nature of such advice means that
it must come from a credible source. The most appropriate source
is Victoria Police. The formulation of fire warnings is appropriately
the purview of the CFA (being the organization with the best access
to detailed information about fires). That the police are required
to actively check the appropriateness of the warnings provides a
useful safeguard. To the extent that this system is in place it should
be retained; to the extent that it is not, it should be implemented.
Such a strategy requires Emergency Coordinators to become far more
enmeshed in the response to fires.
9. Clarification of Roadblock protocols. Police should be provided
with unambiguous instructions detailing who can pass and re-pass
roadblocks. The classes of people who are to be permitted to pass
roadblocks must be identified clearly. A simple and reliable method
of identifying those with permission to pass must be established to
facilitate police performing their duty.
10. Warnings and protection for police in fire affected areas.
Police working in fire affected areas should be informed of all warnings
at least at the same time as the public through the police radio and
computer network. This is necessary for the safety of both the public
and police members themselves. Police stations should be fire resistant
and provide fire suppression equipment.
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In profile
New Staff join our Legal/Discipline
and Communications teams
Jeff Gundy.
Laura Banks.
Jeff Gundy has been an active Association delegate for
the past five years. One of the driving forces behind his
enthusiasm and dedication is his desire to help members
when they need it most. When the opportunity arose
to join the Association team as a Legal/Discipline
Advocate Jeff saw it as a chance to assist members on a
full-time basis.
“I thoroughly enjoyed assisting members as a
delegate. When I saw the position for Legal/Discipline
Advocate advertised I knew it was a way I could help
through this more permanent role,” says Jeff.
Jeff was often contacted by members who were in need
of legal or discipline advice. In his role as Association
Delegate, Jeff was the conduit between those members
and the Association’s Legal/Discipline team, headed up
by Tony Walsh.
Jeff has been in the job for more than 18 years. For
the past 10 years he has worked in the Legal Services
area as a prosecutor and training other members for the
important role of prosecutor. For the past four years he
has been with the Legal Risk Unit.
Since taking up his new position last month, Jeff
has been attending discipline hearings and the Police
Appeals Board with the Association’s other Legal/
Discipline Advocates, learning about this important
aspect of this job.
“It is a very stressful time for members. The number
of questions raised by members when I was a delegate
made me realise just how important it is for The Police
Association to provide professional service to help
members through this difficult time.”
Members should contact the Association’s Legal/
Discipline section when they require any legal advice.
This service is provided 24 hours a day.
Laura Banks has joined the Communications Section
as the new Communications Officer.
Laura, a journalist by trade, completed her
cadetship with the Warrnambool Standard and
the Hume Leader.
During her time with the Hume Leader, Laura
gained a good working knowledge of the issues
facing police on the frontline. She wrote many stories
on the shortages of police in the area and the high
crime rate.
For the past 15 months Laura has worked as the
Media and Communications Manager with the
Victorian Basketball League. She is a keen basketballer
and has played since she was five-years-old.
Laura will play a significant role in the vital task of
getting the Association message across to our members,
the media and the general public.
Get active in your Association, speak to your
Delegate or go to the website
Ph: (03) 9495 6899 Fax: (03) 9495 6933
Freecall: 1800 800 537
Get active!
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The Scholarship recipients with President Brian Rix (centre)
and Peter Gahan from Monash University (second from right).
Learning more about policing
Twenty-five members of The Police Association have successfully completed the
Monash University Employment Relations Professional Development Program.
These members have taken their knowledge of policing to another level.
The six-day course, held at the university’s CBD
campus, has enabled the participants a better
understanding of workplace issues; an insight into
the art of negotiation and how to manage workplace
conflict. The course has been adopted for police to
ensure police get the most out of it.
Participants will now be able to take these skills and
improved understanding into their workplaces.
Monash Professor Peter Gahan said the Association
scholarships are a very positive development and he
hoped that the members found the opportunity to use
what they learned in their everyday working life.
“We have adapted the course to ensure police get the
most out of it”, Peter Gahan said.
Presenting the scholarship recipients with a certificate
to mark their successful completion of the course
Association President Brian Rix said it is very important
to skill up the membership on how industrial law relates
to police in Victoria.
“It is important we continue to work towards better
industrial relations system for police officers.
The Monash University Employment Relations
Professional Development Program will be run again next
year. Members interested in doing this course should contact
the Association’s communication section for more details.
Remembering their contribution
The 25 scholarships honour three inspirational
Police Association representatives who worked
tirelessly for the Associations and its members.
Phil Edge, Francis Heaney and Paul Carr left an
indelible mark on The Police Association. These
scholarships uphold their remarkable legacy and
foster members who want to continue to uphold
and improve the rights of their fellow police.
Inspector Francis Heaney was the first
president of The Police Association. Elected on June
27, 1917, his term was cut short when he tragically
died of a heart attached during an Association
meeting in October 1917.
Phil Edge is a Life Member of the Association, a
former delegate, executive member, OH&S officer
and welfare officer. His commitment to members
has been unflagging.
Paul Carr boasted a 25-year career with the
Victoria Police Force because his life was cut short
during a tragic mountain climb in Tibet. Paul was
a dedicated member of The Police Association
Executive in which he served as treasurer.
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Why super is still super!
A couple of years ago, when share markets were rising rapidly, superannuation
may have seemed like a sure-fire way to achieve a comfortable retirement. But a
second year of negative returns for the average super fund* may have some people
questioning whether super is still such a good investment?
A world leading retirement
incomes system
Although confidence in super
may have been dented by the
market downturn of the past year,
commentators both in Australia
and overseas, regard Australian
superannuation as a world
leading retirement incomes system.
It is considered to be a robust,
sufficiently liquid, prudent and
well regulated system for funding
peoples’ retirement.
Tax benefits add up
Superannuation’s tax advantages
can make a significant difference
to your retirement benefit compared
to investing outside super. The tax
advantages include:
• Investment returns within super
are taxed at up to 15%, unlike
investment returns outside super
which are taxed at your marginal
tax rate of up to 46.5%.
• You don’t pay income tax on
amounts you salary sacrifice
to super. Instead, these super
contributions (within the
contribution caps) are taxed at
15%, which can be less than your
marginal tax rate. In addition, you
may pay a lower rate of income
tax on your remaining salary if
your salary sacrifice arrangement
reduces your income to a lower
income tax bracket.
• Once you reach age 60 you pay
no tax on any money you take out
of super.
• If you convert your super to a
pension (eg. an ESSSuper Income
Stream), no tax is paid on the
investment earnings in your
pension account.
• You could receive up to $1,000
free from the Federal Government.
If you earn $31,920 or less in the
2009/10 financial year, every
dollar you personally contribute
to super after-tax will be matched
by the Government (up to a
maximum of $1,000) – that’s a
100% increase on your original
contribution! People earning
up to $61,920 in the 2009/10
financial year can also benefit.
A regular form of saving
History shows that people tend
to invest back in growth assets after
there is clear evidence that the
markets have turned for the better.
By the time a market rebound
has been confirmed it is generally
too late to take advantage of a
significant part of the rebound.
While it is impossible to pick the
bottom of markets, a structured
approach to gradually drip feeding
funds into growth assets allows
investors to average into the market
and benefit from a market rebound
when it comes through. This is
known as ‘dollar cost averaging’.
The compulsory nature of super
means that many people will
be taking advantage of dollar
cost averaging through their
regular employer contributions.
Additional contributions made
now may also mean you’re picking
up quality assets at “bargainbasement”
prices, so that when
a turnaround comes your balance
may recover more quickly.
All in all, super remains one
of the most tax-effective savings
strategies for retirement available.
* Defined benefit fund members are
likely to be less concerned about
negative returns than accumulation
super fund members as most defined
benefit accounts are not directly
affected by investment performance.
ESSSuper is the
superannuation fund
for current and former
Victorian emergency services
employees, public sector
employees and their spouses.
For information about
ESSSuper’s range of products
and services go to www.
esssuper.com.au or call
1300 650 161.
Get active in your Association, speak
to your Delegate or go to the website
www.tpav.org.au
Get active!
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The importance of
having a current will
Given the nature and culture of policing duties it is important that members of The
Police Association have a current and valid will which accurately reflects their final
wishes in the unfortunate event of death.
It is surprising after years of hard
work and the accumulation of
assets, large or small, that many
members do not have a current will.
Why have a will?
Having a will is not compulsory;
however a will offers many benefits.
Advantages of having a will include:
• You can help to make sure your
assets go to the people you want
to benefit. If you don’t have a
will, your estate is distributed
according to the laws of intestacy.
For example if you have a spouse
and children, in Victoria, your
spouse would be entitled to the
first $100,000, and one-third
of the balance, of your estate.
Would this suit you if you were
the surviving spouse? (Please note:
This does not apply to “jointly”
owned property).
• You can help ensure your
beneficiaries inherit at a time
when you think they will be better
able to manage it. Without a will
a beneficiary is entitled to inherit
at age 18. With a will you can
specify a later age or even stagger
the giving of the inheritance.
• You can leave out of your will,
people who would inherit under
intestacy. (However they may
still have a right to challenge
your will.)
• You can choose the executor
and trustee. This may be very
important if you have young
children or a disabled child and
the trustee must manage funds
for a long time.
• Your estate may incur fewer
fees and be administered
more quickly.
• You can document who you
want to be the guardian of your
children.
• You may have more assets than
you think. Some people say
“I don’t need a will because I
don’t have much.” However most
people have some assets they
may have overlooked or forget
about proceeds that are payable
on their death, such as life
insurance and superannuation
death benefits. While a person
may not have much today, on
death their estate could be
quite valuable.
Having a valid will
In Victoria, to have a valid will
the willmaker must comply with
the Wills Act otherwise it could
be invalid:
• the will must be in writing and
signed and dated by the will
maker; and
• the signature is made with the
willmaker’s intention of executing
the will; and
• the signature of the willmaker is
witnessed by two adult persons; and
• it is important that the willmaker
has the proper capacity to
understand what he or she is
doing to ensure the will is valid.
Effect of marriage and divorce
on your will
If you have a will and you marry,
your will is revoked and your estate
may be distributed under the
intestacy laws.
It is important to note that a will
is not revoked by separation or
divorce. However divorce will result
in any gift to the now divorced
spouse being revoked, and the rest
of the will remaining valid.
When your circumstances change
you should consider updating your
will. If your executors become
elderly or die, or there are changes
in your assets, you may need to
update your will to take these
matters into account.
If you would like to create or
update your will, or, would like any
advice in regards to wills, you can
contact The Police Association on
(03) 9495 6899 or 1800 800 537
(outside Melbourne metro only) for
a referral to Slater & Gordon.
Need a new will?
Association members and
their partners are able to have
a will drawn up free* as part
of their membership.
Simply call The Police
Association to be referred to
our lawyers, Slater & Gordon.
You can contact the
Association’s Welfare Officer
on (03) 9495 6899 for further
information about this service.
*Costs may be incurred
depending on the complexity
of the will.
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Police Federation of Australia News
Police Ministers Back
A National Police
Registration Working Party
On 19 June the Police Federation of Australia (PFA) made a presentation to the
Ministerial Council on Police and Emergency Management – Police (MCPEMP)
proposing a National Police Professional Registration Scheme.
As part of that presentation, the
PFA recommended that the
Ministerial Council establish
a working party, which would
include the PFA, to further develop
our proposal.
The key elements of the
presentation included –
• The fact that police associations
and unions in each jurisdiction
have signed on to the
framework for a national police
registration scheme.
