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Cops spend every minute of their working lives delivering a police service to people who are complete strangers to them. That’s their job, and we all know it’s no walk in the park. Yet they perform it tirelessly. So you’d expect that, in their downtime, cops would just want to switch off from community service for a while. It’s not that they stop caring out of hours. It’s just that they need and deserve a break. They need time to think about and focus on other things. But, away from work, many just can’t shake that sense of service. They see someone in desperate need, their compassion kicks in, and they act. Senior Constable 1C Narelle Bache and four others tell us how and why they chose to act in their own time. Here at the Police Association, we’re proud to say that, throughout 2018, we delivered our Police Journal readers more awarding-winning content. Yet again, the journal scored great recognition with a silver Tabbie at the Trade, Association and Business Publications International awards in Ohio. There was other recognition, too, at the Publish Awards in Sydney. Nicholas Damiani reports. Dr Rod Pearce provides some timely advice on how to avoid the potentially fatal listeria infection. And Police Association president Mark Carroll sums up one of the most powerful social media videos the association has ever posted. Brett Williams brettwilliams@pj.asn.au
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he extraordinary power of the message in our latest social media interview is all in the delivery. Calm, softly spoken and compassionate, but with a dignified directness, Sergeant Kerry Hampton tells the tragic story of a child’s death by drowning in a backyard pool. The post, on the Police Association Facebook page, comes as another in our #thisiswhy series. It focuses on the critical issue of pool safety. Thirty-three people drowned in swimming pools in Australia between July 2017 and June 2018. Among the dead were 12 children under five. Sgt Hampton, a cop with 30 years’ experience, tells of the gut-wrenching job she attended in 2014, after a 19-month old girl had drowned in an inflatable backyard pool. It is a heart-rending interview and, after watching it, I spent several moments trying to comprehend what the parents of that little girl must have gone through. It is unimaginable. There is no police officer who won’t be struck by one of the most significant messages to emerge from the Hampton interview. “People just look to you, to think: ‘You’re the police. Can you make it better? Can you turn back time? Can we just pretend that this didn’t happen so that we don’t have to be involved in this
“People just look to you, to think: ‘You’re the police. Can you make it better? Can you turn back time? … Because we desperately want our daughter back.’ ”
anymore? Because we desperately want our daughter back.’ ” It is as clear a description of police work as any I’ve ever heard. And as Sgt Hampton so aptly summed up in the video: “Often we (police officers) meet people on the worst days of their life.” That’s the nature and reality of police work. Anyone who might never have understood that should make it a priority to watch the Hampton interview.
Assaults on police The matter of the vicious assault on Senior Constable Paul Jelfs came to its judicial conclusion in the District Court in late October. Judge Stephen McEwen sentenced Steven John Tipping to two years’ jail with a non-parole period of 13 months. The jury had earlier found Tipping guilty of aggravated assault causing harm. In the course of his attack on Snr Const Jelfs in 2015, Tipping reached for the officer’s gun. The Jelfs story (Death the expectation) appeared in the October 2018 issue of the Police Journal. I have no doubt that most of the community see jail as the appropriate penalty for Tipping, and other brazen criminals who choose to assault police. We aim to make sure these criminals are punished with the full force of the law. We’ll also continue to:
• Push the state government to disallow slap-on-the-wrist penalties and meaningless fines. • Bring the issue into full public view. (We’re certain we already have immense community support.) One of our initial campaign ads (left) represents an important message: neither the Police Association nor the community its members serve will accept soft punishments for assaults on police. We’re also pushing the message on social media. Our #thisiswhy Facebook video featuring Snr Const Jelfs received significant attention and feedback in early November. So, too, did an earlier video which featured Snr Const Tash Smith, who was assaulted on duty in 2017. They are two more examples of how successful the #thisiswhy series has been. More content of this kind will feature on our Facebook page in 2019.
Festive season, yes, but police work goes on Just about everyone loves to settle back with family and friends over the Christmas-New Year break to relax, recharge and simply enjoy the season. But many Police Association members don’t have that option. Crime, disorder and natural disasters don’t suddenly stop because of the festive season. Police have to be just as present and diligent as they are at any other time of year. It also means they have to sacrifice their Christmas break. So, to all of them, and all Police Journal readers, I extend best wishes for a safe, happy Christmas and a rewarding new year.
