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The scourge of assaults on police continues and, in the real world, it will always exist. There will always be the drunks, the drug-affected, the emotionally unstable, the delinquent teenagers and, of course, the plain vicious criminals. And, when they don’t want a copper getting in the way of their antics, many of them are quite prepared to let fly with fists, feet, clubs, and worse. Cops too often pay the price for the absence in these offenders of morals, respect, self-restraint, and plain humanity. Sergeant Andrew Goldsmith paid a particularly heavy price after he suffered an attack by two out-of-control offenders two years ago. He is still yet to recover fully but spoke to the Police Journal at length about his ordeal, and how he believes the justice system failed him. Working at Water Ops is not about picturesque dives in the ocean and rivers. There are risks, such as the bends and a condition called immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO). Brevet Sergeant Raoul Stone was unlucky enough to cop a bout of IPO and, as he explains, it came with devastating consequences. Dr Rod Pearce explains how people get struck down with salmonella and the easiest ways to avoid the condition. Police Association president Mark Carroll tells the story behind the creation of Graduation Day, the new, powerful anthem for all Australian cops. Brett Williams brettwilliams@pj.asn.au
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12 Belief in the justice system gone The serious assault he suffered on duty was bad enough, but then came the extreme leniency the court afforded his attackers.
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Water Ops brevet sergeant Raoul Stone had never struck trouble on a dive – until one day in the Kilsby Sinkhole.
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hen I approached John Schumann about the possibility of writing a song which would tell the compelling and dramatic story of police life, I had no idea how he would respond. Many of us remember him well, as the iconic singer-songwriter who fronted Redgum and wrote and performed the 1983 hit, I Was Only 19. That masterpiece told Australians the story of the psychological torment our returning Vietnam veterans suffered. Amid everything that was written and said about the Vietnam War, it was that Redgum song which found its way directly into the hearts and minds of Australians. It finally made us understand the horrors and the ongoing trauma of the veterans who returned from that conflict and, indeed, others before it. I knew deep down that, as a collective, cops had their own untold story of struggle, survival and, at times, trauma. Schumann initially turned down my request. But, in the last few years, he has worked extensively with the Police Association 10
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and the Police Federation of Australia on post-traumatic stress disorder, several significant media campaigns, association conferences, and the Police Support Group. And, through that involvement, he came to learn of cops’ battles first-hand. He has also had the opportunity to interview several cops about their experiences in the job, their mentalhealth battles, and their individual struggles with PTSD. He became, in many ways, a part of the police family. To my great satisfaction, he eventually agreed to write the song Graduation Day. I have yet to meet a police officer who has not been stopped in his or her tracks while listening to this incredible song. It took Schumann almost a year to write before he recorded it with his longtime band, the Vagabond Crew, and featured guest vocalist Taasha Coates from The Audreys. “To write it with credibility, I had to get inside a cop’s head,” he said. “I had to walk around in a cop’s shoes and look out and see the world through a cop’s eyes. “The song owes everything to all the police officers around Australia who trusted me with their stories. “The stories were very hard to listen to, but I got a real insight into what it means to go to work every day to keep the community safe, and then come home with a head full of barbed wire without knowing how to talk about it or what to do about it. “We are Australians. We respond best to stories. Don’t lecture us. Don’t subject us to death by PowerPoint. Don’t write a report. Tell us a story and we’ll get it.” And from the feedback I’ve received, cops and indeed the general public certainly get it. The job of keeping our communities safe can carry very significant
What we want is a specific, dedicated offence written into the law, an amendment bill, which deals with assaults on police and other emergencyservices workers.
psychological costs for police. We know that these costs include mental ill health, psychological injuries and, in the worst cases, suicide. The recent Beyond Blue study of first responders showed that suicidal thoughts among police officers are twice as common than those among the general population. Police and other emergencyservices workers are three times more likely to have some sort of suicide plan. Before the scourge can be addressed, it has to be understood. That’s why Graduation Day is also part of a comprehensive mental-health programme the PFA is developing and rolling out with the assistance of the federal government. The programme includes a suite of cop-specific materials, including handbooks, workplace posters and a compelling and powerful upcoming telemovie called Dark Blue, the likes of which has never been produced in Australia. The Police Journal will outline more information on this in future issues.
Campaign against weak assault-police penalties Our campaign for stronger laws and harsher penalties for assaults on police is in full swing and has gained a lot of traction with the public and the state parliament. Our social media public poll showed that 98 per cent of respondents agreed with the campaign. They overwhelmingly support our members and, like us, they are sick of weak penalties being handed down for assaults on police. Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has duly responded, announcing earlier this month that she would remove assaults on police from the Summary Offences Act.
Her new bill proposes that this offending be dealt with under the more serious criminal law charges contained in the Criminal Law Consolidation Act. Association delegates moved a motion for this outcome at our annual conference last October so this, in and of itself, is a good result. Attorney-General Chapman also proposed new laws that would introduce tougher penalties for people who spit at police officers. These are certainly steps in the right direction but we are not yet satisfied. These proposals do not go far enough. Clearly, the existing laws are not working. And our members are telling us that they are tired of seeing the offenders who assault them getting away with light or suspended sentences. If the current laws were working, we would not be campaigning. And we don’t campaign lightly. What we want is a specific, dedicated offence written into the law, an amendment bill, which deals with assaults on police and other emergencyservices workers. This will include changes to the Sentencing Act. We will continue to push the government and the attorney-general for these legislative amendments.
Purchase a copy of Graduation Day on iTunes or Google Play. Police Association members can also purchase it via PASAweb. Proceeds from the sale are being directed to the National Police Foundation to assist police officers and their families who are in need.
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BELIEF IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM GONE Sergeant Andrew Goldsmith was never looking for sympathy after two thugs assaulted him on the street. He just wanted the court to see the incident from his perspective and dole out penalties that meant something.
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took the phone call at work. It was a police prosecutor with news of the outcome of an assault case. Goldsmith had been the victim in the matter. Two brothers had bashed and seriously injured the lone patrol supervisor in a late-night attack on a Hindley St footpath in 2017. Repeated punches they threw at his head might have knocked him out but, by good fortune, left only bruising and soreness. Even the force with which, in their rage, they gripped his arms left bruising and pain, too. But worse than that was a major whiplash-type injury one attacker caused by trying repeatedly to yank Goldsmith off his (the attacker’s) accomplice. That aggression resulted in soft-tissue damage, which was to require six months of physiotherapy to heal. So, now, what Goldsmith expected to hear over the phone was that the court had, among other things, delivered justice for him. He hoped that that would be evident through strong, meaningful sentences for his attackers. The reality, however, was to leave him not just disappointed but enraged. The presiding magistrate had that day, in March 2018, allowed the offending brothers to walk from court with good behaviour bonds. And Goldsmith took as another affront the decision of the magistrate to record no conviction against either defendant. “I was so angry,” he recalls. “I’d had this belief, this core belief, that the courts were there to back us up, to protect us from this sort of thing. “My world was shattered because I was out there trying to protect the public, trying to do the right thing by everybody else. I thought: ‘Who’s going to protect us (if not the courts)? Who’s going to look after our needs?’ “I found it incredibly hard to get past the whole disappointment and feeling like the system had let me down.” A dispirited Goldsmith was soon to wonder how his standing as an assault victim would compare with that of a magistrate. One hypothetical he pondered was whether suspended sentences would have applied had the brothers repeatedly punched and injured a magistrate in his or her workplace.
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1-4: Goldsmith undertakes the initial conversation with the offenders outside McDonald’s; 5-6: the offenders start to walk away from Goldsmith; 7-9: the younger offender tries to drag Goldsmith off the other offender; 10-12: the member of the public approaches and tries to drag the younger offender off of Goldsmith.