• The PFA sees the proposal as:
• ‘protecting our patch’ e.g. from
the private security industry;
• boosting the standing of the
policing profession;
• developing national
standards of education and
continuing education and
a national code of conduct
and ethics;
• facilitating mobility for our
members;
• taking the opportunity to move
directly to a single national
scheme because we don’t have
State and Territory registration
schemes; and
• allowing the PFA to be a key
player in developing the
profession nationally.
• For governments and police
agencies would benefit by:
• police being held in higher
esteem by the community
• having an established national
code of conduct and ethics
being applied
• educational qualifications,
entry requirements and
continuing professional
development requirements
established nationally
• mobility between jurisdictions
being made as seamless
as possible
• overseas recruits being assessed
nationally for suitability and
educational qualifications by a
single national body.
The key elements of the
framework include:
• national registration of police
• national accreditation of
education and training
• independent national police
registration board
• model legislation by the
Commonwealth and each
jurisdiction.
The PFA proposal ensures that no
current Police Acts & Regulations
will be affected. It doesn’t require
any jurisdiction to change the way
it operates, therefore there is no loss
of control. Registration on its own
does NOT guarantee employment
and Commissioner’s ‘hiring and
firing’, and disciplinary regimes
remain the same. We would like
however to see all jurisdictions
with effective safeguards for
police officers in their misconduct
regimes, but our Framework does
not require that.
Following the presentation,
the Ministerial Council carried
the following resolution:
“MCPEMP agree to set up a
working party to report back on
progress in 2010 on the feasibility
of a proposal for a National
Police Registration Board taking
into account:
1. cost implications;
2. encouraging basic standards to
enable inter-jurisdictional
mobility;
3. Chief Commissioners have full
employment and discipline power,
including setting of standards in
their jurisdiction; and
4. automatic deregistering of
any member dismissed in a
jurisdiction.
MCPEMP agree that Senior
Officers Group should establish
the Working Party and include
the PFA.
This means that Ministers
and their police forces and
departmental policy advisers will
be participants in developing a
scheme that suits all jurisdictions
and the working party will be coordinated
through the Ministerial
council on the Administration of
Justice Secretariat in the Federal
Attorney General’s Department.
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Human Rights
For Police
The Police Federation of Australia made representations to the National Human
Rights Consultation public hearings in Canberra last month. CEO Mark Burgess,
representing 52,000 police around the country told the hearings that police officers
know quite a lot about limitations on human rights because they are one of the most
human rights-limited professions in the county.
“Police have no right to silence in disciplinary matters,” Mark Burgess told the hearings.
“We are overseen by ethical standards bodies, ombudsmen, police integrity or crime and
misconduct bodies in the Commonwealth and every state and territory. And under the
new proposed harmonized OH&S laws, certain police operations may be exempted
from coverage in the legislation leaving police officers exposed and vulnerable.”
The PFA strongly supports the
human rights protections that
we enjoy in Australia and it
believes that it is for lawmakers
- our politicians - to strike the
balance in determining those rights
and limitations, and the protections
necessary for society as a whole.
Striking that balance is difficult,
time-consuming, and sometimes
controversial. Our elected
politicians, representing all of us,
are best placed to do that and face
the electoral consequences if they
get it wrong.
The enactment of an over-arching
human rights law, that opens the
way to re-interpretation of other
laws, seems to be a lazy way of
changing laws to give greater
protection to human rights.
So what reforms would we like
to see?
If some laws are deficient or give
less weight to human rights than
they should, then those specific laws
should be amended or repealed.
The Parliament’s Scrutiny of Bills
committee could be re-vamped to
more effectively examine legislation
and publicise its findings. That
Parliamentary Committee might
be doing a good job but, from the
outside, it looks like a paper tiger.
Then again, there are some
inequities and injustices that
won’t be fixed by changing laws or
re-balancing laws to give greater
weight to human rights.
Think, for example, of failures in
child protection or health care or
care of the mentally ill. These shortcomings
in society require improved
parenting and child support
services, more GP’s and nurses, and
better mental health services.
These are matters for
Governments and Parliaments in
setting priorities and allocating
budgets. They are most certainly
not matters for judges to determine.
There is room for much debate
for and against measures against
outlaw motor cycle gangs, but the
scope for national criminal laws in
a nation of 22 million people seems
to be receding as a result of there
being a charter of rights in Victoria
and the ACT.
Only recently, the ACT’s
Corrections Minister ruled out
intrusive searches of prisoners as
a breach of their human rights - so
contraband, including drugs, is
potentially going undetected in the
ACT’s new prison.
The Police Federation of
Australia has come to the view
that a legislative charter of rights
would transfer power from elected
members of parliament to unelected
judges. On this ground alone we are
opposed to such a charter.
So what does the Police Federation
see as the way forward?
• We would welcome black
and white laws guaranteeing
fundamental rights such
as freedom from torture
and slavery.
• We suggest that other human
rights be secured by changes and
improvement to existing laws,
not an over-arching Human
Rights Act.
• We think that a new, beefedup
Parliamentary Joint
Committee on Human Rights
should be established to give
effective scrutiny to all Bills and
legislative instruments, including
Regulations introduced into the
federal parliament.
In this way our elected members
of parliament are the ones to
determine the balance of rights
and responsibilities we enjoy as
individual citizens and the needs
of society.
For the PFA’s full submission to
the Human Rights Consultation go
to www.pfa.org.au news page.
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Police Association History
The Police Journal
A chronicle of Association
news & views for over 90 years
This month we continue the
story of our own Journal.
For more than 90 years, The
Police Association Journal
has chronicled the actions
and achievements of its
members for which today’s
members owe so much.
What we have today should
not be taken for granted.
Today our objectives are the
same – to achieve continual
improvements to police
salaries and conditions.
‘Sobriety is the quality most to be desired in a policeman.
… being a teetotaller with or without pledge is a great protection
to the man who cannot always trust himself, especially from
those people who through mistaken kindness so often offer a
policeman drink while on duty …’
Homilies such as this were
published frequently in early
issues of The Police Journal,
along with doggerel exhorting
members to pay their dues and
poems honouring the memory of
fallen colleagues. Intermingled
with meeting minutes and items
of official correspondence, such
items of general interest were an
integral part of the original journal
style: a format which continued
relatively unchanged for decades.
Printed and published initially by
Wilke, Mitchell & Co., of King Street,
Melbourne, the journal of sixteen
pages included paid advertising,
photographs and illustrations.
Constable Frederick Charles
Murphy, the inaugural editor of the
journal, resigned from the position,
and that of Association secretary,
on 3 January 1919. His resignation
followed a dispute with fellow
members regarding an honorarium
of one hundred and fifty pounds,
that was paid to his wife, purportedly
to compensate her for the time he
spent on Association duties.
Murphy did not have the use of
a typewriter or clerical support to
assist with the production of the
first two issues of the journal, so
in order to alleviate his workload
the Executive appointed a ‘Journal
Committee’ comprised of Murphy
and District Delegates G. Byres of
Russell Street and R.P. Jones of Ascot
Vale. Formed initially to shoulder
some of Murphy’s workload, the
idea of a journal committee proved
so successful that it became a
permanent arrangement over
succeeding decades.
Following Murphy’s unexpected
resignation, an acting editor filled
the position for two months, until
Constable William E. Adamson
of Russell Street was appointed
secretary and editor from 1919
to 1923.
Throughout this period some
members of the Association argued
that they would be better served if
the positions of secretary and editor
were filled by a person who was
not a member of the Force. Their
reasoning was that a civilian would
not be constrained in his actions or
views by the vagaries of the police
discipline system that governed
serving police.
The first civilian secretary and
editor was former school teacher,
Albert James Gill. Chosen from a
strong field of 40 applicants, Gill
served from August 1923 till April
1929, when he was replaced by
Victor Gustav Price, who transferred
to the Association after working on
the staff at State Parliament House
for 21 years.
Price was secretary and editor
during the tumultuous period
when Chief Commissioner Thomas
Blamey destroyed the original
Victorian Police Association
and replaced it with a puppet
organisation of his own making;
subtlety renamed the Victoria Police
Association.
The last journal edited by Price
was Volume XIV, No.1, published on
30 June 1931. There then followed
a hiatus of two months, when
no journal was published, until
September 1931, when the ‘new’
Association published Vol. 1, No.
1, of The Victoria Police Association.
Initially distributed gratis to all
members of the Force, the ‘new’
journal reflected its origins. It did
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George Lawton Mayman – photo – Australian War Memorial negative number DAOD1702.
not initially include meeting
minutes, financial reports or
anything that might remotely be
considered political or controversial.
The secretary and nominal
journal editor was First Constable
G. Bunting, a clerk in the Russell
Street Superintendent’s Office.
Contributions to the journal were
collated by him and vetted by a
‘Journal Committee’.
The actual editor of the ‘new’
Journal from 1931 to 1937 was
George Lawton Mayman, a lawyer
and author, who as well as editing
the Law Institute Journal was a
member of the Police Practical
Examinations Board and a
law lecturer for Victoria Police
promotion examinations. A former
lieutenant in the AIF, who had
served in France and was wounded
in action during the First World
War, Mayman’s tenure as editor
ended with the controversial
resignation of Chief Commissioner
Thomas Blamey.
Following the departure of
Mayman the Association reverted to
the practice of engaging a serving
member as honorary journal editor
and the first such appointee was
Senior Constable Samuel James
Williams, V.B., who formed part of
a ‘ Journal Committee’ comprised
of five Association members.
He was followed by a succession of
honorary editors who were serving
police and who usually, but not
always, also filled the position
of secretary.
Apart from a brief publishing gap
in 1996, the break in publication
engineered by Blamey in 1931 is
the only time that publication
of the journal has been seriously
interrupted. And although the
‘new’ journal was effectively an
instrument of police command,
that management stranglehold
gradually dissipated following
Blamey’s departure and the journal
reverted to its original purpose
of being the official Association
news magazine.
In keeping with changed
readership expectations, the
journal over recent decades has
eschewed the publication of items
that an increasingly sophisticated
readership might regard as
offensive or twee. Long gone are the
published references to indigenous
Australians as ‘half-castes’ and
articles decrying moves towards
granting ‘equality to women’;
which were frequently accompanied
by sexist jokes. Little did the authors
of these missives know that one day
the Chief Commissioner and the
editor of the journal would both
be female.
There was a time when the
only journal space allocated to
women police carried the heading
‘Household Page’ and the by-line,
‘Conducted by Policewoman Smith’.
Contributed by Policewoman
Constable Lily Smith, the regular
column never mentioned police
work but was a collection of recipes
for such delights as ‘Strawberry
Bavarian Cream’.
Much to the chagrin of some
librarians and researchers the
journal has over the decades
undergone no fewer than nine
subtle name changes and changes
to volume series numbers and
paper sizes. But such considerations
have been of little relevance to
regular readers who have seen the
journal grow immeasurably in style
and content.
May 2008
TOO BIG,
TOO LOUD
TO IGNORE
ALSO INSIDE:
VOLUME 74 – ISSUE 5
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Historic rally > thousands of police march on Parliament House > Resourcing woes in Geelong
A separation of the roles of secretary
and editor enabled the employment
of a suitably qualified civilian
editor: the first of these in 1996 was
Shirley Hardy-Rix, whose tenure as
editor is the longest in the history
of the journal. Improvements to
the journal in recent decades have
included the extensive use of full
colour images and an increased
focus on articles of particular
industrial relevance to the
Association and its members.
Now in the 91 st year of publication,
the journal has informed and
entertained readers through two
world wars, a police strike, Blamey’s
Association coup and a multitude
of other major events that have
impacted both positively and
adversely upon the activities of
the Association. In all respects ‘the
journal’ has more than fulfilled
the aspirations of its founders who
wanted ‘a newspaper of their own’.