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Cops are renowned for their efforts above and beyond expectation and, ultimately, their compassion. One group of them recently performed not a one-off but rather an ongoing kindness others have labelled saintly.
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worries of the world were not, and never should have been, her concern on that warm October Sunday. Senior Constable First Class Narelle Bache was, after all, on a well-earned day off and rightly poised to do her own thing. But it was never in her nature to switch off her copper’s instinct or suspend her innate compassion. So when she spotted an elderly man, aided by his walking stick but clearly struggling as he hobbled south along Main North Road, she reacted. It was mid-morning and Bache, 40, had been headed for Elizabeth where she intended to do some shopping. The man, whom she would come to know as 84-year-old ex-serviceman Tony Duffy, was in fact near collapse. However far he had shuffled, it was not over a smooth concrete footpath but rather a gravel verge. And the southbound traffic on Main
North Road at Blakeview was zooming past him at speeds up to at least the 90km/h limit. “It was quite busy,” Bache says, “and it’s just not a place where you walk. There were no other pedestrians around, and (coming from the north) it’s before you get to any houses or built-up area. “Heaps of cars were driving past and, as I drove past, I just thought: ‘I need to stop.’ It was one of those ‘I-need-to-stop (moments)’. So I did a U-bolt, came around and stopped behind him (Duffy).” Bache had, of course, noticed that Duffy was elderly and struggling but also smartly dressed in slacks and a blazer. She stepped out of her car and called out to him. He turned back toward her and she asked him where he was headed. Duffy, who had already trudged more than a kilometre, told her he was trying to get to Munno Para to catch a bus home. But, for that, he was on the wrong side of busy Main North Road, and Bache thought him no chance to make it across. December 2018
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Nor did she think he could stagger another kilometre-and-a-half from Blakeview to Munno Para. He would first have had to negotiate the two-lane southbound carriageway of Main North Road, followed by a fence dividing the median strip. Says Bache: “He would have had to try to get over that fence and, then, cross the two north-bound lanes. And he could barely walk.” In his prime, Duffy had served with the Royal Air Force in Germany in the 1950s. But he was not that man any longer, and his plight was in no way lost on Bache. No matter who he was, she simply could not turn her back on him. So, setting aside her plans for that morning, and out of concern for his welfare, she offered to drive him to Munno Para. A grateful Duffy accepted the offer as a virtual rescue. “I was almost on my knees by the time she picked me up,” he told the Police Journal. “I was quite surprised (by her offer) and quite relieved as well.” So the pair set out for Munno Para. And Bache, curious as well as concerned, asked her now passenger how he had ended up alone and struggling alongside a busy arterial road. Then came his heart-rending story. He explained to Bache that he had just visited the grave of his late wife, Sylvia, at Smithfield Memorial Park cemetery. It had been his practice of a Sunday for the past 22 years, since Sylvia had died of deep-vein thrombosis at the age of 56. More than four decades earlier, after the couple and their three children left England to resettle in Australia, Duffy promised Sylvia that he would never leave her. And he not only stuck to that promise but also swore he would stay with her even in death. That was how he came to visit her grave every Sunday, and on four other special dates: their engagement and wedding anniversaries, Christmas Day, and Sylvia’s birthday. On all those visits, each of around 45 minutes, Duffy had sat reading, sometimes aloud, right beside Sylvia’s grave. And on those special dates, he had always turned up with two dozen red roses to keep an important symbol of his love in place. He had given Sylvia the gift of roses on her birthday, and as a wedding bouquet back in 1959. 14
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“He could barely walk, but he had made his promise to her.” Until a few weeks before Bache came to his aid, he used to drive to the cemetery. But, for medical reasons, Duffy had had to give up driving. That left him to catch both a bus and a train to get to the cemetery, and the same to get back home. And, from the Kudla railway station, he had to walk more than a kilometre to the cemetery and back again after visiting Sylvia’s grave. “It was time-consuming and very difficult,” he recalls. His children had not been able to help as one lives overseas and another in remote SA. And from another child he is estranged. Bache listened intently as Duffy told her his story. She also looked at a photo he drew out of his shirt pocket. It was of Sylvia, and he always carried it with him. “I can’t let her down,” he told Bache, “so I keep going every Sunday.”