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But thoughts of a fair shake for cops from the justice system were far from his mind at 1am on April 18 two years ago. The scene at that late hour was typical of Hindley St – hordes of uninhibited nightclubbers and other revellers over-filling the notorious strip. Goldsmith was sitting at his desk in the Hindley St police station wading through paperwork. On his handset, he heard a call for a patrol to attend the McDonald’s restaurant on the corner of Hindley and Bank streets. The restaurant manager had requested police help to deal with two troublemakers. He reported that the pair had thrown drinks at his staff, tried to steal food, and swept items off the service counter. Goldsmith, still listening to the radio transmissions, heard a patrol take the call. But that crew was a fair distance away and would take some time to get to the scene. So Goldsmith decided to take the 60-second walk to McDonald’s and investigate the ruckus himself. He figured that if it was all over and the troublemakers had gone – as is often the case – he would cancel the patrol. On his approach to the restaurant, before he knew which two among the hordes were the offenders, he passed right by them on the footpath. Inside the restaurant, the only request of the manager was that police simply move the two on rather than lay charges against them. He pointed the brothers out to Goldsmith, who set out to approach and speak with the pair on the footpath. “My intention was just to get their details, find out what they’d been up to that night and, then, send them on their way,” he says. “I’m not a small person, I can generally look after myself, and I knew there was a patrol coming. And I can normally keep things going for long enough until somebody (back-up) comes around.” So, without bluster or a scowl, Goldsmith calmly engaged the brothers, simply asking to see some identification. “And then it started,” he says. “The arguing: ‘You can’t ask me that. I’ve done nothing wrong. I don’t have to give you my details.’ ” Eventually, however, the younger of the two reluctantly handed Goldsmith his driver’s licence, but then tried to snatch it back. At the same time, the older brother started to grab at the notebook in which Goldsmith was trying to record both brothers’ details. Now that the pair had become needlessly aggressive, Goldsmith knew his responsibility was not to caution but to take decisive action.
But he would need back-up to deal with two offenders at once and so called for some on his handset. “Unknown to me was that, for whatever reason, that call hadn’t been received,” he says. “So, there I was, (wrongly) confident that help was coming.” And, by now, the brothers had started to walk away and appeared to Goldsmith to be about to “leg it”. So, he grabbed each one by the arm and moved both men back against the building they were now closest to, just east of McDonald’s. “Then,” Goldsmith says, “the older of the two arced up. He started flailing his arms and looked like he was going to hit me, so I grabbed him. “We fell to the ground and, as I was trying to hold him down, the younger of the two jumped on my back and grabbed me in a headlock.” And within a second or two, that younger brother started throwing punches, and Goldsmith copped them all in the head. And along with those blows came that repeated yanking which caused Goldsmith the whiplash-type injury. “Thoughts go through your mind,” he says, “like: ‘What if he’s armed with a knife? I could be killed.’ You feel like you’re fighting for your life and trying to deal with a situation as it’s unfolding.” As onlookers chose to record the attack on their phones rather than help Goldsmith, one member of the public came to his aid. He grabbed, and tried to drag away, the offender who had hold of Goldsmith from behind and was throwing those punches. But that did not break the grip the younger brother had on Goldsmith, so the Good Samaritan ended up dragging both men off the older brother. Just then, with Goldsmith in the most dangerous physical encounter of his police career, a patrol arrived. Its crew grabbed and took control of the younger offender, as Goldsmith tried to keep hold of the one he had pinned to the ground. “And, as I’m trying to get to my feet,” he says, “he’s now the one just doing the punching – punching me to the face. “So, next thing, I was just lying on his legs on the ground, trying to hold him down until other help arrived.” With the help of back-up patrols, including two Mounted Ops members, Goldsmith survived the attack, and police charged the brothers with hinder, resist, assault police and aggravated assault. April 2019
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GOLDSMITH worked right through the rest of that night shift. Owing to the adrenaline still surging through his body, he felt no pain until it came to knock-off time. By then, as he switched off mentally and prepared to go home, he started to feel a “bit of soreness”. Still, he undertook his commute home and, on the way, called his wife, Pru, to tell her of the attack. She suggested that, given the blows he took, he should get himself checked over by his local GP. Goldsmith wisely took her advice and stopped off to consult with his doctor around 8am. And just about then was when his injuries really “started to hurt”. From the grabbing and series of punches there was bruising and pain to his head, chin and arms. And from the yanking action, which caused the whiplash injury, there was serious head and neck pain. “I got to a point where I actually couldn’t turn my head to the right,” he recalls. “And, if I turned it to the left, it was incredibly sore.” Within a week, Goldsmith had started treatment with a physiotherapist. She told him his muscles had suffered a lot of softtissue damage, and that his recovery would take a long time. He preferred not to take – and took very little – pain medication for fear of the effect it might have had on his work. Goldsmith returned to work after only a few days off, despite finding it “incredibly difficult” to sleep. And it was not long before the psychological effects of the attack emerged from beneath his physical injuries. Among other things, he suffered frequent nightmares from which he would wake in a sweat in the middle of the night. Then, a bad-news phone call from a police prosecutor, four months after the attack, exacerbated his mental suffering. The prosecutor explained that the offenders intended to fight the charges against them, based on a small segment of missing CCTV footage of the incident. Defence counsel was to contend that Goldsmith had colluded with a PSSB camera operator to conceal that missing segment because it showed him to be the attacker. “I felt very angry at that,” he says. “I take pride in my work, and in the fact that I’m not a violent person. I joined the job to help people.” 16
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The mental strain on Goldsmith became so intense that he struggled even to prepare his victim impact statement for court. “That’s when I sat down, tried to write out what happened, and just burst into tears,” he says. “I just couldn’t cope with it. I was just overwhelmed with emotion and grief, and that’s when I started to realize that I wasn’t coping with things.” Goldsmith sensed that some time off the road would help and so took on a threemonth relieving stint in the City Watch House. He had served in there before but now found the environment “more hectic” than ever, “a big pressure cooker”. “It made things incredibly worse,” he says. “Where I thought I’d have some time to process things, I just found myself getting more and more stressed.” Among the watch-house encounters that exacerbated that stress was one with a bikie who threatened to “smash” Goldsmith. Another was a violent 50-something male prisoner who repeatedly thumped on a Perspex screen and ultimately lashed out with his feet and fists.
AFTER THAT second incident, which came only a week after the first, Goldsmith became emotional, even teary. He asked himself: “What the f--k am I doing? This isn’t me.” “I realized I couldn’t keep doing what I was doing,” he says. “I was at that point where I just about isolated myself from everybody. You get home and you’re all moody and have absolute zero motivation to do anything. It’s awful.” When his relieving stint was over, Goldsmith took two weeks’ leave and travelled up to Darwin to visit an old ex-copper mate. He was able to talk to him about the attack and its impact; and the pair used the visit to undertake some hunting. Spending time with his mate did Goldsmith some good but, on the drive back to Adelaide, he started to feel uneasy. “Oh shit,” he thought, “I’m going back into that environment. I love my job, but I don’t know if I can do this anymore.” Goldsmith, however, did return to work – and probably too soon. After just two days, he again found himself in tears
“You get very good at putting on a façade. You look like you’re coping and as if everything’s wonderful and, meanwhile, you’re just going to pieces inside.”
after a member of his team told him of the death of her mother. The next day, he fronted up to the SAPOL Employee Assistance Section. There, through yet more tears, he explained his situation to psychologist Dr Jane Cooper. Part of her advice to him was to consult his GP and take time off work. So, at Hindley St police station that night, he gathered his entire team and gave an emotional explanation as to why he would be absent. It was a teary address, which he remembers as “the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do”. “They (my team members) were very much in shock,” he recalls. “They didn’t see it coming. You get very good at putting on a façade. You look like you’re coping and as if everything’s wonderful and, meanwhile, you’re just going to pieces inside.” Through a colleague, who had himself suffered PTSD, Goldsmith found out about, and joined, a Flinders University PTSD therapy trial. After screening tests, a psychologist associated with the trial diagnosed him as a PTSD sufferer. A few months later, the diagnosis of
a psychiatrist was that Goldsmith was suffering from “adjustment disorder with anxiety, depression and underlying symptoms of PTSD”. With those diagnoses, Goldsmith was off work undertaking his recovery from July through to Christmas Eve 2017. When he returned, he worked just two days per week but has since graduated to three. Now based within SEMS at Thebarton police barracks, he concedes that he has not yet fully recovered but is determined to regain his mental equilibrium. He now understands that it was never necessary for him to question – as he did – the way he handled the offenders that night. And, when he came to that understanding, it was “a sort of an epiphany”. “Those two males made a poor choice, and nothing I did would have altered that outcome,” he insists. “It was their decision. It was their control. I had no control over their reaction. It took me a really long time to reach that point, where I could see that clearly.” All that Goldsmith, 45, feels about his attackers now is simply sadness rather than hatred. “Holding anger and resentment is like holding on to a hot coal and expecting the other person to get burnt,” he says. “It doesn’t achieve anything.”