Dr Robert Haldane
– Police Historian
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Victorian on the Front Line
Fighting Trafficking and
Exploitation in Cambodia
Steve Morrish with the Cambodian Deputy Police
Commissioner after the signing of the Memorandum
of Understanding between the two organisations.
To step into the Phnom Penh,
Cambodia office of anti-human
trafficking and exploitation
Non Governmental Organisation
SISHA, is to confront the harsh
reality of the country’s criminal
underbelly head on. Yet talking
about paedophilia, people
trafficking, child abuse and forced
labour issues that universally shock
and sicken - is all in a day’s work
for the organisation’s founder Steve
Morrish and his team. Regrettably
Cambodia deserves its reputation
as a global hotspot for people
trafficking and sexual exploitation,
although in truth this is also a
regional problem. It is precisely the
country’s desperate mix of poverty,
underdevelopment, corruption,
and of course its troubled political
and administrative history, which
has created a society particularly
vulnerable to these crimes.
In January 2005, Steve Morrish,
the son of retired Detective Senior
Sergeant John Morrish, who at the
time was stationed at Footscray CIU
as a Senior Constable, travelled to
Cambodia on a two week holiday.
There he was confronted with the
harsh reality of extreme poverty
and terrible abuse against women
and children. After realising
that Cambodia’s lack of police
resources and experience was
allowing untold numbers of abuse,
assault and trafficking crimes to
go completely uninvestigated, let
alone acted on, Steve felt compelled
to use his policing skills to help
exploited people. Steve came back
to Melbourne and requested a a
one year work break without pay so
that he could return to Cambodia to
help others however this was denied
by Police Command. After an
eight year career with the Victoria
Police Force, working at Sunshine,
Preston, Regional 3 RRU, Northcote
and Footscray CIU, Steve resigned.
He is still disappointed at the lack
of support and understanding
by Command.
In March 2005 Steve returned
to Cambodia and after several
short assignments in Cambodia,
Thailand, Vietnam and India
investigating human trafficking
and child exploitation with various
organisations. He then founded
South East Asia Investigations into
Social and Humanitarian Activities
(SISHA). Although the Cambodian
authorities are attempting to
tackle the country’s trafficking
and exploitation problems, the
level of policing experience and
the systems necessary to do so
effectively, are simply not in place.
The initial idea behind SISHA,
an Australian registered not-forprofit
organisation, was to provide
additional assistance to fill in this
skill and resource gap. Failure
to do so would mean losing the
future - not to mention childhoods
of hundreds of boys, girls and
young women to prostitution,
drug addiction, abuse and
bonded labour.
Steve Morrish and former Western
Australia Detective Sergeant,
Dean Lague, with over 24 years
experience, spearhead the SISHA
investigation team which is made
up of six local male investigators
and two current serving
Cambodian police officers. Coming
face to face with some of the world’s
most flagrant paedophilia, as well
as abuse and trafficking cases,
the team covertly collects video,
audio, medical and documentary
evidence of these crimes before
submitting briefs of evidence to
the police and courts. Once search
and arrest warrants are issued,
the SISHA investigation staff work
closely with local police to execute
warrants, raid establishments and
rescue the victims from exploitation.
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Steve Morrish (right) with ex WA Detective Sergeant Dean Lague, the Investigations Director and WA lawyer,
Laine McDonald, the Legal Director.
Raid and Rescue of 16 Trafficking
Victims from Remote Brothel
In an high profile operation conducted in October 2008, SISHA
working in conjunction with local police, rescued 16 women, including
three under the age of 18 years, who were locked in a brothel (flimsily
disguised as a restaurant) in a remote Cambodian province close
to the Thai border and sold for sex.
One of the victims, Sophea, told SISHA that she had been lured
to the district by a woman in Poipet, who promised to find her a job
as a karaoke singer. “But when I got there, I was locked in a room
with the other girls and forced to sleep with men and take yamma
drugs,” she said. “When we declined, we were tortured by the brothel
owner’s sons.”
Thanks to SISHA and its partners, the future is now brighter for
the girls and women rescued from this trafficking terror. All of those
rescued were offered legal representation facilitated by SISHA and
the trial is expected to be conducted in mid/late 2009.
Since June 2007, SISHA has
provided intelligence and assistance
to the Cambodian police that have
resulted in the rescue of 182 men,
women and children from a range
of terrible situations, including
family abuse, bonded labour and
underage locked brothels. The team
is diverse with English, Cambodian,
Thai and Vietnamese speakers
to ensure that a range of case
scenarios can be infiltrated.
The organisation’s work does
not stop at investigations; the
all-female aftercare team takes
over the minute victims have been
removed from the crime scene.
Immediately after rescue, SISHA
Aftercare staff work to reduce
victim trauma, ensure the victims’
safety and advise them of the
policing process. Each receives
a SISHA Aftercare pack which
includes a new pair of pyjamas,
shampoo, toothbrush, new flip
flops, a cuddly toy for younger
children and sanitary towels for
the older girls. The Aftercare packs
are given to the victims as the first
stage of trauma minimisation, to
restore some of their dignity, gain
their trust and to help start build
relationships. SISHA Aftercare staff
remain with the victims throughout
the entire police interview
process, sometimes sleeping with
them overnight in locked police
compounds, to ensure that there is
no police intimidation or corruptive
influence that may allow the girls
to be re-taken by the offenders or
abused by police. Something all
too common! At the completion of
the police process, the victims are
reintegrated with their families if
appropriate and safe or placed into
private, non-government aftercare
shelters where they receive
medical treatment, psychological
counselling, vocational training
and a second chance at life.
Another of SISHA’s key aims is to
provide legal representation to the
victims and their families and for
those who are courageous enough,
to prosecute offenders and reinforce
the anti trafficking and exploitation
message in the county. Working
together with the Cambodian
police department, Interpol, FBI
and other international authorities,
the organisations in-house legal
team has assisted in the prosecution
of 88 foreign and local sex offenders
and traffickers to date.
SISHA provides capacity building
to Cambodian Police and is
currently running a Criminal
Investigation Course for 120 Crime
Investigation Department police,
teaching them much needed skills
in law, crime scene investigation,
evidence and evidence collection,
victim interview techniques
and raid and rescue planning.
Dependant on further funding,
SISHA hopes to continue the police
training project so that more police
can be trained in the future.
For every child who has been
helped and can now look forward
to a life and future, there are
plenty that remain in desperate
situations. SISHA will to continue
the many investigations it receives
in Cambodia and hopes to open a
branch office in Bangkok Thailand,
where so many of these issues
are also very evident. There are
many ways in which you can
help exploited men, women and
children. Apart from the obvious
donations to SISHA, which are 100
per cent tax deductible in Australia
and the USA and greatly needed,
SISHA also offers a Foreign Intern
Program for people wishing to
work voluntarily with SISHA in the
Administration, Aftercare or Legal
Departments and an International
Police Intern Program which allows
qualified police to join the SISHA
investigations and police training
teams with a more hands on
volunteer role.
For more information on SISHA,
including how to donate, where
your money will go or any of the
volunteer programs please visit
www.sisha.org or contact SISHA
Executive Director Steve Morrish at
director@sisha.org or +855 17
609 300 (Cambodia mobile).
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Allen & Unwin ‘Thriller Of The Month’
Word Search Puzzle
There are 20 words hidden in this Word-Search puzzle. All you have to do is find all
the words and you could win a copy of The Tower, the gripping debut novel by Sydney
journalist Michael Duffy.
Young detective Nicholas
Troy is basically a good
man, for whom working
in homicide is the highest
form of police work. But
when a woman falls from
the construction site for the
world’s tallest skyscraper, the
tortured course of the murder
investigation that follows
threatens his vocation.
Hampered by politicised
managers and incompetent
colleagues, Troy fights his way
through worlds of wealth and
poverty, people-smuggling
and prostitution. He has always seen Sydney as a city of
sharks, a place where predators lurk beneath the glittering
surface. Now he uncovers networks of crime and corruption
that pollute the city, reaching into the police force itself.
Finally, the shadowy predator Troy has been chasing
turns and comes for him, putting his family at risk.
Forced to defend himself with actions he would never
have considered before, Troy confronts a moral abyss.
He realises it’s a long way down.
Michael Duffy reports for the Sydney Morning Herald on
crime and other matters. Previously he wrote for Sydney’ s
other newspaper, the Daily Telegraph. He has played in punk
rock bands, written biographies of several Sydney characters,
and is co-presenter of ‘Counterpoint’, Radio National’s
challenge to orthodox ideas. The Tower is his first novel.
**********
Mark the words that you find and send the completed
puzzle to The Police Association Allen & Unwin ‘Thriller
of the Month’ Word-Search Puzzle, PO Box 76, Carlton
South 3053. The completed puzzles must arrive by Friday,
July 31 to be eligible for the prize draw. The first neatest
correct entry will be the winner. The judge’s decision is
final and no correspondence will be entered into.
B Y D S H Y H Y W T N T K Q Q
F Y M Z T M J B S O V B U B B
D D I G T N R S L G L H W P W
O T A A O J R H C I N E F A A
W B K F L E X I Z V E U M K P
N E O F B F R E O U E C Q U I
H A S L V T F L X T B V C W J
M N U S H M E D P U N O H G Y
C K U T O D U N P F Y F M A C
B B A T O N S F F U C E S F J
M D S M A M T Y X N A F B G Y
Y S P E I G A J E M Q A W V J
X F F T M R S T H V H J T Z Q
M J H K P I E Q I U U J M G M
L F M S X F R V X C Z D Y J P
ASP AUTOMATIC BAG BATON
BEAN CIRT CUFFS DOWN
FLEXI FOAM MODEL RIOT
SEMI SHIELD SMITH SPRAY
TAKE TASER TEN WESSON
The winner’s name will be published in The Police
Association Journal. Congratulations to Aaron Madsen
from Mansfield who won a copy of Michael Connelly’s
Scarecrow for successfully completing the June Word
Puzzle. And congratulations to Anna Hanlon and Liana
Jackson who won the Crime & Justice Festival prize packs.
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POLICE CHAPLAINS
n Chaplains provide pastoral and spiritual
support as well as religious services where
required n The services of the chaplains are
available to all sworn and unsworn members
and their families n Confidentiality is assured.
A full listing of chaplains is available on the
Victoria Police Intranet. SEARCH (Chaplains).
Enquiries please contact:
Senior Police Chaplain
Reverend Dr. John Broughton
Level 2, 128 Jolimont Road,
East Melbourne 3002
(03) 9301 6900
Mobile 0439 225 160 (24 hours)
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VIC T O RIA
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE POLICE ASSOCIATION
VPA FRIENDLY SOCIETY LTD
ABN 17 087 649 170
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the VPA Friendly Society will be held at the
Dallas Brooks Centre, 300 Albert Street, East Melbourne at 10.00 am on Friday, September 11, 2009
THE VICTORIA POLICE BRANCH OF THE
POLICE FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Victoria Police Branch of the Police Federation
of Australia will be held at the Dallas Brooks Centre, 300 Albert Street, East Melbourne at 10.15 am on Friday,
September 11, 2009
THE POLICE ASSOCIATION
ABN 78 004 251 325
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Police Association will be held at the
Dallas Brooks Centre, 300 Albert Street, East Melbourne at 10.30 am on Friday, September 11, 2009
SPECIAL BUSINESS
NOTICE OF MOTION TO AMEND CONSTITUTION
To consider and if thought fit to pass a special resolution to amend the Constitution of The Police Association as follows:
(a) to amend Rules 90-109 concerning elections for Association Delegates, to allow for electronic voting as an alternative
means to postal/ballot voting;
(b) to amend Rule 10 concerning eligibility for full membership, to remove provisions which are superfluous or no longer
applicable; and
(c) to amend Rules 76 and 78 to require applications for legal representation cost funding based on the particular eligibility
criteria set out in Rule 75(d), to be made to (and determined by) the Executive, such amendments being in particular
those shown in the form received by the Association from its legal advisors, Browne & Co., on 15 July 2009 and which
has subsequently been available for perusal by members on The Police Association’s website.