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that Bache had heard left her deeply moved. She decided not to take Duffy to Munno Para but rather all the way to his home. “I was just really touched by his story,” she says. “His commitment to his wife and what he’d done for her for 22 years. “Despite his age and lack of mobility, he was still determined that every Sunday he was going to go and see her. He could barely walk, but he had made his promise to her.” Bache pretty soon decided that she wanted to offer to take Duffy to the cemetery on any Sunday
she was available. And, after she took to social media about her encounter with him, some of her equally big-hearted colleagues responded. Generous offers of help came from Sergeant Judy Robinson, SC1C Liane Scutter and senior constables Natascha Hicks and Emma Radinovic. Says Hicks: “I found his commitment and dedication to his wife incredible and I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure he was able to continue. “I haven’t come across anybody else with such love and dedication over so many years.” For Scutter, part of her motivation to help was her own background as a soldier. “It made me feel sad that an ex-serviceman, who served his country, had no one local to help him. I’m a firm believer in helping other diggers out.” So, with her colleagues prepared to pitch in as good Samaritan drivers for Duffy, Bache planned to devise a roster. But she would first have to run the idea past the five cops’ future passenger. He had, after all, only met Bache three days earlier. “I went and spoke to him,” she recalls. “I said: ‘I’ve got a group of us who are happy to pick you up every Sunday. If I organize a roster, do you want us to do that?
“He was waiting out the front of his house at exactly 10am,” she says. “He was wearing a suit and his service medals and carrying a bunch of beautiful flowers. “I quickly learned that he dressed in his Sunday best each visit and always took flowers for his wife. “On the few times I took Tony to his wife’s grave, I truly felt I was making a positive difference to his day.”
“… they gave up hours and hours of their private time to help someone in genuine need.” “He said: ‘Yeah, that’d be great.’ And that’s how it started.” Duffy was as grateful for the offer as he was for the lift Bache had stopped to give him the previous Sunday. “She said that it (the arrangement) would cost me nothing and that I could take my time there (at the cemetery),” he remembers. “She also said: ‘By the way, we’re the police.’ I was quite surprised and, when I mentioned it to one or two friends of mine, they were quite surprised as well.” So, to ferry Duffy to the cemetery, Bache drew up a schedule which she and her colleagues would work to in their own time. The five women got to work immediately, each turning up on her rostered Sunday to take Duffy to the cemetery and back home again. And they all stuck to their charitable mission for the next eight months, until June 2018. “Basically, between the five of us, we were each doing about the same, taking Tony once every five weeks,” Bache explains. Emma Radinovic still remembers the first Sunday she was rostered to drive Duffy.
Facing page: Duffy and wife Sylvia on the dance floor at a holiday camp in North Wales in the early 1960s; top: Duffy with four of the Bache five – SC1C Liane Scutter, Sgt Judy Robinson, SC1C Narelle Bache and Snr Const Emma Radinovic; above: Bache helps Duffy to place roses by Sylvia’s grave.