WHAT DOES continue to frustrate him is the sight of assault-police offenders walking free from the courts with “slapon-the-wrist” penalties. To back the Police Association campaign for stronger laws and harsher penalties, he gave television and newspaper interviews about the attack on him. Association president Mark Carroll thought Goldsmith one of the best rankand-file communicators on the issue. “It was just appalling what Andrew suffered at the hands of those offenders that night,” he says. “And we all understand why his struggle to recover has lasted so long. We’ve seen it with so many of our members. “So when Andrew fronted the media, to help win the campaign fight for himself and his colleagues, I saw that as a particularly selfless act.” When Goldsmith joined the police, he was a Duntroon graduate and former platoon leader. He knew about life and that he would have to confront “dangerous, violent situations”. “But,” he says, “I also had a belief that the courts were there to back us up and to put the offenders who do these things behind bars. “The slap on the wrist doesn’t achieve anything. It just reinforces the perception that you can commit a crime, and the courts won’t take action that deters you.” PJ April 2019
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asping for air, foaming at the mouth and feeling close to unconsciousness, Water Ops diver Raoul Stone thought he might die. He coughed and spluttered, his heart rate was “all over the place”, and his blood pressure was “sky high”. In his lungs, he could hear the air his gasps had drawn in, mixing with foam and fluids. And, to add to his distress, he felt intensely claustrophobic as he lay on a floating pontoon, desperate but unable to strip off his wet suit. Although strong of character and never one to panic, the father-of-four did become “very worried”. This was the first time in his seven years at Water Ops he had wound up in such serious difficulty. But, on the pontoon, his highly trained colleagues, who had hoisted him out of the water, reacted instantly. They got Stone on oxygen, stripped off his wet suit, called an ambulance, and readied themselves to stage an evacuation. The trouble had started during an afternoon training exercise in the renowned 60-metre deep Kilsby Sinkhole near Mount Gambier in February. Stone, 42, and fellow diver Andrew Suter had descended to around 42 metres, taken some measurements and notes and, then, set out to ascend to the surface. And, as is the practice in the process of ascending, the pair had to make two decompression stops. The first was for three minutes at the six-metre mark, and the second for nine minutes at three metres.
As they killed time at that first stop, the divers “gently finned” and held on to a weighted rope extended from the pontoon above. But, after around two minutes, Stone developed what seemed like a harmless “bit of a cough”, which gave him no initial concern. He considered it nothing unusual and so kept up some light-hearted banter with Suter through their communications equipment. And among those keeping an unbroken watch over all their actions, including that banter, were a supervisor and a panel operator on the pontoon. Their role was as usual: to control, among other things, the air supply, time the decompression stops, and monitor the depths at which the divers were situated. With time up at their first decompression stop, the two divers finned up to the three-metre mark. Once there, Stone found his cough worsening. It became a wet cough – and got progressively wetter. Then, around two minutes before the end of the stop, from where the water’s surface was clearly in sight, Stone began to struggle to breathe. It was a dilemma he tried to counter by taking deeper breaths, but he found that that was like “breathing through a chest infection”. Still, Stone held his nerve right up to the last seconds of the decompression stop. He knew that panicking would endanger him even further. And finning to the surface ahead of time would, as he knew, have put him at risk of a long stretch in a recompression chamber. April 2019
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To stay cool under all the pressure, Stone took to self-talk. “Calm down,” he told himself. “You’re breathing. You’ve got 30 seconds left. You’ll be fine once you get to the surface.” “And that was all I wanted to do,” he says. “Get to the surface, take my AGA (full-face mask) off, and spit out what had built up in my chest. I thought: ‘Once I get the AGA off and I’m breathing freely, in fresh air, I’ll be all good.’ ” Finally, the nine minutes were up, and Stone and Suter got the okay from the controllers on the pontoon to ascend from the decompression stop. They set off but, on the way up from that three-metre mark to the surface, Stone felt the volume of foam and fluid in his lungs increase. “So,” he says, “when I got to the surface, I physically couldn’t breathe and was close to being unconscious. “I wanted to take a breath to cough but there was nothing there. The foam was coming out of my nose and mouth. I couldn’t even take a breath to cough to bring it up. “So, then, I probably started to feel a bit panicky, and thought: ‘I could actually die here on the pontoon.’ ” Although straining to speak from the moment he emerged from underwater, Stone yelled to his colleagues: “I need help! Get the O2 (oxygen)!” And they did, after they pulled him up out of the water and onto the pontoon. “They laid me down, got the O2 on me, stripped me off as much as they could, kept me warm, and notified everybody,” he recalls. “I just wanted my equipment off, because I was feeling really claustrophobic and very close to passing out. “I was gasping because I just wanted to get more air in. The air that was going in wasn’t sufficient, so each breath (I took) was an effort. But the O2 was obviously helping to saturate my (body) tissues.” If Stone was suffering a classic case of the bends – of which no one could at that point be certain – it was a first for him. In all the dives he had undertaken, both professionally and privately, he had never fallen victim to the bends or any other disorder. 20
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And he had dived to depths of 45 metres in the Myponga Reservoir, in search of evidence, and 17 metres in the River Murray. Even the sinkhole dive that afternoon had caused him no problems up until he undertook his ascent. But now he needed an ambulance, which got to the sinkhole around 15 minutes after the initial call. Its crew inserted two IV lines into Stone and rushed him to the Mount Gambier Hospital, as his condition worsened. “I was hypothermic,” he says. “My oxygen sat (saturation level) was 72 per cent, and that should’ve been between 98 and 100 per cent. So I was pretty much borderline ready to collapse.” When hospital staff took Stone for X-rays and an ultrasound, they found his lungs to be full of fluid. They acted immediately, attaching him to a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) machine. “I’d liken it to sticking your head out of a car window with air rushing in,” he says. “The theory being that it keeps your lungs open so they’re not sticking together with the friction and the fluid and bubbles.” After some time on the machine, Stone felt “a lot better”, but he would need specialized treatment at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. And he would have to get there by air – without the CPAP. So, the hospital staff made a couple of attempts to detach him from the machine. “As soon as they took it off, fluid just came back into my lungs and I was in the same situation,” he says. “So, they had to call in a MedSTAR team who had a different CPAP machine that was transportable. They assessed me, put their machine on me, and took me to the airport and onto the plane. “There was another emergency patient who had come into Mount Gambier as well, so they had to reconfigure the aircraft to fit both of us on. There were two nurses with me and two nurses with the other guy. “I got to the Royal Adelaide Hospital around 11 o’clock (that night).”
Above: Stone on an earlier exercise in the Kilsby Sinkhole; facing page top: Stone (right) also on an earlier exercise; facing page centre: downward view into the sinkhole and onto the pontoon.
The hospital recalled Hyperbaric Medical Unit staff to operate its recompression chamber, which Stone entered just after midnight. He would not emerge until 6:30am and, then, from 1pm, undertake two more hours in the chamber. “It just looks like a room,” he says, “very solid with basically a cell door. The whole time you’re getting oxygen at pressure just to saturate all your tissues. It’s very noisy (because) you’ve got the noise of the compressed air coming in.” The procedure did Stone “a world of good”, and he was soon to find out that what had struck him was not the bends. An HMU doctor diagnosed immersion pulmonary oedema (IPO), which specifically affects divers and swimmers at depth. It comes about from a build-up of fluid in the tissues of the lungs. So, next for Stone was to undertake his recovery, during the first week of which he felt completely “wiped out” and lost five kilograms. His
appetite had gone, his lungs hurt, and at home he struggled to walk up his steep driveway. “I had to stop at the top of the driveway and rest on the letter box,” he says. “I couldn’t have done any more than that, and that’s not like me.” Indeed, Stone, who 18 months earlier had competed in TV competition show Australian Ninja Warrior, had been in peak physical condition.
“My oxygen sat (saturation level) was 72 per cent, and that should’ve been between 98 and 100 per cent.”