A copy of the Constitution with markings to show how the Constitution with the above amendments differs from the current
provisions of the Constitution, may be obtained by either:
(a) requesting copies by contacting Mr Bruce McKenzie, Assistant Secretary, The Police Association, PO Box 76, Carlton
South, 3053. Fax: (03)9495 6933 or via Email to general@tpav.org.au; or
(b) viewing or downloading copies from The Police Association website at www.tpav.org.au.
Greg Davies, Secretary
15 July 2009
PROXY VOTING
A member unable to attend the Annual General Meetings may appoint a person as proxy to attend and vote
on their behalf. A proxy need not be a member. Proxy Forms, together with instructions for completion
are available on application from Bruce McKenzie, Assistant Secretary, The Police Association,
PO Box 76, Carlton South 3053. Fax (03) 9495 6933 or via Email to general@tpav.org.au
Proxy forms to be effective should be received by the Association by no later than
4.00 pm on Friday, August 21, 2009.
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An important message from Bluey Day
A 10,000km drive around Australia,
and in a Fire Truck! What’s this about?
Bluey Day, the kids cancer charity, is asking for your support as we
travel around Australia in our trusty old Bluey Day Fire Truck. Our
mission: to raise money for kids with cancer and other illnesses.
Now in our 14 th year, Bluey
Day has become a widely
recognised fundraising cause
and each year Emergency Services
Members band together with their
friends and family to shave their
heads or colour their hair in support
of kids with cancer and other
serious illnesses. This year, from
6 August until 31 October we’ll be
holding a series of 48 events right
across the country and we’d like
you to join in the fun by getting
some people together and coming
to see us when we arrive in your
town. Within Melbourne, our
official Roadshow launch will be
7am-10am on Thursday 6 t h August
and we’d love to see Vic Police staff
(preferably in uniform) there on the
day. Further details available on
our website.
“We chatted to lots of our
fundraisers last year and the best
thing we could do is to offer people
an opportunity to come and join
in the Bluey Day fun”, says Justin
Eastcott, Bluey Day CEO. “As we’re
only a small team of four, we
decided that a Roadshow spread
over three months would be the
best way for us to say ‘thanks’ to all
of the great people who help us to
what we do. So, instead of just one
Bluey Day like in the past, we’re
essentially having 48 Bluey Day’s
all around Australia….including
Bluey Day Melbourne, Bluey Day
Geelong, Bluey Day Horsham, Bluey
Day Ballarat (and the list goes
on). It’s a massive project, but one
that the team here is very excited
about and we are looking forward
to meeting lots of Police officers
as we travel throughout Victoria.
Our Fire Truck further adds to the
uniqueness of the journey, with its
colourful livery attracting lots of
attention wherever it goes.”
Bluey Day is asking you to visit
our website and register your
interest now – it doesn’t have to be
a headshave (we know that’s kind
of scary), and if you can’t make it
Kerri, Lynne, Rana and Justin.
to one of our events, your own BBQ
with some friends and family is a
very easy way to support the cause
and help raise some money for the
kids. Don’t think difficult or time
consuming – it can be something
really simple and fun and we’re
happy to provide you with support
and ideas along the way.
Details of each community event
can be found at www.blueyday.net
and you can also follow the Bluey
Day team via our regular video
blogs and updates. If you have
kids of your own, there’s also our
‘Adopt‐A-Bluey’ Schools Program
whereby each class can look after
Bluey our mascot, a Blue Heeler toy
dog, and learn about how Bluey
and his friends in the Emergency
Services help kids less fortunate.
We’ve already had some great
feedback from teachers and parents
and we know the kids will just fall
in love with him. Feel free to pass
on the Adopt-A-Bluey Registration
Pack to your school or kinder.
Available on our website or give us
a call.
Monies raised in Victoria goes
back to benefit the sick kids who live
here so Bluey Day is a great cause
to get behind. Even $20 will make a
difference.
TO REGISTER, MAKE A CREDIT
CARD DONATION or to find out
which towns we will be visiting, see
www.blueyday.net or telephone
1800 258 379
Bluey Day 2009 – It’s For The Kids!
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Your Letters
Retirement of Life Member
I am writing to notify you that after
a lengthy period of poor health
away from my police duties I am
retiring from the Victoria Police
Force on the 15 th July, 2009, after 31
years service. I will therefore also
be resigning as a full time member
of The Police Association but will
be seeking outside membership.
ESSSuper is supporting me with a
full time Disability Pension, and I
would like to take this opportunity
in thanking that organisation’s
fantastic staff and its supporting
team of Medical Advisors. I would
also like to thank members from the
Crime Department’s Peer Support
Group, in particular Sue Thwaites,
for the telephone calls and cards
of support.
Wishing you and The Police
Association all the best with future
endeavours in seeking the best for
your membership.
Regards
John GIBSON@ Gibbo
Detective Sergeant 20780
Past President of The Police Association
Past President of The Police Federation
of Australia & New Zealand
Life Member of The Police Association
Retirement
I wish to inform you that I will be
leaving the Association on 17 th July
2009.
I have had 40 years of policing
and enjoyed every minute of it. I
have had the opportunity to work
with some terrific people and to
have shared some great experiences.
While I have never had to use
the resources of the Association
it was always a comfort to have
that resource available should that
occasion have arisen.
I hope that the Association and
the Victoria Police can build a
quality relationship into the future.
This would truly be in the interests
of the community and members.
I wish you and the Executive all
the best.
Regards
Robert J. Hastings APM
Assistant Commissioner
APM
Thank you for your recent letter
congratulating me on being
awarded the Australian Police
Medal in the Queen’s Birthday 2009
Honours list. I view this award as a
great honour, albeit I see some irony
for receiving this award for doing
something I love!
Much of the work of Victoria
Police Soccer Club would be
impossible without the ongoing
support of The Police Association
and we appreciate your interest.
Thank you again for the message.
I appreciate it.
Sincerely
Ron Sinclair APM
Anna Stewart Memorial Project
Wish we to thank you for your
generous donation toward the cost
of production of a new DVD to
commemorate the 25 th Anniversary
Celebration Event of the Anna
Stewart Memorial Project.
Your kind support enables us
to continue this very worthwhile
project for women in the trade
union movement, and particularly
in this year of the project’s 25 th
anniversary.
Yours sincerely
Jennifer O’Donnell-Pirisi
Victorian Trades Hall Council
Women’s Officers
Ill-Health Retirement
As I am Ill Health Retiring as of Sat
4 th July 2009, it is with regret that I
must forward my resignation from
the Victoria Police Association.
I have had occasion to use the
Association in the past & the
present. Even as this letter is being
composed, that skilled negotiator,
Les Beslis continues to negotiate on
my behalf.
I believe that Victoria Police has
lost direction in the past few years.
Our past Chief Commissioner may
be proud that she got rid of the
so called brotherhood, but what
really seems to have gone is the
loyalty and the looking after one
another that was so strong when I
joined nearly 31 years ago. Among
many other instances, this is
evident by the fact that while on
sick leave, I was demoted from
LSC to S/C because I wasn’t OSTT
qualified for a job I hadn’t done
for three and a half years. I am
not alone in having this inflicted
on them. I know the Association
is fighting to correct these and
other injustices, and I believe the
Association will prevail.
Under this present regime,
while members like myself are
labelled bludgers while other
members attempt to complete their
paperwork on leave and days off,
the Association & it’s members
need to be stronger than ever. I
believe that our Association will
find itself busier than ever as our
members are expected to do more
with less as Victoria Police circles
the bowl.
I am just glad that there are
people like Les Beslis fighting for
our rights, not just because they can,
but because they believe.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Regards,
Gary Urban
Ex- S/C 21186
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Photography by gregnoakes.com
Phil Pearson, John Carter, Paul O’Connell, Karl David, John Laird, Dean Thomas, Brian Rix, Dermot Avon, Gerard de Vries, Mark Rose, Rod Brewer, Diane Wilson
VICTORIA POLICE BRANCH
OF THE POLICE FEDERATION
OF AUSTRALIA minutes of
MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY
2 JUne 2009 AT THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION BOARDROOM,
1 CLARENDON STREET, EAST
MELBOURNE, COMMENCING
AT 8:32 AM
Present:
BK Rix (President)
JC Laird (Junior Vice President)
PJ Pearson (Treasurer)
DJ Thomas (Assistant Treasurer)
D Avon
KM David, APM
GJ de Vries
P O’Connell
M Rose
D Wilson
JR Carter
GJ Davies Chief Executive Officer
BI McKenzie Executive Officer
Apologies:
R Brewer
(Senior Vice President)
1. CONFIRMATION OF
MINUTES
“that the minutes of 5 MAY
2009 be confirmed.”
2. ADOPTION OF ORDER OF
BUSINESS
“THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS BE
ADOPTED.”
3. STRATEGIC
3.1 REVIEW OF STRATEGIC
AND KEY FOCUS AREAS
3.1.1 EB 2006
IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
The Secretary advised that he
and the Industrial Relations
Manager met with the Hon. Tim
Holding, Minister for Finance, on
Monday 25 May 2009 in relation
to the Superannuation Legislation
Amendment Bill 2009, specifically
relating to PSO superannuation.
3.2 REVIEW OF RISKS
3.2.1 CORPORATE RISKS
3.2.1.1 Police Registration
Board
The President advised that the final
document has been endorsed by all
States. A formal presentation will
take place on 18 June 2009 during
the PFA Executive meeting in Perth.
The President undertook to provide
feedback to the July Executive
meeting.
The President declared the meeting
closed at 9:09am.
minutes of THE EXECUTIVE
MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY
2 jUNe 2009 AT THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION BOARDROOM,
1 CLARENDON STREET, EAST
MELBOURNE, COMMENCING
AT 9:29 AM
Present:
BK Rix (President)
JC Laird (Junior Vice President)
PJ Pearson (Treasurer)
DJ Thomas (Assistant Treasurer)
D Avon
KM David, APM
GJ de Vries
P O’Connell
M Rose
D Wilson
JR Carter
GJ Davies Secretary
BI McKenzie Assistant Secretary
Apologies:
R Brewer
(Senior Vice President)
1. CONFIRMATION OF
MINUTES
“THAT THE MINUTES OF 5 may
2009 BE CONFIRMED.”
2. ADOPTION OF ORDER
OF BUSINESS
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“THAT THE ORDER OF BUSINESS
BE ADOPTED.”
3. STRATEGIC
3.1 REVIEW OF STRATEGIC
AND KEY FOCUS AREAS
3.1.1 Campaign “Save Our
Streets” for a Properly
Resourced Victoria Police
Force
The President advised that to
date, 50,000 signatures have been
collected for the petition.
3.1.2 Making Safe
Workplaces Through
OH&S, EEO and Accident
Compensation Legislation
3.1.2.1 Police Officers
Entering Court
Following discussion, it was
agreed that a letter be sent to
the Chief Executive Officer,
Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
requesting a meeting to discuss
the issue further. At this meeting,
the sentiments of the Executive
would be conveyed. The Executive
are supportive of having security
in place, but if a police member
provides bone fide identification;
he/she should be permitted to
pass straight through the security
checking point. If following the
meeting, the CEO doesn’t change
her stance, the Executive would
be requested to formulate a policy
position on the matter.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30am
for the Legal Representation Cost Fund
applications and resumed at 11:12am.