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support Bache got from her mates looked just like the kind of back-up they would have given her in a police incident. “On the one hand, I was very surprised that the others were so willing to help,” she says. “But, on the other hand, it didn’t surprise me, because I have some very good friends.” In fact, for Judy Robinson, Bache was the inspiration to volunteer her time. “I did it to help Narelle because she has a huge heart, and many hands make light work,” she says. “Tony was a very lucky man to have had her cross his path that day.” None of the five cops plays a part in driving Duffy any longer. In June this year, a group of current and former service people took over the task of getting him to and from the cemetery. Police Association president Mark Carroll speaks of the actions of the Bache five as exceptional. “These members of ours are shining examples to recruits and, for that matter, the wider community,” he says. “As if their day-to-day professional role, delivering a police service, wasn’t enough. On top of that, they gave up hours and hours of their private time to help someone in genuine need. “And they kept their deed quiet. They sought none of the recognition they deserve, but I congratulate them wholeheartedly.” Bache estimates that, in the end, she and the others likely undertook the 14km round trip with Duffy around 10 times each. And all insist that they would do it all over again. But each rejects any suggestion that her actions were saintly or even worthy of special acknowledgement. Says Bache: “It’s just what a normal human being would do for another human being. If you’ve got half a conscience, or you half care for other people, why wouldn’t you do it?” December 2018
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to civilian life, he met Sylvia, who would become his wife. “We both used to work at the post office in Coventry in the middle of England,” he says. “She was a telephonist in the exchange and I used to work in the sorting office.” Coventry was home to Duffy: he had been born and raised there in the 1930s. And, within only a few years, the war had started, and Britain fell victim to the Blitz. Duffy still has a childhood memory of the eight months of German air raids which devastated London and other British towns and ports. After he and Sylvia married in 1959, the couple had three children before the family immigrated to Australia in 1973. “Over there, I had lost a couple of jobs because companies were closing down,” he recalls. “Over here, I got a job straight away at Holden. I was there for about four years.” Duffy went on to work in a woodyard where, at times, he applied his talent to furniture-making. In 1996, Sylvia died of deep-vein thrombosis. Duffy had promised her that, in life, he would never leave her. Today, with the help of current and former service people, he still holds to that promise with time at her grave every Sunday. PJ
“I haven’t come across anybody else with such love and dedication over so many years.”
Top left: Duffy in his uniform at RAF Hospital Halton in 1956; top right: at the cemetery with roses to place at Sylvia’s grave; above: on their wedding day in Coventry in September 1959 as Sylvia holds the red roses.
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“I remember calling up (Comms) again and saying: ‘We need help here right now! We need firies! We can’t get him out!’ ”
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ONSCIOUS BUT BADLY INJURED AND IN PAIN, THE TRAPPED YOUNG DRIVER FACED AN AGONIZING DEATH BY FIRE IN HIS CRASHED, SMOKE-FILLED CAR. The Falcon sedan had run off the road and onto a Smithfield roundabout where it had slammed head-on into a Stobie pole back in 2013. It was around 4 o’clock on a Saturday morning in a residential area but it seemed the crash had not stirred the neighbours. No one had yet emerged from any nearby home to help the imperilled driver. His only hope of rescue lay in two junior Elizabeth street cops on night shift. Constables Nicole Waterson and Dennis Geraghty (then a probationer) were approaching the large, shrub-filled roundabout in their patrol car. As they drew nearer to the scene of the crash, at the intersection of Curtis and Coventry roads, Geraghty could see smoke rising up from the roundabout. “We were heading south and we’ve gone: ‘What the hell’s that?’ ” Geraghty recalls. “As
we got closer to where the road levels out, we could see the car against the Stobie pole.” That first view the officers had of the silver Falcon was side-on, which gave them a clear impression of the impact of the crash. The engine bay of the now wrecked car had crumpled around the Stobie pole all the way up to the dashboard. Says Geraghty: “He’d hit (the pole) with such impact that the motor had basically pushed to the side and the whole centre of the car had split.” As their first move, Geraghty and Waterson wisely drove all the way around the roundabout to check for dangling power lines and any other hazards. They found the surrounding area clear and so pulled up around 20 metres from the smoking wreck. Waterson quickly alerted the Communications Centre to the crash and called for firies to attend. At the same time, Geraghty jumped out of the patrol car and trekked across the roundabout toward the wreckage.