Motivated to get back to the work he loved, he forged ahead with his recovery, taking on hikes and bike rides and getting back into the gym. “I still, even now, catch myself taking a deep breath,” he says, “but I think that’s more (in my head) than any physical issues I’ve got.” Stone has returned to work but only on non-operational duties. Naturally, that frustrates him: he cannot dive, swim or even board police vessels on operations. And he will not be clear to return to the water before doctors determine the cause of his IPO. One procedure he is due to undergo is a cardiac MRI scan. “That’ll show whether my heart is working efficiently and whether there are issues within its chambers,” he says. “If there are, that’s the end of it. I’ll never dive again.” If Stone does get the all-clear to go back to diving, he expects to do it, at first, with a measure of caution. “But,” he says, “not to the stage where it’ll put me off. “It (IPO) could happen to me tomorrow or it could never happen to me again. It could happen to the next bloke who dives, or it might never happen in the (Water Ops) unit again.” If, for Stone, the Kilsby incident reinforced a professional reality, it was the value of many times practising the evacuation procedure. “Because,” he says, “it’s a very difficult hole to stage an evac from. It really showed me, and the rest of the guys, how valuable and how important that evac training is that we do. “And we’ve got a really good record in incidents like this because we dive so conservatively, and we’re monitored that well.” PJ
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since Brevet Sergeant Raoul Stone took part in this interview for the Police Journal, he has received medical advice against any further professional or recreational diving. To his regret, he has had to end his career with Water Ops and will seek other opportunities in policing.
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First female police recruits in mainstream training S
ENIOR CONSTABLES FIRST CLASS PATSY KIDD (NÉE HEATHCOTE) AND DEB YOUNG WERE JUST 17 WHEN THEY TOOK ON POLICE CAREERS BACK IN MARCH 1979. They pushed through those pre-IT days when practices and procedures were, by today’s standards, primitive. And, now, at the age of 57, the two veterans are the longest-serving women in SA policing. Of course, 26 others, including three other teenaged women, started their police careers with them as members of Course 68 at Fort Largs. Di Reynolds (née Greig), Carolyn McCormack (née Pearce) and Heidi Reid (née Reisenweber) made up the rest of the female quintuple. The five women were the first to win positions in a mainstream two-year recruit course and live in at the police academy. The story of their inclusion in the course was so newsworthy that it appeared, with the women’s pictures, on the front page of The Advertiser.
Superintendent Clair Bottroff with Patsy Kidd, Deb Young, Di Reynolds , Heidi Reid and Carolyn McCormack.
“Absolutely!” she exclaims. “No question. I’ve enjoyed the journey. Whatever I’ve done and wherever I’ve been in the last 40 years, I can honestly say that I have no regrets. “As for my coursemates, I (think) 95 per cent would agree that they, too, would do it all again if they had their time over. “But, when we started out, there were no part-time opportunities and no flexible working arrangements, as there are today. It wasn’t even a consideration 40 years ago.” Apart from senior constables first class Kidd and Young, 10 other members of Course 68 remain serving. Among them are superintendents Steve Taylor (Investigation Support) and Mark Trenwith (Serious and Organised Crime Branch) and Senior Sergeant Phil Grear (Water Operations). Others include sergeants Jeff Hack, Peter Loch, Iain Mott and Andrew Stott, senior constables first class Neil Bailey and Adam
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“We went straight into the academy from school,” SC1C Kidd recalls. “We certainly matured fast. We had to. “But I doubt that any one of us would have said that we didn’t enjoy our time there. It all seems so long ago now, but I wouldn’t change any of it.” Despite the workplace inflexibility of the 1980s, SC1C Kidd insists that, were she to have her time over again, she would still be a police officer.
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The late former Police Air Wing chief pilot, Vern Aberle, died in August last year but had written the book Just Cop it Sweet. His 100-page publication covers his early life, growing up on a farm near Millicent. It also chronicles his police career, from his first day in SAPOL on February 20, 1961, through to his retirement in 1994. The formal launch of Just Cop it Sweet took place at a luncheon on February 22. It was in conjunction with
a reunion which celebrated the 58th anniversary of members who joined SAPOL in 1961. A party of Verne’s friends and relatives – including his daughter, Penny, and grandson, Asher – attended this annual event, just as Verne had on a regular basis. Just Cop it Sweet is available at yourbooksonline.com.au. Peter “Perc” White Senior Sergeant (ret)
“We went straight into the academy from school. We certainly matured fast. We had to.” Barratt, and senior constables Jim Davis and Kym Wade. When the 40th anniversary of their course start date fell just weeks ago, on March 15, several members gathered at the Police Club to celebrate. It came as the most recent of many reunions Jim Davis has organized over the years. Says SC1C Kidd: “To catch up with old friends, who understand what you’re talking about and have had the same experiences as you, is wonderful. “Some members have left SAPOL and some have retired but, when we get together at reunions, it’s like we’re all just one big course again.”
Top: Course 68 members at Fort Largs; centre left: Patsy Kidd, Di Reynolds, Heidi Reid and Carolyn McCormack at Fort Largs; centre right: Iain Mott, Andrew Kirk, Gary Simpson and Mark Trenwith and (front) Deb Young, Peter Loch and Carolyn McCormack; below: Patsy Kidd, Heidi Reid, Deb Young and Carolyn McCormack at the reunion.
Retired and resigned members of Course 68: Rohan Clifford, Di Reynolds, Ron Hain, Geoff Harvey, Adrian Heinjus, Andrew Kirk, Gary Leech, Gary O’Donnell, Carolyn McCormack, Heidi Reid, David Reynolds, Gary Simpson, Steve Smith and Rob Taylor.
Far right: Vern Aberle’s daughter, Penny, and grandson, Asher. April 2019
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Police officers’ entitlements – the facts Q
uestions rightly abound when it comes to the 2016 enterprise agreement, the Police Officers Award, and the general order Instructions to the Police Officers Award. Where confusion exists, as is does at times, the Police Association industrial staff set out to provide clarity.
Programmed hours off Within every period of 28 consecutive days, each (full-time) employee is entitled to eight consecutive hours off duty. If a member is recalled to work, he or she will be granted another eight hours. Where possible, programmed hours should be rostered so that they may be taken in conjunction with rest days off duty. Members may accrue up to 80 programmed hours in certain circumstances in a financial year and members from one- or two-person country stations, or remote stations, may accrue 96 hours per annum. An employee must take hours accrued over the entitlement at a time agreed with the commissioner of police (representative) within three months of accrual or at a time directed by the commissioner of police (where the employee has not taken the time within three months of accrual or would otherwise carry forward to the next financial year more than 80 programmed hours off – clause 32 EB 2016).
Police service leave At 20 years’ police service, and at every fifth-year anniversary thereafter, a police officer or a community constable will be credited with four calendar weeks’ paid leave to be taken at the rate and in periods of no more than one week (seven calendar days) per year, commencing from the anniversary date on which the person is credited with the leave. Generally, police service means “continuous service” but can include secondments approved by the commissioner and periods of paid maternity leave and unpaid parental leave. See clause 35.5 for the full definition (clause 35 EB 2016).
Overtime The Police Association has received advice of an apparent change in policy regarding the approval process for overtime which limits the ability of a sergeant to approve overtime for ordinary ranks. It appears all overtime must now be approved by the district duty inspector. The process for approving overtime is a managerial prerogative and can be found in the Police Officers Award (clause 5.2.10), which defines the approval as being from a “superior police officer authorised to approve overtime”.
If members are unsure of their position when a roster or shift change is applicable to them, they should contact the association for advice (clause 26 EB 2016).
Should time restrictions be placed on members when undertaking overtime, it is vital they fully disclose to the approving officer the amount of expected overtime and the nature of the duties. If overtime is sought to complete property obligations, this must be stipulated to the officer owing to the importance of chain-of-evidence requirements. If a request for overtime is denied, members should seek clarification from the approving officer. The member should then record any overtime restrictions in case issues arise later concerning the conduct of a matter to its conclusion. For more information on how overtime is accrued and paid, see clause 5.2 POA.
Rosters Rosters should comply with the Police Officers Award and any associated enterprise agreement conditions. When proposing a change in roster, consultation with employees must occur and be tabled for discussion at the workplace consultative committee. Managers retain the capacity to modify the numbers of people on any shift or day to maintain effective service delivery, as per their obligation under clause 41 “staffing on a needs basis” (EB 2016). Staggering shift starting times may be used to meet varying workloads and to assist with employee family commitments. Rosters should be designed to achieve an equitable number of afternoon shifts and weekends on duty through the cycle.