3.1.3 Administration
3.1.3.1 The Police
Association Planning and
Budgeting 2009/10
1. “THAT THE ATTACHED BUDGET
PROPOSAL FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 2009/2010 FOR THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION AND LEGAL
REPRESENTATION COST FUND
(‘LRCF’), BE RECEIVED.”
2. “THAT A REVIEW OF
THE 2009/2010 BUDGET
BE CONDUCTED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION AND
REPORTED AT THE DECEMBER
2009 EXECUTIVE MEETING.”
3. “THAT THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION AND LEGAL
REPRESENTATION COST FUND
BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 2009/2010 AS CIRCULATED,
BE ENDORSED.”
The meeting adjourned for lunch at
12:52pm resumed at 1:28pm. All
Executive members present as before
lunch.
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.”
3.3 MEMBERSHIP OF THE
POLICE ASSOCIATION
“THAT THE 42 APPLICATIONS
LISTED BE ACCEPTED FOR
MEMBERSHIP OF THE POLICE
ASSOCIATION.”
3.4 STAFF ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM QUARTERLY REPORT
1. “THAT THE MEMORANDUM FROM
THE SECRETARY TO THE executive
AND ATTACHED annual REPORT
OF IPS WORLDWIDE FOR THE
PERIOD 1 MAY 2008 - 30 APRIL
2009, BE RECEIVED.”
2. “THAT copies of THE IPS
WORLDWIDE annual REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD 1 MAY 2008 -
30 APRIL 2009 BE FORWARDED
TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER,
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS, ALL
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONERS, THE
EMPLOYEE SUPPORT SERVICES
AND THE EQUITY AND conflict
resolution unit.”
4. MAINTENANCE
4.1 ITEMS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY
4.1.1 Correspondence
“THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE BE
RECEIVED.”
The President thanked the Executive
members for their attendance and
declared the meeting closed at 3:33pm.
Your Letters Continued
Sporting thanks
On behalf of the members of the
Victoria Police Cycling Club I thank
you for the continued support of
police sporting clubs though the
Victoria Police Sports & Welfare
Society.
Our club has again been
allocated a grant and it is the
support of your organisation that
clubs like ours are able to function
effectively.
The grant for 2007/2008 has been
used in the following way:
• Subsidise kids taking part in
our annual Easterbike event
in Ballarat
• Railtrails Australia membership
• Subsidise members taking part in
our annual Around the Bay event
• Trailer repairs and registration/
insurance
• Consumer Affairs fees
• Replace and/or purchase club
equipment
Our major event in 2008/2009
was an 18-day cycling tour of
Tasmania. This was part of the
club’s 20 th anniversary celebration.
With 39 members taking part, we
cycled some 850 kms. Planning has
now commenced for our 2011 tour
of the south island of New Zealand.
This will also be over 18 days.
Once again we thank you for
your continued support of police
sporting clubs.
Regards
Lindsay Aitken
President
Victoria Police Cycling Club
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Member Classifieds
Surfers Paradise Gold
Coast Accommodation
3.5 star budget accommodation
at Surfers Paradise. Great ocean,
hinterland and river views from
your apartment and sunny balcony.
100 metres to sensational Surfers
Paradise beach. Walking distance
to both Surfers Paradise and
Broadbeach CBDs. Sleeps up to 5
(Queen + 2 singles and rollaway).
Boutique high rise resort offers:
• 2 bedroom fully self-contained
apartment with balcony
• Full kitchen and laundry facilities
• Solar heated swimming pool
• Half Court Tennis Court –
racquets and balls available
• Sauna
• BBQ area in tropical gardens
• Close to public transport,
restaurants and clubs
• On-site manager and tourist desk
– discounts to theme parks
• Secure underground parking
• Credit Cards accepted
Great rates available for
members, friends and families!
Call Tim on 0412510351 or email
barratttc@bigpond.com
Makeup Artist
Available for Weddings, Fashion
Parades, Television, Black & White/
Colour Photography, Glamour &
Fashion, Specific Feature Contouring,
School Formals and Debs. I have 14
years experience in the cosmetic and
fashion industry. Makeup lessons
are also available, private or with
a group of friends!! South Eastern
Suburbs. Good discounts for Police
members, partners & family.
Contact Geraldine 0437 103 823
WEDDING ALBUM DESIGN
AND PRINT
Unique glossy printing and
professional design. See it to believe it.
35% discount to all members of
the Police Association. You or your
photographer supply the highdefinition
photographs which you
want included or supply us with all
the photos and we will make the
choice for you. We have a variety of
sizes available and also design baby
photo albums. It is best if you visit our
studio to see some album samples and
discuss your requirements in person.
Call Vida on 0403 928 999 or visit
www.minimodesign.com.au
Holiday House for rent –
Cowes
As new 4 bedroom contemporary
home with 2 north facing
living areas, which opens up
to a magnificent weather proof
entertainment deck, which serves as
an extension to the internal living
area. Optional for 3 or 4 bedrooms.
2 double bed bedrooms and bunks/
single in 2 other bedrooms Gas
wood fired heater and reverse cycle
heating/cooling. Can sleep up to 10.
Large enclosed rear yard. No pets.
Located at the end of a quiet court
near the RSL and Police Association
units. Rates commencing at $450
per week off season. October Grand
Prix weekend still available
For more information and bookings
contact Gerry on 0427 707 419
ALTONA MEADOWS OSTEOPATHY
& HEALTHCARE CLINIC
Treatment for:
Headaches, Back Pain, Sciatica,
Neck Pain, Hip Pain, Knee Pain,
Shoulder Pain, Tennis/Golfers
Elbow, Foot & Ankle Pain, Hand &
Wrist Pain, Jaw Pain & MORE!
Workcover / TAC / DVA
accredited. No GP referral required.
HICAPS available.
10% discount to all Police
Association members.
For more information &
appointments ph: 83608363.
GALVANIZED TRAILERS FOR SALE
Various sizes incl. 7x5 and 8x5
single axle. 8x5, 10x6 and 12x6
Tandem. Cages are available.
Checker plate flooring, pressed side
panels, new 14” white wheels and
tyres (including spare wheel), LED
lights, retractable jockey wheel,
hot dipped Galvanized finish.
Galvanized trailer prices (7x5)
Start at $1650.00. Trailers are on
display in Melbourne and Echuca.
Delivery can be arranged From
these locations.
Contact :- TRAILER SOLUTIONS
VICTORIA - Lachlan 0418 323774;
Damian 0433 181223; Roman 0448
076158 www.trailersolutions.
com.au
Cape Paterson Holiday house
5BR, sleeps 14 comfortably, two
sep living areas, huge deck, games
room, 2shwr, 2 toilet, ctv, dvd,
stereo, new appliances, 2 Qs beds,
8 single beds, double fold out
couch, books, games, bbq, walking
distance to beaches, parks, tavern,
shops. Quiet, clean and modern.
Great for dual/extended families.
Off peak rates where applic. Email
al@tsic.com.au
HOLIDAY HOUSE FOR RENT
COWES PHILLIP ISLAND
5 to choose from. Located only
minutes from the main st and
beach, brand new 2 & 3 b/r
townhouses (sleeps 6) with north
facing deck.
Open plan living and dining, fully
self-contained modern kitchen with
s/s appliances, reverse cycle heating
/ cooling, TV / DVD, entertaining
area with BBQ and outdoor setting,
single lock-up garage, patio area
and fully enclosed yard.
No Pets. Rates; from $170 per
night, $700 per week (min 2 nights)
10% Discount to Current Serving
Members (Not during peak periods
or special events)
For further information &
bookings Please call Simone on
0438 770 910
HIGH COUNTRY
ACCOMMODATION
The Victoria Police Alpine Club
lodge is available for rent by all
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emergency services members,
friends and family, PSOs, retired
members and Legacy widows.
Located in Buttercup Road, Merrijig,
the lodge is 15 kilometres east of
Mansfield and 20 minutes from
Mt Buller. Sleeps up to 34 people
with costs from $10 a night. Local
activities include skiing, swimming,
fishing, bushwalking, horseriding,
4 Wheel driving, trail rides
and wineries. Also available for
conferences. For more information,
contact VPAC bookings on 5968
9604 , VPAC president on 0421 634
335 or book direct via our website
at www.vpski.com
BEACH HOUSE – ROSEBUD WEST
Directly opposite possibly the best
and safest beach on the southern
peninsula is this 16 square, 3
bedroom plus study holiday house.
2 QS beds, 1 Dbl and 2 bunks. This
house has everything – it is on Point
Nepean Road – across the road from
an idyllic beach. Fully furnished
with everything you can think of;
DVD, VCR, Hi Fi (&CD’s), 2 TV’s,
Ducted heating, Air Conditioning,
full size kitchen, lounge, dining
room (seats 8), Nintendo console,
Playstation 2 console, over 200
Videos & DVD’s, heaps of games,
BBQ & outdoor entertaining area.
Very private and very peaceful.
Discounted rates to TPA members:
$500 week (off peak), $150
weekends and $1150 a week for
peak season (Dec/Jan). Please book
early for school holidays. Contact
Chris or Sharon, ph 5976.8232 or
email ckcoster@iprimus.com.au
and we can send you a slideshow
of photos.
Photography
Weddings, families, babies, cars,
motorbikes … anything! Whatever
your photography needs I can help.
Natural, no fuss photography at
affordable prices.
Contact Steve 0417 586700 /
www.stevebillsphotography.
com.au
Extensions & Renovations
Decking & Pergola’s
Have you been thinking of
extending, renovating or wanting
a new outdoor deck or pergola?
Then now is the time to invest
your money by adding value to
your home or investment property.
Discount Rates given to Police
Association Members & their
families. References available
from fellow Association members.
Contact Cameron (Registered
Builder and member of the Master
Builders Association) on 0408 566
124 for a free no obligation quote.
BABY PRODUCTS -
CERTIFIED ORGANIC
miessence® baby range is a new
collection of nurturing products
gentle enough for newborn babies.
Give your baby the purest start
to life with miessence® certified
organic baby range. Only from
ONEgroup. Organic and Natural
Enterprise Group (or ONEgroup)
is an Australian based company
who creates and manufactures
the world’s first Certified Organic
skincare, haircare, personal care,
health care and cosmetic products.
Please contact Independent
Representative Anitra Dunshea
on 0414 401667. Purchases - go
to www.futureskincare.com
Business opportunity - go to http://
futureskincare.mienterprize.
com/home.jsf
Echuca/Moama Family
Holiday Resort
Situated on the Murray River, this
fabulous family resort boasts 2
pools (1 children’s lagoon pool),
tennis courts, mini-golf, Dinosaur
Water Park, indoor and outdoor
playgrounds, farm animals, BMX
& walking tracks, football, soccer &
basketball facilities, BBQs & kiosk.
Private boat ramp access to river.
Fully self-contained 3 bedroom
villas sleep 6, with full kitchen &
laundry. All linen provided, highchair,
flat-screen TV and DVD,
heating and airconditioning.
Enjoy a relaxing holiday or
family fun all year round! 2
villas available side by side. 10%
DISCOUNT TO POLICE MEMBERS.
Email: rdalton@impulse.net.au
or phone Robyn 0404 836463
Ocean Grove luxury
penthouses
The Penthouse Suites provide 2
and 3 bedroom apartments right
in the heart of Ocean Grove,
with breathtaking ocean views.
Completed in April 2009, these
apartments are the benchmark
of quality & design and are on
special to members right now.
Call now on 03 52 541 571 or
visit www.summerholidaze.
com.au or enquire at info@
summerholidaze.com.au
Ocean Grove Affordable
Family Home
Fancy a beach holiday in a fun,
neat and tidy home, close to
everything for UNDER MOTEL
RATES? This home is located only
400 metres from the Barwon River
& Ocean Grove golf course. It is air
conditioned throughout, and gas
heating provides for a warm and
cozy house in the colder months.
Pets are also welcome. 2 outdoor
eating areas (one in backyard,
one in front yard) provide for
relaxation, or perhaps a quiet lay
down in the hammock or on the
banana lounges while watching
the kids or pets run around. $99
nights are back for members, valid
to 11/9/09. www.ebbtide.com.au
info@ebbtide.com.au or phone:
52 541 571
Beach Holiday House –
Ocean Grove
A very neat and comfortable
home set only 400 metres from
the Barwon River & Ocean Grove
golf course. The home is air
conditioned both upstairs and
down, and gas heating provides
for a warm and cozy house in
the colder months. A king bed
provides extra comfort, as well as
a queen bed, 2 single beds, a full
size cot rather than a port a cot
& also a sofa bed. A port a cot is
also provided, as are high chairs &
built in stair gates at the top and
bottom. DVD’s and ample movies,
new magazines, toys, board games,
3 televisions, luxury reclining
leather lounges & a welcoming
feel are just features of this
popular retreat.
From $99 per night valid to
11/9/09 www.springtide.com.
au info@springtide.com.au P:
03 52 541 571 or M: 0407 849 780.
SPECIAL RATES & FREE UPGRADES
TO MEMBERS ON NOW.
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Ocean Grove, Barwon
Heads & The Bellarine -
Accommodation Booking
Service
Year Round Holiday Homes. Quality
homes at reduced rates to members,
members families and friends.
Homes ranging from budget; midrange;
luxury; side by side homes
for large groups; penthouses; pet
friendly; child friendly & also the
closest accommodation to the
beach in town. Email us for your
special rates, last minute discounts,
discounts to local attractions &
eateries when booking a property,
and also ask about fundraising
opportunities for your school/
kinda/workplace social club.
www.summerholidaze.com.au
info@summerholidaze.com.au
P: 03 52 541 571 M: 0407 849 780
Holiday house
for rent Grampians
Recently renovated, self contained
2 bedroom farm house
Situated on 2000 acres in
Balmoral approximately 50 Kms
from Halls Gap.
Pet and trailbike friendly. Ideal
for families that want a farm
experience.
$200 per week (5 Days)
$150 3-day weekend
Booking essential
Phone Leanne 5574 3235
EXCLUSIVE TOURS OF ITALY
Our exclusive small group tours of
Italy provide you with the ultimate
authentic Italian experience.
Our itineraries have combined
the very best Italy has to offer
including the Riviera, Lakes,
Canals, Alps and Tuscany. We
have created a truly unique
and personalised experience
for our groups of only 6 people
with personally selected high
standard accommodation.
For those preferring to stay
independently in a luxury restored
Tuscan villa, we can also help.
Check out our website - www.
labellavitatours.com.au. 10%
discount on 2010 tours for police
members.
Join us for the Italian experience
you will never forget!
CIVIL CELEBRANT - DISCOUNT TO
POLICE MEMBERS AND FAMILY.
Available for Weddings, Vow
Renewal, Commitment Ceremony,
Baby Naming and Funerals.
Registered Marriage
Celebrant, authorized to
solemnize marriages by the
Commonwealth Attorney General’s
Department. I offer a professional
well conducted ceremony that will
be intimate, personal, uniquely
written in a style of your choice.
I will guide you through the day
and provide a modern PA System,
a Marriage Kit that has a myriad
of information pertaining to
vows, readings and the required
legalities. Contact Dinesh on
0404 822 414 or Heather directly
on 9876 8606, M 0423 062 786
or email heatherhalvorsen@
bigpond.com
SARGEANTS CASEY
CONVEYANCING
Need Property Conveyancing?
Sargeants Casey is part of the
largest network of professional
conveyancers in Victoria, having
over 25 years of experience. We
offer the highest level of professional
service with our own dedicated legal
department. We can assist you with
residential/commercial property
purchases, sales, subdivisions/
developments, as well as related
parties title transfers. At all times
we ensure your transaction is
smooth and hassle free. For your
conveyancing services throughout
Victoria please contact Brad on
1300 139 663. Operated by a
serving member, 10% discount to all
members of The Police Association.
TAX RETURNS FROM $80*
Recruit Special – From $60*
(*inclusive of discount)
Fee from refund services available
(conditions apply). We can do your
tax return over the telephone at a
time convenient for you.
We also offer a range of
bookkeeping services.
P & L Business Services
Accounting, Bookkeeping &
Taxation
Ph 0412 804 927 and ask for
Debra or email tax.returns@live.
com.au
Reasonable prices and offering
10% discount to protective and
emergency services employees, all
Police Association employees and
their immediate families.
What members should do to place a classified
Members can place ads in The Police Association Journal each month if they are looking for accommodation,
have accommodation available, holiday homes for rent or other services they are in a position to provide.
This service is provided free of charge to all members of The Police Association. All you have to do is send in
your advertisement of no more than 100 words to The Police Association Classifieds, PO Box 76 Carlton South
3053. Advertisements can also be emailed to the Association at general@tpav.org.au
The classifieds will only appear in one issue of The Police Association Journal. If you would like your ad to
appear more often you will need to resubmit it every time. The Members’ Classifieds will need to arrive
at The Police Association by the first of the month prior to the month it is to appear. If you wish your
advertisement to appear in the October 2009 issue of The Police Association Journal it must arrive at our office
by September 1, 2009.
If you have any questions about the Members’ Classifieds contact the Assistant Secretary at The Police
Association on 9495 6899.
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A Listing of Chaplains throughout Victoria also listed on Victoria Police Intranet “Search” Chaplains
Police Chaplaincy Unit Level 2, 128 Jolimont Road, Jolimont 3002 Telephone: 9301 6900 Facsimile: 9301 6902
Chaplains are available on call 24 hours - 7 days for hospital and home visits, or calls to your work place or preferred meeting place.
The network is staffed by clergy of various Christian denominations based in local communities. Orthodox Church members may contact
Fr. Chris Dimolianis (Greek Orthodox, South Melbourne) on 9690 1595.
Members of other Faiths are invited to access assistance via the Chaplaincy Unit or contact the following Associate Chaplains:
Jewish Rabbi Dr Gersh Zylberman
C/- Temple Beth Israel - 76-82 Alma Road, St. Kilda 3182
✆ (O) 9510 1488
❉ rabbi.zylberman@tbi.org.au
Islamic (Muslim) Sheikh Mohamadu Nawas Saleem
19 Mokhatar Drive, Hoppers Crossing 3029
✆ (M) 0433 924 197
❉ mohamadu@gmail.com
POLICE CHAPLAINS
Senior Police Chaplain
Rev’d Dr John Broughton (Uniting Church)
Level 2, 128 Jolimont Road, jolimont 3002
Reception: 9301 6900 (Fax) 9301 6902
Academy: 9566 9467
Mobile: 0439 225 160
The Senior Chaplain is available full time for
Pastoral Care in the metropolitan area and is
on 24 hour call for state-wide inquiries. Coordination
and staffing of the chaplaincy network
is also handled by the Senior Chaplain.
Police Chaplain
Vacant
Emergency Services Chaplain
Rev’d David Thompson (Churches of Christ)
Level 2, 128 Jolimont Road, Jolimont 2003
On Call: 9301 6922 (Fax) 9301 6902
Mobile: 0439 225 159
Full time - (MFB, AV)
REGION 1 - ASSOCIATE CHAPLAINS
The following are authorised associate chaplains
who provide on-call availability to the designated
stations only.
Boroondara
Rev Jim Pilmer (Anglican)
50 Glencairn Avenue, Camberwell 3124
✆ 9889 4399
❉ pilmers@optusnet.com.au
Camberwell
Brighton
Pastor Graeme Scorringe (Baptist)
107 Jenola Parade, Wantirna South 3152
✆ 9596 4486 / 0425 740 355
❉ scoringe@bigpond.net.au
Sandringham
Collingwood
Fr. Ciril A. Bozic (Catholic)
Slovenian Mission, 19 A’Beckett St, Kew 3101
✆ 9853 7787 / 0412 555 840
❉ cirilb@bigpond.com
Slovenian members
South Melbourne
Fr. Chris Dimolianis (Greek Orthodox)
221 Dorcas St, South Melbourne 3205
✆ 9690 1595 / 0417 596 001
❉ frchrisd@optusnet.com.au
Greek Orthodox members
REGION 2 - CONTRACT CHAPLAINS
Ararat
Canon John Mathes (Anglican)
49 High St, Ararat 3377, PO Box 110 Ararat 3377
✆ (H) 5352 1109 / 0417 407 768
❉ fjmvic@bigpond.com
Stawell
Ballarat
Vacant
Colac
Rev’d James Bishop (Anglican)
17 Hesse St, Colac 3250
✆ 5231 3646
❉ jwfbishop@bigpond.com
Camperdown, Port Campbell, Lismore, Terang,
Mortlake, Cobden & Timboon
Geelong
Archdeacon John Minotti (Anglican)
84 Asbury St, Ocean Grove 3226
✆ 5256 2446 / 0408 313 678
❉ j-g@jc.com.au
Corio, Surfcoast, Bellarine, Peninsula & Lorne
Hamilton
Rev’d Peter Cook (Uniting Church)
29 Collins St, Hamilton 3300
✆ 5571 2577 / (Fax – same No.)
Coleraine, Casterton, Cavendish, Merino,
Dunkeld & Penshurst
Horsham
Rev’d Mark Ramage (Anglican)
14 Andrews St, Horsham 3402
✆ 5382 6633 / 0429 826 633
❉ priest@horshamanglicans.org.au
Rainbow
Portland
Reverend Denis Sotiriadis (Anglican)
57 Julia St, Portland 3305
✆ 5521 7938 / 0438 399 678
❉ ststephens@westnet.com.au
Heywood, Dartmoor & Branxholme
St Arnaud
Fr Paul Mercovich (Catholic)
37 Queens Ave, St Arnaud 3478
✆ 5495 1804 / 0417 562 243
❉ paulmerco@hotkey.net.au
Donald, Lansborough, Rupanyup, Charlton &
Wedderburn
Warrnambool
Vacant
REGION 2 - ASSOCIATE CHAPLAINS
The following are authorised associate chaplains
who provide on-call availability to the designated
stations only.