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How to guard against salmonella W
hen you hear the words “upset stomach”, you usually think of pain, diarrhoea and possibly vomiting. But the term is so general that it doesn’t really indicate what has happened. When the cause is an infection, it’s often referred to as “gastro”, short for gastroenteritis. The “gastro” part is technically the stomach and “enteritis” refers to the bowel. It could be bacteria, a virus, parasites or fungus which has caused the infection, but one of the common forms of gastro comes from the salmonella bacteria. There are thousands of different types of salmonella bacteria. They occur in many domestic and wild animals and birds. Most infections are not serious, but some strains are worse than others. All forms are reportable to health authorities, and the serious ones are tracked down at their source to stop the spread to other people. Young children, old people, and people with immune deficiency, are more susceptible. Salmonella infection usually results from ingesting the bacteria from contaminated food, water or hands. Eggs, milk, meat and poultry are particularly high-risk foods. Fruit and vegetables might also be contaminated, especially if manure has been used as the fertilizer.
Salmonella infection usually results from ingesting the bacteria from contaminated food, water or hands. Eggs, milk, meat and poultry are particularly high-risk foods.
People might become infected if they transfer animal faeces containing salmonella bacteria from their hands to their mouths – eating, for example, after touching animals and failing to undertake handwashing. Person-to-person spread might occur when hands, objects or food become contaminated with faeces from people who are infected. A recent outbreak in South Australia was tracked down and, given the sample results and the strain of the salmonella, it’s likely the cause of contamination related to handling raw egg products. Food poisoning outbreaks have been associated with foods containing raw or partially cooked eggs, such as aioli, mayonnaise, hollandaise or tartare sauce, and mousse. Once the bacteria get into your digestive tract, the time between becoming infected and developing symptoms is six to 72 hours, but usually 12 to 36 hours. The time during which an infected person can then go on to infect others is when bacteria are being excreted. The faeces are always infectious when symptoms are present. Some people continue to carry salmonella bacteria in the bowel and shed them in the faeces for months after recovering. Recovery from salmonella infection usually occurs within a week and antibiotic treatment is not normally required. However, a doctor may prescribe antibiotics for young infants, the elderly, and in some other situations. Some strains of salmonella are more severe. The one strain we vaccinate against for travellers is salmonella typhi, also known as salmonella enterica, which causes typhoid fever. The Angkor Bakery salmonella outbreak of last February affected more than 50 people, with at least 19 ending up in hospital.
And, just last month in Victoria, two others were hospitalized after the discovery of salmonella enteritidis in eggs. The illness affected a total of five people and resulted in a massive recall of the eggs from three other states and the ACT. Typhoid, which can be slow to incubate (a week), will usually come on as a gradual onset of sustained high fever, headache, malaise and anorexia (loss of appetite). A dry cough might occur in the early stage of the illness and a rose-coloured rash is sometimes visible on the trunk. Internal organ enlargement (liver and spleen) can occur as the body fights the infection. Constipation can sometimes occur, but diarrhoea might develop and cause life-threatening dehydration. Anyone with symptoms can be tested to see if they might be spreading the infection. The faeces tested needs to be clear of any bacteria before we would recommend going back to childcare, school or work. Any person who has suffered salmonella should not go back to food-handling unless there is definite clearance from the faeces test but, most times, we know the infection is likely to stop in a few days. We would normally suggest that you are away until there has been no diarrhoea for 24 hours. If working as a food-handler, the exclusion period should be until there has been no diarrhoea or vomiting for 48 hours. We also suggest that, with your infection, you should not swim until there has been no diarrhoea for 24 hours. Babies and small children without diarrhoea who are not toilet-trained should wear tight-fitting waterproof pants or swimming nappies in pools and be changed regularly in the changeroom. Continued page 45 April 2019
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Jim Barnett
Model Ford Mustang GT V8 Fastback and Convertible. Price $63,290 manual GT Fastback, $66,290 auto GT Fastback, $74,728 auto GT Convertible. Options Recaro seats $3,000, rear-wing spoiler $750, over-the-top striping $650, adjustable MagneRide suspension $2,750, 19-inch forged alloys $2,500. Fuel 12.7 – 13 litres/100km (12.9 litres/100km on test), 91-98RON, 61-litre tank capacity. Brakes Front 380mm front rotors with six-piston Brembo callipers. Rear 330mm rotors with single-piston callipers. Safety Eight airbags, suite of crash-avoidance and driver-assistance technologies, tyre-pressure monitoring, front and rear parking sensors. Spare Tyre-inflation kit.
Honda HR-V RS compact SUV Honda has created a new RS model as part of the upgrade to its popular HR-V compact SUV. And the RS, which sits just below top-spec VTi-LX, combines sportier styling with sharper drive characteristics, according to Honda Big alloys, a bold grille, LED headlights, a shark-fin antenna, concealed rear door handles and a bulging rear tailgate make it look smart enough. Inside, RS delivers surprisingly more room than expected. Comfortable front and rear seats are trimmed in perforated leather with ample space for four adults. Drivers score a seat-height adjuster and a reach- and rake-adjustable leather-bound sports steering wheel 28
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with buttons for cruise, trip computer, phone and audio. The modern dash layout is appealing. Its central seven-inch touchscreen features satellite navigation, Bluetooth connectivity, HDMI, aux and USB inputs. Missing, however, are DAB+ radio, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Single-zone climate-control air conditioning and heated front seats feature along with three 12-volt sockets, a small console bin, large glovebox, drink holders in all doors and a large tray in the console. The bigger-than-expected cargo space offers a flat floor which conceals a temporary spare wheel. Rear 60/40 seats can be configured into numerous positions to maximize cargo space.
DRIVING
HR-V RS is everything its maker claims. Smart entry and push-button start means there’s no fumbling for keys. The driver’s seat offers excellent visibility all around. The multi-angle reverse camera and rear parking sensors take the guesswork out of reversing. RS’s 1.8-litre i-VTEC four-cylinder petrol engine is smooth and generally quiet, except when pushed hard. Coupled to a CVT (continuously variable automatic transmission) there’s more than adequate performance in every situation. Enhanced steering feel, and firmer suspension, on RS provides agile cornering but ride comfort is not compromised. Paddle shifters on this model give drivers the ability to
True to maker’s claims
DESIGN AND FUNCTION
DESIGN AND FUNCTION
Ford recently revamped its Mustang sports car, in addition to the release of a limited-edition BULLITT version. The result is a stunning package which offers a sleeker design and greater on-road performance, with more features and improved safety. The new GT V8, which kicks off at $63,290 (Fastback manual), offers a substantial increase in power and performance. Its throaty 5.0-litre Coyote V8 offers 33kW more power (now 339kW) with impressive torque of 556Nm. The improved six-speed manual has a twin-disc clutch and dual-mass flywheel to increase torque capability. The optional auto ($3,000) is a new 10-speed unit offering quicker shift times, paddle shifters and rev blipping on downshifts. Mustang owners can personalize
squeeze a little more from this willing engine. While all HR-V’s score emergency braking (from 5 to 32km/h) and a useful blind-spot camera view (when indicating left), items like forward-collision and lane-departure warnings are reserved for top-spec VTi-LX only. Overall, RS is appealing, roomy, comfortable and compact. It’s more engaging to drive than some but misses out on some of the tech featured in others.
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Optional leather power-adjustable Recaro sports seats (plus $3,000) look
Stunning package
Ford Mustang GT V8
their cars even down to their engines’ exhaust notes. The V8’s active exhaust system offers a fully variable soundtrack with four modes (normal, quiet, track and sport). Similarly, six different drive modes (normal, my-mode, sport+, race track, drag strip and snow/wet) alter steering, transmission and throttle response and affect the traction control system. Drivers are rewarded with a 12-inch all-digital instrument cluster with customizable displays (depending on drive mode) including colour and gauge layout. Central is an eight-inch colour touchscreen which features Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, reversing camera, satellite navigation and high-power audio linked to 12 speakers with subwoofer. Once criticized, new Mustang has a suite of safety technology including autonomous braking with pedestrian detection, lanedeparture warning and lane-keep assistance, adaptive cruise control, auto high beam and LED lights front and rear.
and feel superb. The driving position is very rewarding as is the small leather-bound sports steering wheel complete with chrome galloping pony and a myriad of function buttons. New Mustang is a stunning modern version of a classic car from a bygone era. Modern technology makes it superior in the way it accelerates corners and stops. As with all modern cars, it’s also infinitely safer. Of the Mustang, Ford promotes “the emotive styling, highly-involving driving experience, classic burbling engine and grin-inducing performance”. And all that’s an understatement. Lovers of sports cars should make a point of driving a Mustang GT V8. Even those who are not Ford fans will emerge with a broad smile and might even buy one.
UPDATE
All Subaru vehicles, including Forester (featured in Police Journal, February 2019) now have a five-year unlimitedkilometre warranty.
Model Honda HR-V RS compact SUV. Price $31,990 plus ORC. Engine 1.8-litre i-VTEC four-cylinder petrol (105kW/172Nm). Transmission CVT seven-step paddle-shifter auto, front-wheel drive. Safety Five-star (ANCAP), six airbags, reverse camera, reverse sensors, blindspot camera, emergency braking (5-32km/h), tyre deflation warning. Fuel economy 6.7 litres/100km. Cargo Varies between 437 and 1,462 litres.
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Paul Modra, Executive Manager – Member Value and Distribution, Police Credit Union
The faces behind better banking P
olice Credit Union strives to deliver better banking and a customer experience second to none. That can’t be achieved without our amazing staff, so we want you to get to know the friendly faces behind that promise. They are the ones helping our members reach their financial goals, getting out into the community to make a difference, and visiting our core bond at police stations. One face you might know is that of our Tea Tree Plus branch manager, Steve Oats. He’s been with us for four years and is always the first to offer a helping hand, like when he volunteers to be Santa at Christmas. And, with a heart of gold, he’s often seen out and about in the community.
Q: Nickname? A: Oatsy. Q: Describe your family. A: My wife and I are empty-nesters. We have three adult children and are the proud grandparents to our twin grandsons. Q: How do you have your coffee? A: Strong. Q: What do you consider to be the best product/service offered by Police Credit Union? A: Our home and personal loans. We have market-leading and award-winning interest rates.
“To say you love your job is sometimes a throwaway line. I really do love my job. It’s the people you work with and the members who make it all worthwhile.”
Above: Steve Oats with long-standing Police Credit Union member Jeff Marr at a celebration of his 100th birthday.
Q: Describe your role with Police Credit Union. A: As the branch manager of our Tea Tree Plus branch, I lead a team of motivated and engaged people who assist our members match the right products and services to their financial goals and lifestyle needs. Q: What’s your best memory at Police Credit Union? A: Some real highlights have been helping to organize the Bunnings Barbecue that raised funds for Canoe for Kids. It was hard work but so rewarding. Q: Your best recipe or meal you are famous for cooking? A: I can cook the perfect steak. Q: Any hobbies or passion projects? A: I follow the Adelaide Crows, Central Districts and Northern Districts and Sandy Creek Cricket clubs. Q: How long have you worked in the finance industry? A: Just ticked over 40 years since starting my banking career straight out of school. Q: Describe your team, the people you work with? A: We have a dynamic and enthusiastic team. (Assistant Manager) Anne and I are of a similar vintage and Sue is simply part of the furniture. Q: What is one funny/surprising fact you have learned about one of your team members?
A: Sue Patterson has worked at Police Credit Union for almost 37 years! Amazing! Q: Any parting comments? A: To say you love your job is sometimes a throwaway line. I really do love my job. It’s the people you work with and the members who make it all worthwhile. Steve and his team of seven work out of the Tea Tree Plus branch in Modbury, with help from Glenn Lewis, our relationship manager – platinum. Glenn is a well-known face at local police stations, especially when he arrives with doughnuts. Our Tea Tree Plus branch is a charitable bunch that loves the area, from volunteering at local sports clubs or schools, to helping out at the local Rotary Club and a recent sponsorship of the Delta Social & Sports Club, a not-for-profit organization established in 1996, chiefly by Holden Hill members. The club, located behind the Holden Hill police station, provides a hub where police and their families and friends can socialize and support each other. You will often see our staff at club fundraisers or at the bar on a Friday night for a drink.
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or many separating couples, the writing was on the wall for some time and a final separation does not come as a complete surprise to either person. Whether it was a gradual process over many months or years or a particular event that led to the separation, both parties often agree that separation was inevitable. For some separating couples, however, one person can sometimes be taken completely by surprise. Separation hits you in the face with no warning. What follows is a sudden deluge of emotions, self-doubt, questions like: “How did I not see this coming?” and a desire to regain some control. If you find yourself faced with an unexpected separation, you can take steps to help you regain some control and avoid feeling one step behind. Give yourself permission to move through the grief cycle at your own pace. If your partner had for some time been planning the separation behind your back, it can be helpful to understand that you are at different stages of grieving your relationship. Speak to your GP to let him or her know that you are separating. Your GP will be able to provide you with a referral to a psychologist or other services that might assist you if necessary. There is no shame in making sure that you are in the best position
Facing an unexpected separation can be daunting and you can feel overwhelmed about what lies ahead, but there are simple steps you can take to ease the pathway and regain control.
emotionally to care for yourself and your children. People often worry that, in court (if they end up there), stigma will attach to their pursuit of psychological support – if that support becomes knowledge to the judge. But the opposite is true. The court wants to see people being proactive in looking after their mental health. Your GP or psychologist will also help you develop strategies to deal with your former partner if he or she is being difficult. Start to organize your documents. This process can help you regain control of the situation after feeling that the rug has been pulled out from under you. Obtain copies of your tax documents, bank and loan statements , superannuation statement, payslips, and any other documents establishing the assets and liabilities you have. Getting your documents in order will give you a head start when you are ready to move toward finalizing a property settlement with your former partner. If you are worried that your former partner might try to take some of your documents, it might be worth leaving copies with a trusted family member or friend. Before you hit send on a text, Facebook or Instagram post, walk away and come back half an hour later. This will reduce that chance that you will later regret posting or sending
something which might have serious consequences to you or your children or make things more difficult for you when you come to negotiating arrangements with your former partner. It can sometimes be good to ask yourself: “Would I be happy for my boss or a judge to see this?” You will thank yourself later for protecting your own reputation. Review your personal information and see if your former partner might be accessing any of it remotely. Now can be a good time to contact your bank to change the password on your internet banking, social media accounts, e-mail addresses and pin codes. Book an appointment with a family lawyer. While this might not feel like a number-one priority right now, getting the right advice early on can assist you to protect your position, make sure you don’t fall into any “potholes” and make the process of formalizing your separation faster and more costeffective. A first appointment will assist you to understand if you need to act immediately to protect your position or if you can buy some time to focus on yourself and understand the different options available to you. Set boundaries. Your ex might want to make contact with you on his or her terms. This might not always allow you the space you need to grieve the end of the relationship or communicate with him or her in a productive manner. Boundaries will help gain some perspective with time and prevent you from sweating about the small stuff. Facing an unexpected separation can be daunting and you can feel overwhelmed about what lies ahead, but there are simple steps you can take to ease the pathway and regain control.
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Careless Love Peter Robinson Hachette Australia, $32.99
A young local student has apparently committed suicide. Her body is found in an abandoned car on a lonely country road. She didn’t own a car. Didn’t even drive. How did she get there? Where did she die? Who moved her, and why? Meanwhile, a man in his 60s is found dead in a gully up on the wild moorland. He is wearing an expensive suit and carrying no identification. Post-mortem findings indicate he died from injuries sustained during the fall. But what was he doing up there? And why are there no signs of a car in the vicinity? The inconsistencies multiply and the mysteries proliferate until a shocking piece of information alerts DCI Banks to the return of an old enemy in a new guise. This is someone who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to get what he wants – and suddenly the stakes are raised and the hunt is on.