Ararat
Fr. Brendan Davey (Catholic)
P.O. Box 92, 304 Barkly St, Ararat 3377
✆ 5352 1110
❉ ararat@ballarat.catholic.org.au
Caroline Springs
Rev’d Lynton Wade (Anglican)
10 Salina Walk, Caroline Springs 3023
✆ (H) 9363 5989 / (O) 9360 4299 /
0418 831 703
❉ lwade@adm.org.au
Nhill
Rev’d Robert Niehus (Anglican)
111 Macpherson St, Nhill 3418, (PO Box 57
Nhill 3418)
✆ (H) 5391 1831 / 0407 484 472
❉ rjn21@ozemail.com.au
Dimboola, Kaniva
Sunshine
Rev’d Stuart Soley (Anglican)
PO Box 338, Sunshine 3020
✆ 9311 1659 / Fax: 9310 1728
Werribee
Vacant
REGION 3 - CONTRACT CHAPLAINS
Bendigo
Rev’d Ian Cutlack (Anglican)
8 Shakespeare St, Heathcote Vic 3523
✆ (H) 5433 4071 / Fax: 5433 4075 /
0402 130 718
❉ icutlack@bigpond.net.au
Goornong, Raywood, Axedale & Heathcote
Echuca
Rev’d Ron Wood (Anglican)
277 Ogilvie Avenue, Echuca 3564
✆ 5480 9289 / 0409 437 382
❉ ronwood@tadaust.org.au
Gunbower, Rochester, Nathalia, Elmore,
Kyabram, Tongala, Stanhope, Rushworth,
Serpentine & Pyramid Hill
Kerang
Archdeacon David Bond (Anglican)
P.O. Box 282, Koondrook VIC 3580
✆ 5453 1088 / 0427 531 088 / Fax: 5453 3331
❉ davebond@dragnet.com.au
Cohuna & Koondrook
Kyneton
Vacant
Castlemaine, Gisborne, Romsey & Woodend
Mildura
Rev Gary Fordham (Anglican)
32 Box St, Merbein 3505
✆ 5025 2280 / 0458 252 280
❉ fordham@malleeanglican.org.au
Robinvale
Canon Graham Snell (Anglican)
5 Moonah Court, Tower Hill 3585
✆ (O) 5032 2506 / (H) 5032 1246 /
0408 542 270
❉ snells3@bigpond.com
Sea Lake, Ouyen & Manangatang
Shepparton
Monsignor Peter Jeffrey (Catholic)
121 Knight St, Shepparton 3630
✆ 5821 2633
❉ st.brendans@bigpond.com
Numurkah
Swan Hill
Rev’d Peter Hudson (Catholic)
62 Splatt St, Swan Hill 3585
✆ (H) 5032 4144 / 0419 323 397
❉ pkhudson@iinet.net.au
Quambatook, Nyah, & Piangil
REGION 3 - ASSOCIATE CHAPLAINS
The following are authorised associate chaplains
who provide on-call availability to the designated
stations only.
Melbourne Airport
Rev’d Ernest Horth (Anglican)
34 Gilchrist Crs, Sunbury 3429
✆ (H) 9740 8439 / 0411 092 243
❉ ernhorth@ozemail.com.au
Mill Park
Pastor Craig Anderson
(Christian Outreach Centre) 25 McCabe Drv,
Epping 3076
✆ (H) 9408 4568 / 0412 118 750
❉ craig@pvcoc.org.au
Moonee Ponds
Rev’d Alan Colyer (Anglican)
760 Mount Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds 3039
✆ (H) 9370 5516 / 0418 708 610
❉ colyer@netspace.net.au
Sunbury
Pastor Andrew Bearman
(CRC Churches International) 5 Brooks Crs,
Macedon 3440
✆ (H) 5426 4325 / 0419 370 825
❉ andrewbearman@yahoo.com.au
Romsey
Wangaratta
Archdeacon Alan Jarrad (Anglican)
42a Appin Street, Wangaratta 3677
✆ (H) 5721 6692 / 0418 992 045
Second Recall Wangaratta
REGION 4 - CONTRACT CHAPLAINS
Benalla
Rev’d Richard Seabrook (Anglican)
77 Arundel St, Benalla 3672
✆ (H) 5762 2061
❉ frras@bigpond.net.au
Seymour
Vacant
Wangaratta
Very Rev’d Michael O’Brien (Anglican)
2 The Close, Wangaratta 3677
✆ 5721 3719 / 0447 025 551
❉ frmike@tpgi.com.au
Wodonga
Vacant
REGION 4 - ASSOCIATE CHAPLAINS
The following are authorised associate chaplains
who provide on-call availability to the designated
stations only.
Doncaster
Rev’d Gerald Vanderwert (Presbyterian)
1/11 Maude Ave, Doncaster East 3109
✆ (H) 9842 9493 / 0414 407 404
❉ vander@alphalink.com.au
Greensborough
Pastor Don Winans (Baptist)
11 Northumberland Drive, Epping 3076
✆ 8407 3171 / 0438 053 119
Heidelberg
Rev’d Chris Siriweera (Presbyterian)
15 Aylwin St, Burwood 3125
✆ 9833 3306 / 0400 024 955
❉ siriweer@bigpond.net.au
Mansfield
Rev’d Christopher Huxtable (Anglican)
St John’s Rectory, (PO Box 261)
Mansfield 3724
✆ (H) 5775 2036
❉ anglicanmansfield@gmail.com
Major Merv Lincoln (Salvation Army)
5 Segarta Circuit, Ferntree Gully 3156
✆ (H) 9752 3613 / 0419 990 034
❉ Merv.lincoln@aus.salvationarmy.org
MAJOR INCIDENT RECALL ONLY
REGION 5 - CONTRACT CHAPLAINS
Frankston
Rev’d Warren Condron (Churches of Christ)
11 Parkhurst St, Mornington 3931
✆ (H) 5975 0686 / 0417 539 359
❉ wcondron@bigpond.net.au
Mornington
Korumburra
Vacant
Lakes Entrance
Rev’d Peter Chilver (Anglican)
11 Church St, Lakes Entrance 3909
✆ 5155 1748 / 0427 745 824
❉ pchilver@bigpond.net.au
Bairnsdale, Paynesville (Water Police) & Bruthen
Maffra
Archdeacon Russell Macqueen (Anglican)
14 Church St, Maffra 3860 PO Box 32
Maffra 3860
✆ 5147 1056 / 0400 491 960
❉ r.mac@bigpond.net.au
Sale, Heyfield, Rosedale, Stratford & Briagalong
Traralgon
Fr. Peter Bickley (Catholic)
33 Kay St, Traralgon 3844
✆ 5174 2060 / 0408 517 073
❉ pbicks@smpt.org.au
Morwell, Moe & Warragul
Wonthaggi
Rev’d Bruce Charles (Anglican)
5 Hagelthorne St, Wonthaggi 3995
✆ 5672 4590 / 0427 842 970
❉ bcharles@gippsanglican.org.au
Inverloch, San Remo & Cowes
REGION 5 - ASSOCIATE CHAPLAINS
The following are authorised associate chaplains
who provide on-call availability to the designated
stations only.
Dandenong
Chaplain Max Orchard (Salvation Army)
5A Thanet Court, Ringwood 3134
✆ 9870 0636 / 0407 564 000
Korumburra
Rev’d Tom Binks (Anglican)
116 Kelly & Mosses Rd, Korumburra 3950
✆ 5655 2379 / 0402 840 917
❉ pwallan@iimetro.com.au
Narre Warren
Rev’d Tony Aspinall (Catholic Deacon)
13 Somerset Crt, Narre Warren South 3804
✆ (H) 9704 7265 / 0414 468 692
❉ apaspinall@bigpond.com.au
Cranbourne
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Police Association Delegates and Assistant Delegates
Delegate Workgroup Rank Delegate Work Location Phone
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Glenn Whyte Probationary Phase 9566 9566
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Senior Sergeant Bryce Pettett School Of Investigation 9566 2164
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Belinda Denys Recruit Phase 9566 9593
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Senior Constable John Miller Geelong OSTT 5225 3276
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Steven Azarnikow School Of Investigation 9566 2164
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Senior Constable Trevor Stow Traffic Courses 9380 7269
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Robert Forbes Traffic Courses 9380 7269
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Senior Constable Kenneth Peterson Traffic Courses 9380 7269
Corporate Services - 1 (Education Department) Sergeant Barry Young High Challenge Program-Yau 9247 6200
Corporate Services 2 (BMD, IMD, HRD, & ODD) Senior Sergeant James Mulholland Policy & Secretariat Division 9247 6710
Corporate Services 2 (BMD, IMD, HRD, & ODD) Sergeant Martin Park Employee Support Services 9301 6900
Corporate Services 2 (BMD, IMD, HRD, & ODD) Senior Constable Bronwyn Woodward Armoury 9450 3551
Corporate Services 2 (BMD, IMD, HRD, & ODD) Senior Sergeant John Marinis Research & Project Governance Div 9247 6693
Crime Department 1 Sergeant Michael Gunn Crime Theme Desks 9865 2468
Crime Department 1 Inspector David Clayton Crime Operations Support 9865 2090
Crime Department 2 Senior Constable Paul Bertoncello Arson & Explosives Squad 9611 8560
Crime Department 2 Senior Constable David Kay Fraud Investigation Squad 9611 8512
Crime Department 2 Senior Constable Vincent Manno Crime Tasked Operations 9865 2452
Crime Department 2 Senior Constable Justin Bathurst Santiago Task Force-Crime Department 8327 6800
Ethical Standards Department Sergeant Mark Collins Investigations Group 9247 3453
Ethical Standards Department Senior Sergeant Gary Manson Telecommunication Monitoring 9247 3505
Ethical Standards Department Sergeant Mercedes Galacho Intelligence Management 9247 3496
Ethical Standards Department Sergeant Bradley Curtin Conduct & Professional Standards Dv 9247 6763
Forensic Services Sergeant Rodney Oldfield Crime Scene Unit 9450 3444
Forensic Services Senior Constable Darren Watson Crime Scene Unit 9450 3444
Intelligence and Covert Support Senior Constable Luke Woods Administration 2 9820 3524
Intelligence and Covert Support Senior Constable Steven Wade Security Intelligence Group 9247 5835
Legal Services
VACANT
Legal Services Sergeant Jamie Edwards Melbourne Prosecutions 8628 3200
Legal Services Senior Constable Michael Graham Melbourne Prosecutions 8628 3200
Operations Co-ordination Senior Sergeant Darryl MacIntire Prisoner Movement Unit 9247 6917
Operations Co-ordination Senior Constable Joanne Rae Youth Affairs 9247 6195
Police Bands Constable Brett Staley Bands 9489 2257
Region 1, Division 1A Senior Constable Steven Cox Melbourne West Police Station 9247 6491
Region 1, Division 1A Senior Constable Darren Esler TMU-Melbourne 9380 7260
Region 1, Division 1B Sergeant Maxwell Jackson Carlton Police Station 9347 1377
Region 1, Division 1B Senior Constable Arran Ferguson Melbourne East Police Station 9637 1100
Region 1, Division 2 Senior Constable Matthew Merrigan CIU-Stonnington 9520 5216
Region 1, Division 2 Sergeant Simon Black Malvern Police Station 9822 2487
Region 1, Division 2 Sergeant Nicholas Goodear Richmond Police Station 8420 3600
Region 1, Division 3 Senior Constable Douglas Bowles South Melbourne Police Station 9690 3088
Region 1, Division 3 Sergeant Christopher Spillane CIU-St. Kilda 9536 2626
Region 1, Division 3 Senior Constable Neill Keating CIU-South Melbourne 9646 7475
Region 1, Division 3 Senior Constable Shane Pilgrim TMU-Port Phillip 9510 4833
Region 1, Division 4 Sergeant Alan Wroblewski RTO-Moorabbin 9556 6194
Region 1, Division 4 Senior Constable Timothy Barratt Mordialloc Police Station 9588 2988
R2, D1A (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay & Wyndham Districts) Senior Sergeant Leigh Wisbey Werribee Police Station 9742 9444
Region 2, Division 1A (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay & Wyndham Districts) Senior Constable Brendan Stovell Altona North Police Station 9392 3111
Region 2, Division 1A (Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay & Wyndham Districts) Sergeant Craig Darlow Ciu-Werribee 9742 9444
Region 2, Division 1B (Brimbank & Melton Districts) Senior Constable Jason Kisielis Keilor Downs Police Station 9365 3333
Region 2, Division 1B (Brimbank & Melton Districts) Sergeant Alex Stewart Sunshine Police Station 9313-3333