Win a book or in-season movie pass! For your chance to win one of the books or an in-season pass to one of these films (courtesy of Wallis Cinemas) featured in this issue, send your name, location, phone number and despatch code, along with the book and/or film of your choice to giveaways@pj.asn.au
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The Knowledge
Martha Grimes Atlantic, $29.99
London taxi driver Robbie Parsons knows every street, every theatre, every landmark in the city by heart. In the back seat of his cab is a man with a gun – a man who just a few minutes ago brazenly shot Robbie’s previous customers point-blank in front of the exclusive Artemis Club, then jumped in and ordered Parsons to drive. As the criminal escapes to Nairobi, Detective Supt Richard Jury comes across the case in the Saturday paper, and immediately recognizes one of the victims of the crime. Jury soon enlists his stalwart collaborators Melrose Plant and Marshall Trueblood to contend with an investigation that takes unexpected turns into Tanzanian gem mines, a casino in Reno and a pub that only London’s black cabbies with “the knowledge” can find.
Shrouded Path
Sarah Ward Faber, $29.99
November 1957: six teenaged girls walk in the churning Derbyshire mists, the first chills of winter in the air. Their voices carrying across the fields, they follow the old train tracks into the dark tunnel of the Cutting. Only five appear on the other side. October 2017: feverishly fixated on a childhood friend, Mina’s dying mother makes a plea: “Find Valerie.” DC Connie Childs – off balance after her last big case – is partnered with DC Peter Dahl, a new arrival to Bampton. Following up on what seems like a routine death by natural causes, Childs’ old instincts kick in, pointing her right back to one cold evening in 1957. As Childs starts to broaden her enquiries, the investigation begins to move increasingly close to home.
Broken Ground
Val McDermid Hachette Australia, $29.99
When a body is discovered in the remote depths of the Highlands, DCI Karen Pirie finds herself in the right place at the right time. The victim, unearthed with s o m e o ne ’s lo n g - b u r ie d inheritance, seems to belong to the distant past – until new evidence suggests otherwise, and Pirie is called in to unravel a case in which nothing is as it seems. It’s not long, however, before an overheard conversation draws Pirie into the heart of a different case, a shocking crime she thought she’d already prevented. As she inches closer to the twisted truths at the centre of these murders, it becomes clear that she’s dealing with a version of justice terrifyingly different from her own.
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No Time to Cry
James Oswald Hachette Australia, $29.99
Undercover ops are always dangerous, but DC Constance Fairchild never expected things to go this wrong. Returning to her base of operations, an anonymous office in a shabby neighbourhood, she finds the bloody body of her boss, and friend, DI Pete Copperthwaite. He’s been executed – a single shot to the head. In the aftermath, it seems someone in the Met is determined to make sure that blame for the wrecked operations falls squarely on Fairchild’s shoulders. She is cut loose and cast out, angry and alone in her grief – right until the moment someone also tries to put a bullet through her head.
Leverage in Death
J D Robb Hachette Australia, $29.99
When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing 11 people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home and everything becomes clear. Rogan had been given a horrifying choice: set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the violence won’t end here. The men behind the attack are determined, organized and utterly ruthless. In this investigation, both Dallas and husband Roarke are heading into serious danger.
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Avengers: Endgame Season commences April 24
Adrift in space with no food or water, Tony Stark sends a message to Pepper Potts as his oxygen supply starts to dwindle. Meanwhile, the remaining Avengers – Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner – must figure out a way to bring back their vanquished allies for an epic showdown with Thanos, the evil demigod who decimated the planet and the universe. Avengers: Endgame stars Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America) and Robert Downey Jnr (Tony Stark/Iron Man).
Top End Wedding
Season commences May 2
Successful Sydney lawyer Lauren and Ned are engaged and in love. But they have just 10 days to find Lauren’s mother, who has gone AWOL somewhere in the remote far north of Australia. They also have to reunite Lauren’s parents and pull off their dream wedding. Top End Wedding stars Gwilym Lee, who played Brian May in Bohemian Rhapsody, and Miranda Tapsell (Lauren).
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
Season commences May 9
A young man joins forces with Detective Pikachu to unravel the mystery behind his father’s mysterious disappearance.
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Chasing clues through the streets of Ryme City, the dynamic duo soon discovers a devious plot that poses a threat to the Pokémon universe.
Season commences May 30
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu features the voice of Ryan Reynolds (Detective Pikachu) and stars Justice Smith (Tim Goodman) and Kathryn Newton (Lucy).
Rocketman stars Taron Egerton (Elton John), Bryce Dallas Howard (Sheila Eileen) and Richard Madden (John Reid).
An epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years.
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2017 The Hundred Grenache, Clarendon, Single Vineyard new vintage release
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A striking vibrant purple in the glass with alluring aromas reminiscent of the freshest blueberries you’ve ever come across. Elegant in style, this wine has brightness and a delicate combination of soft red fruits and silky tannins with a smooth lingering finish.
Willunga 100 Willunga, South Australia www.willunga100.com
The fruit is hand selected from 93-year-old dry-grown bush vines, located in the Clarendon sub-region of McLaren Vale. The higher elevation and loam soils over red-brown clay on bedrock produce outstanding fruit quality and showcase the diversity of McLaren Vale Grenache. Drink now or cellar up to 2024.
2018 McLaren Vale Grenache Rosé new vintage pre-release
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McLaren Vale Grenache is a fantastic variety to use in this dry style of Rosé. The Grenache fruit from the sub-region of Blewitt Springs shows cherry, strawberry characters on the nose, and more savoury mouth feel. The vineyard comprises of 60-year-old bush vines which are hand-picked. The warm days in union with the cooling maritime evenings are perfect for ripening grapes while maintaining a crisp, clean acid structure.
2016 McLaren Vale Cabernet Shiraz new vintage pre-release
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Intense mulberry, plum and a hint of mint are in balance with the rich spicy Shiraz characters. The palate is a smooth blend of the Cabernet tannins coupled with rich cherry and spice flavours from the bolder Shiraz. French oak has a supporting role to the smooth and lingering finish.
Police Association Discount 20% off Willunga 100 wines and free shipping. Visit www.willunga100.com and enter the code PASAWINE at the checkout.
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COFFEE WITH COPS A series of lifestyle information seminars for members and their families in regional areas, taking place first in Port Pirie, Whyalla and Port Augusta. Offered by the Healthy Wealthy & Wise group (Police Health, Police Credit Union and the Police Association). Discover how much more you could be getting back in private health insurance and what the Private Health Insurance reforms mean to you. Comes with a complimentary shared barbecue meal and the gift of a Nespresso coffee machine for your station. Find out if you’re maximising your Police Credit Union Platinum member benefits, hear presentations on home ownership, helpful products for retirement and how to use free calculators to assess whether you can save $$$ on your home loan.
Port Pirie – Tuesday, May 28, 12 noon Whyalla – Wednesday, May 29, 12 noon Port Augusta – Thursday, May 30, 10am – 1pm
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Senior Sergeant 1C Ken Jaensch Eastern District 41 years’ service
Last day: 28.02.19
Comments… “Since March 2017, the association and its nominated legal firm, Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers, have assisted me and acted on my behalf in relation to a WorkCover claim. “I commend association president Mark Carroll, immediate past secretary Tom Scheffler, and current secretary Bernadette Zimmermann and TGB solicitors Amber Sprague and Alexandra Stephens. “With their support, encouragement and professionalism I was able to negotiate the peaks and troughs that is the WorkCover process. “My claim was successfully resolved and settled in my favour. The outcome was nothing short of a miracle. Hence, I am able to retire several years before I had planned. “In the 40-plus years that I have served with SAPOL I generally took an indifferent attitude to my association membership. In recent years, however, I have learnt of its importance. “The association attained me the rank of senior sergeant first class on appeal and, of course, my most recent WorkCover success. “I encourage all more recent members of SAPOL to take their membership seriously. In the two matters I outline, I saw a very professional, organized, straight-tothe-point honest approach. At no 42
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point were false hopes thrown around. “The two years spent at the police academy from 1978 with Course 64 was an incredible period. The experiences and friendships were such that they can never be replicated. “Having served 15 years in the operational field at the old Birkenhead patrol base and the then Henley Beach sub-division, I had the good fortune to work with several partners that made coming to work a pure joy. “While the CBD came with its fair share of issues, I had the pleasure of working with many fine dedicated members, particularly those in the field of African and Aboriginal liaison together with the then Drug Action Team sergeant Kym Foster and Youth Justice senior sergeant Greg Barton. “To all and sundry whose company I have enjoyed throughout my time in SAPOL, and to those who continue in the most demanding of careers, I sincerely wish you all the very best.”
Sergeant Phil Mitchell
Norwood Patrols 43 years’ service Last day: 02.03.19 Comments… “I thank all Police Association staff, committee members and delegates for their efforts in securing the improved
pay and conditions all SAPOL members enjoy. “In these harsh economic times, the association has always delivered with the EB in securing higher wages and improved conditions for members. “I also say thanks for the association’s support that I have personally received on several occasions during my career. “It seems like yesterday when a skinny 17-year-old kid walked through the academy gates in March 1976 for the first time. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in the job. I thank all I have worked with during my career. I wish everyone all the best for the future.”
and worked with, and for, some great people. Overall, I am content with what I have done and achieved. “The association has always been resolute in looking after members and improving pay and conditions. For that, thank you. “To those who remain, good luck, look after yourselves, enjoy the journey, have a laugh and stay safe.”
Detective Senior Sergeant Kurt Slaven Investigation Support Branch 43 years’ service Last day: 15.03.19
Sergeant Alan Huggins
Prosecution Training Unit 43 years’ service Last day: 30.11.18 Comments… “Importantly for me, it is time for family. At times it has been tough on them. “They have always been a priority for me, and I look forward to having more time to spend with them. “Time for friends, old and new. Time for new challenges, old hobbies, doing things I want to do, and simply enjoying life. “I have had an interesting journey
Comments… “During my career I have had the opportunity to work with some great mentors and some amazing people. I have been fortunate to work in both the metro and country policing worlds. It has been an unbelievable journey. “To everyone with whom I had contact within SAPOL: thanks for being part of the 43 years. I have had the opportunity to do some great things and I am thankful for that. “To the current members of the Police Association, and to all who you have followed, I thank you for your support and trust. You are truly an amazing organization that every member needs in this current policing environment. “I wish all SAPOL members and staff the best for the future in what is an increasingly challenging career.”
Senior Sergeant 1C Mick Everlyn APY Lands 44 years’ service
Last day: 21.11.18
Comments… “I thank the Police Association for its continual efforts to assist all members. “It has been a privilege and honour to work in SAPOL with so many good people during my career. I have been fortunate to have worked with and for some great individuals, officers and managers, over my journey and at all my postings. “I have had a lot of laughs along the way, particularly during my last 10 years at State Tactical and in the Far North on the APY Lands. “It has been memorable for me working with dedicated people of all ranks. Good times which I won’t forget. “It has been a great journey without regrets.”
Top: Mick Everlyn at Pipalyatjara police station.
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Police Association members can source outstanding and exclusive travel deals through MTA – Mobile Travel Agents. It’s all part of a sensational package of travel experiences, specifically for association members and created by MTA mobile travel specialist Aaron Sard.
Among the available benefits to members are: • $100 discount voucher (conditions apply) • Qantas Club – exclusive savings • Bonus Frequent Flyer points • No credit card fees • Out-of-hours meetings to accommodate shift workers Think ocean cruises (Australia, South Pacific, Mediterranean, Antarctic, Canada-Alaska, Scandinavia) and river cruises (Europe, Asia). Adventure packages like Machu Pichu, Kokoda and Antarctica. Sports packages, like the Formula One World Championship, ski deals and golf tours. How about special interests, such as world war sites, cherry blossoms, food and wine, and the Northern Lights. And it’s all available through deals with some of the world’s best airlines: • Emirates • Singapore • Cathay Pacific • Qantas • Air New Zealand And MTA will price-match when it comes to deals offered online or by other agencies. Extra discounts might also apply.
Tell Aaron Sard precisely what you want, and he’ll do the research at no extra cost. FIRST STEP: go to the Members Buying Guide on the Police Association website (pasa.asn.au) or contact Aaron directly on 0437 548 767 or by e-mail (asard@mtatravel.com.au).
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Members regularly contact the association after they have been directed to work an additional weekend. The enterprise agreement recommends that clear weekends off duty should represent at least 33 per cent of the indicative cycle roster. If members are unsure of their position when a roster or shift change is applicable to them, they should contact the association for advice (clause 26 EB 2016). When it is necessary to vary the rostered hours or change shifts, officersin-charge must advise the member no later than the day or shift worked immediately before the day or shift for which the rostered hours are to be varied. When no such notice is given, the hours worked before commencement time are regarded as overtime and the eight ordinary hours following that are considered ordinary shift (clause 5.1.4 GO instructions to the Police Officers Award). When no notice is given but the member and the manager agree, the eight ordinary hours start from commencement of the required shift as opposed to the rostered shift. For example, commence work two hours earlier than the rostered commencement time, the member will finish two hours earlier than the rostered completion time (clause 5.1.4 GO Instructions to the Police Officers Award).
When faecal accidents occur, swimming pools should be properly disinfected. Other suggestions include: • Cook meat thoroughly, until the juices run clear. • Check eggs that might be dirty or cracked. • Do not consume unpasteurized milk. Handwashing and clean areas for food preparation are important, and certain pets can be carriers for salmonella. Chickens, ducklings, tropical freshwater fish and turtles are particularly risky for small children. Antibiotic treatment is available and necessary, particularly in severe cases. It reduces: • The risk of death and other complications. • The duration of infectivity. • Carriage. People given antibiotics usually begin to improve within two to three days and deaths rarely occur.
Now that you know Steve and his team a bit better, you might want to pop into our Tea Tree Plus branch or perhaps Steve and Glenn could visit you at your station to have a chat about how they might be able to help you with some of your financial needs. Steve might even share his secret tips on how to cook the perfect steak. Call Steve at Police Credit Union, Tea Tree Plus on 8397 4100 or, to make a time with Glenn, e-mail platinum@policecu.com.au or call 1 300 131 844.
Police Credit Union Ltd ABN 30 087 651 205 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 238991. Terms, conditions, fees, charges, lending and membership criteria apply. Full details upon request.
Salary Increase The 2016 enterprise agreement expires on May 26, 2019. The agreement stipulates that the first salary increase in the next EA will apply from the beginning of the first full pay period commencing on or after July 1, 2018. Negotiations have commenced (clause 8 EB 2016).
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10 years on BREVET SERGEANT JULIAN KNIGHTS (Major Crash Investigation Section)
In 2009, I was a 42-year-old “seasoned” cop with 16 years as a UK police officer and seven years’ Royal Navy service under my belt. I was thrilled to be offered a job that I loved on the other side of the world. I remain thankful for being given that opportunity. My wife, Katrina, and I still pinch ourselves to this day. After graduating, I worked on patrols at Whyalla to the end of my probation. Following that, I won one of the newly created Eyre and Western Highway Patrol positions. I remained in that role for four years and had some great times. Having completed the “crashies” course, I had a brief stint at Western Adelaide Traffic before joining Major Crash. The first 12 months in SAPOL were challenging. I had the stress of losing my father to cancer the week after arriving in Australia. Then there was adjusting to a new world while supporting my wife and three schoolaged children. It wasn’t easy but, looking back on it, we did the right thing for our family and future. We love Australia.
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He had a particularly tough first year as an Australian cop but, now, he wants to stick with Major Crash until he retires. My most memorable job was with SC1C Neil Paterson on the Eyre Highway. Two vehicles were travelling toward Iron Knob when the driver of one fired a .357 revolver at the other several times, penetrating the fuel tank. Pato and I did a high-risk stop of the offender, Michael Anderson. He was charged with and convicted of attempted murder and received a 14-year custodial sentence. Looking back, I would never have thought I’d have ended up with crashies in Australia, but I’ve always been drawn toward the more serious aspects of traffic policing, specifically dealing with fatal crashes. I guess it’s in my blood: Dad was an ambo and used to come home with tales of multipledeath accidents, as they were called then. I’d like to remain at crashies until I retire. Some fatal collisions have left an ineradicable impression on my memory. Being a crashie has required a level of self-preservation. I’ve needed to remain guarded and not let my emotions get the better of me. More often than not, my family have been the ones to notice a change, no matter how small. It’s taken a while for me to learn not to take my work home with me.
“It’s taken a while for me to learn not to take my work home with me.”
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