Region 2, Division 2 (Excl. Wyndham) Senior Constable Maurice Banks TMU-Geelong 5225 3150
Region 2, Division 2 (Excl. Wyndham) Senior Constable Graeme Arnold TMU-Geelong 5225 3150
Region 2, Division 3 Sergeant Paul Irving Ballarat Police Station 5336 6000
Region 2, Division 3 Senior Constable Grant Allan CIU-Maryborough 5460 3300
Region 2, Division 4A (Horsham / West Wimmera / Hindmarsh District) Senior Constable James Richardson Goroke Police Station 5386 1004
Region 2, Division 4B (Northern Grampians District) Senior Constable Darren Brown Stawell Police Station 5358 8222
Region 2, Division 4B (Northern Grampians District) Sergeant Peter Hawkins Ararat Police Station 5352 2233
Region 2, Division 4B (Northern Grampians District) Senior Constable David Cosgriff Stawell Police Station 5358 8222
Region 2, Division 4B (Northern Grampians District) Senior Constable Shaun Allen Tmu-North Grampians (Ararat) 5352 3880
Region 2, Division 4B (Northern Grampians District) Senior Constable Matthew Cashman Diu-Horsham 5382 9276
R2, D5A (Warrnambool / Moyne / Colac Otway / Corangamite Districts) Sergeant Paul Matheson Warrnambool Police Station 5560 1333
R2, D5A (Warrnambool / Moyne / Colac Otway / Corangamite Districts) Sergeant Steven Barclay Warrnambool Police Station 5560 1333
R2, D5A (Warrnambool / Moyne / Colac Otway / Corangamite Districts) Senior Constable William Boddington Colac Police Station 5231 5599
R2, D5A (Warrnambool / Moyne / Colac Otway / Corangamite Districts) Senior Constable Michael Palmer CIU-Colac 5231 2613
Region 2, Division 5B (Glenelg / Sth Grampians District) Senior Constable David Tognon Branxholme Police Station 5578 6222
Region 2, Division 5B (Glenelg / Sth Grampians District) Sergeant Peter Freeman Hamilton Police Station 5572 1999
Region 2, Division 5B (Glenelg / Sth Grampians District) Senior Constable Shane Hafner Kerang Police Station 5452 1955
Region 3, Division 1 (Darebin & Whittlesea Districts) Senior Constable Jason Gaffee Epping Police Station 9409 8100
Region 3, Division 1 (Darebin & Whittlesea Districts) Sergeant Kenneth Sage Reservoir Police Station 9460 6744
Region 3, Division 1 (Darebin & Whittlesea Districts) Sergeant Alex Pratt CIU-Mill Park 9407 3355
Region 3, Division 2A (Hume District) Sergeant Andrew Donovan Broadmeadows Police Station 9302 8222
Region 3, Division 2A (Hume District) Senior Constable Murray Porter Secondment- Airport Police 8346 3400
Region 3, Division 2A (Hume District) Sergeant Bruce Burns Craigieburn Police Station 9303 4433
Region 3, Division 2A (Hume District) Senior Constable Claus Othmer Secondment- Airport Police 8346 3400
Region 3, Division 2B (Moreland & Moonee Valley Districts) Senior Sergeant Eriks Krauklis Moonee Ponds Police Station 9370 0655
Region 3, Division 2B (Moreland & Moonee Valley Districts) Senior Constable Michelle Lewis Northcote Police Station 9403 0200
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Police Association Delegates and Assistant Delegates
Delegate Workgroup Rank Delegate Work Location Phone
Region 3, Division 3
VACANT
Region 3, Division 3 Senior Constable Thomas Poulter DIU-Bendigo 5440 2587
Region 3, Division 3 Senior Constable Shane Hardinge Tarnagulla Police Station 5438 7333
Region 3, Division 3 Senior Constable Bradley Rogers Kyneton Police Station 5422 1377
Region 3, Division 3 Senior Constable Erin Coleman Bendigo Police Station 5448 1330
Region 3, Division 4 Senior Constable Leslie Oroszvary Prosecutions-Shepparton 5820 5777
Region 3, Division 4 Senior Constable Ricky Keast Murchison Police Station 5826 2222
Region 3, Division 4 Senior Constable Rebecca Macleod Shepparton Police Station 5820 5777
Region 3, Division 5A (Mildura / Buloke District) Senior Constable Damon Pica CIU-Mildura 5018 5463
Region 3, Division 5A (Mildura / Buloke District) Sergeant Daniel Saint Mildura Police Station 5018 5300
Region 3, Division 5A (Mildura / Buloke District) Senior Constable Gary Leeson Red Cliffs Police Station 5024 1201
Region 3, Division 5A (Mildura / Buloke District) Senior Constable Anthony Taylor Tmu-Mildura 5018 5300
Region 3, Division 5B (Swan Hill / Gannawarra District) Sergeant David Mark Lake Boga Police Station 5037 2201
Region 3, Division 5B (Swan Hill / Gannawarra District) Sergeant Brooke Walker Swan Hill Police Station 5036 4444
Region 4, Division 1 Senior Sergeant Damian Oehme Insp-Div 1 Projects Reg 4 9438 8300
Region 4, Division 1 Senior Constable Jason Rowles Ciu-Heidelberg 9450 8100
Region 4, Division 1 Senior Constable Elizabeth Sidiropoulos Multicultural Liaison Reg 4 8841 3942
Region 4, Division 1 Sergeant Craig Paisley Management Div 1 Reg 4 9244 0060
Region 4, Division 1 Senior Constable Anthony Turner Heidelberg Police Station 9450 8000
Region 4, Division 2A (Whitehorse)
VACANT
Region 4, Division 2B (Boroondara & Monash Districts) Sergeant Matthew Cocks DTU-Glen Waverley 9566 1561
Region 4, Division 2B (Boroondara & Monash Districts) Sergeant John Harper Oakleigh Police Station 9567 8900
Region 4, Division 2B (Boroondara & Monash Districts) Senior Constable Mark Smith Oakleigh Police Station 9567 8900
Region 4, Division 3A (Knox & Maroondah Districts) Senior Constable Evan Whitelaw CIU-Ringwood 9871 3052
Region 4, Division 3A (Knox & Maroondah Districts) Senior Sergeant Kevin Barrie RTO-Knox 9881 7077
Region 4, Division 3A (Knox & Maroondah Districts) Senior Constable Linda Hancock Belgrave Police Station 9754 6677
Region 4, Division 3A (Knox & Maroondah Districts) Senior Constable Leanne Hoey NHW-Knox 9881 7948
Region 4, Division 3A (Knox & Maroondah Districts) Senior Constable Stuart Wright Knox Police Station 9881 7000
Region 4, Division 3B (Yarra Ranges District) Senior Constable Mark Squires TMU-Yarra Ranges 9736 1745
Region 4, Division 3B (Yarra Ranges District) Senior Constable Brigette De Chirico Lilydale Police Station 9735 1066
Region 4, Division 4 Sergeant Darren Murphy Kilmore Police Station 5782 1211
Region 4, Division 4 Senior Constable Kenneth Dwight Woods Point Police Station 5777 8235
Region 4, Division 4 Senior Constable Alan Marshall Benalla Police Station 5762 1811
Region 4, Division 5 Senior Constable Robert Sweetland Wodonga Police Station 02 6049 2600
Region 4, Division 5 Sergeant Robert Norris Wangaratta Police Station 5723 0888
Region 4, Division 5 Sergeant Charles Duncan Mount Beauty Police Station 5754 4244
Region 4, Division 5 Senior Constable Francis Star Wangaratta Police Station 5723 0888
Region 4, Division 5 Sergeant Brian Curran Rutherglen Police Station 6032 9612
Region 4, Division 5 Senior Constable Robert Mahood Corryong Police Station 02 6076 1666
Region 4, Division 5 Senior Constable Thomas Boyle Chiltern Police Station 5726 1222
Region 4, Division 5 Senior Constable Mark Deegan Wodonga Police Station 02 6049 2600
Region 5, Division 1 Senior Constable Glenn Holland CIU-Frankston 9784 5593
Region 5, Division 1 Sergeant Joseph Briglia Rosebud Police Station 5986 0444
Region 5, Division 1 Senior Constable Nicholas Sweetman CIU-Hastings 5979 7033
Region 5, Division 1 Senior Constable Ashley Fletcher Mornington Police Station 5975 2733
Region 5, Division 2A (Greater Dandenong District)
VACANT
Region 5, Division 2A (Greater Dandenong District) Senior Constable Michael Clifford Springvale Police Station 8558 8600
Region 5, Division 2A (Greater Dandenong District) Senior Constable Stuart Pontil-Scala Narre Warren Police Station 9705 3111
Region 5, Division 2B (Casey & Cardinia Districts) Sergeant Anthony Nestor Cranbourne Police Station 5991 0600
Region 5, Division 2B (Casey & Cardinia Districts) Senior Constable Matthew Carson Crime Desk-Casey/Cardinia 9705 3110
Region 5, Division 2B (Casey & Cardinia Districts) Senior Constable Damien Grange CIU-Casey (Narre Warren) 9705 3114
Region 5, Division 3A (Latrobe & Baw Baw Districts) Senior Constable Peter Oliver Warragul Police Station 5622 7111
Region 5, Division 3A (Latrobe & Baw Baw Districts) Senior Constable Eamon Leahy Traralgon Police Station 5174 0900
Region 5, Division 3B (Bass Coast & South Gippsland Districts) Senior Constable Wayne Beale TMU-Bass Coast 5672 5469
Region 5, Division 3B (Bass Coast & South Gippsland Districts) Senior Constable Michael Harvey Ciu-Wonthaggi 5672 2761
Region 5, Division 4A (Wellington District) Senior Constable Keith Patterson Sale Police Station 5143 5000
Region 5, Division 4A (Wellington District) Senior Constable Stuart Jones Yarram Police Station 5182 5033
Region 5, Division 4B (East Gippsland District) Senior Constable David Aston Bairnsdale Police Station 5150 2600
Region 5, Division 4B (East Gippsland District) Senior Constable Craig Peel Bairnsdale Police Station 5150 2600
SSD - Emergency Response (1) Senior Constable Stuart Browne Air Wing 9289 3500
SSD - Emergency Response (1) Senior Constable Wayne Gatt Dog Squad 9333 1300
SSD - Emergency Response (2 )
VACANT
SSD - Emergency Response (2 ) Senior Constable Matthew Blythe Ct Water Police 9399 7500
SSD - FRU/SOG Sergeant David Boell Special Operations Group 9247 5578
SSD - FRU/SOG Senior Constable Peter Condon Response 9247 5617
SSD - FRU/SOG Senior Constable David Seeley Response 9247 5617
SSD - Police Communications Division Sergeant Adrian Hurring Police Operations Centre 9247 3444
SSD - Protective Services Unit PSO Grade 1 Gavin Belbin Protective Services Unit 9247 5746
SSD - Protective Services Unit PSO Grade 1 Michael Winter Protective Services Unit 9247 5746
SSD - Protective Services Unit PSO Grade 1 Brendan Smith Protective Services Unit 9247 5746
TTSD - Traffic Support Division Senior Constable Gregory Fewings Traffic Camera O/C’s Office 9224 4306
TTSD - Traffic Support Division Sergeant Graham Whelan Field Catering 9380 7293
TTSD - Traffic Support Division Sergeant Helen Poke Traffic Drug & Alcohol Section 9380 7215
TTSD - Transit Safety Division Senior Constable Matthew Thomas DIU-Transit 9247 3614
Delegates are listed in blue. Assistant Delegates are listed in black.
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