He had recognized the Falcon, with its distinctive black pinstriping, at the moment he first caught sight of it. Geraghty and Waterson had seen it at a disturbance they attended at Elizabeth Park less than an hour earlier. Now, as it sat mangled on the roundabout, nothing was visible through its tinted windows and cabin full of grey-white smoke. “You literally couldn’t see more than four inches into the car,” Geraghty recalls. So, initially, he could not even tell if anyone was trapped or, worse still, dead behind the wheel. But, as Geraghty got closer, he could hear the sound of desperate cries and realized that someone was indeed inside the car. He went straight up to the driver’s window, saw the trapped driver and instantly recognized him from the earlier disturbance. “The reality was, when I walked up to the car, I was shocked that I could hear someone,” Geraghty says. “I thought: ‘Shit, this guy’s alive!’ And he was in some serious trouble. The (driver’s) seat was in the windscreen.” Geraghty pushed the inflated driver’s airbag down to see if he could spot anyone in the front passenger seat. But the smoke was simply too thick for the eye to penetrate, so Geraghty appealed to the driver. “I said: ‘Mate, is anyone else with you?’ but he wasn’t making any sense at that stage,” Geraghty says. “I knew (his partner) had a couple of kids so my concern was whether there were kids in the car. So I ducked around to check in the passenger side and in the back seat.” Geraghty found no one else in the car and so charged back around to the driver’s side door, which he tried several
Facing page: Constables Nicole Waterson and Dennis Geraghty.
times to yank open. It would not budge until he positioned his feet up on the rear passenger door for leverage as he pulled on the driver’s door. Finally, it flung open, allowing Geraghty to lean some way into the car. He could now see the engine sitting partially in the cabin and the steering wheel hard up against the driver’s chest. But even more alarming were flames which he could see rising up from the centre console. The driver began screaming in pain and yelling: “Get me out! Get me out!” Geraghty tried to pull him out of his twisted seat but the driver was jammed in and seemingly immovable. The situation was now at crisis point and demanded split-second decision-making of the two officers. They had to consider that fitted to the Falcon was an LPG tank with, of course, the potential to explode. And, if the tank did not explode, the entire car could still burst into flames if the fire in the centre console was to get ahold. In either scenario, the driver would surely have died. So, wrenching him out of the car might have seemed the only option, but that ran the risk of worsening his injuries. And the flames in the console were starting to burn his legs. Says Geraghty: “I was thinking: ‘If I douse it (the fire), I’m going to buy some time until I’ve got MFS and paramedics here.’ I thought he would have to have spinal injuries, would have to have broken legs.” In any case, it was for the two junior cops to decide what to do – in an instant. Geraghty called on Waterson to grab the fire extinguisher from the police car boot. “I’d never really tried to undo the fire extinguisher before but I yanked it out,” Waterson says. “It felt like it took forever but it was probably only a split-second.” As Waterson grabbed the extinguisher, Geraghty leaned over the driver to try to release his seatbelt. In that endeavour, he moved his hand directly through flames but got no reward for his effort. Neither he nor Waterson could find the seatbelt buckle. It had likely wound up wedged between the seat and console and become inaccessible to the rescuing cops.
So, then, with the fire extinguisher from the patrol car, Geraghty tried to douse the flames rising up from the console. “It put (the flames) out for a splitsecond,” he says, “but they came back straightaway.” And applying the extinguisher left Geraghty with a backwash of smoke and powder directly in his face and mouth. Yet, in that moment in which the fire wound up temporarily doused, he and Waterson again tried to, but could not, get the driver’s seatbelt released. Says Waterson: “That (seatbelt) was doing its job keeping him in the car, I guess, but we couldn’t pull him out. “I remember calling up (Comms) again and saying: ‘We need help here right now! We need firies! We can’t get him out!’ And the Comms operator said: ‘Yeah, we’re sending back up to you.’ “I remember Dennis saying something on the radio, too. We were just getting a bit desperate.” Geraghty, in his transmission, stressed the point that the driver was simply going to die if he and Waterson could not free him. “They’re gurus,” Geraghty says of the Comms operators. “I said: ‘The car’s getting more and more flames,’ and the Comms guy said: ‘Yeah, I've got everyone coming to you.’ ” Just then, the two officers spotted a security guard passing by in his car. They yelled out to him to stop and hand them his fire extinguisher. “He ended up grabbing it for me and I ran back over to the car with it,” Waterson says. But, by now, the flames were rising even higher and unlikely to die out from a spray of the security guard’s small extinguisher. Waterson gave it a shot but the device had no impact on the fire. “I just ditched it,” she says, “and I said to Dennis: ‘We need to get him out now!’ We both just knew we were going to have to do it one way or another.” Flames, which Geraghty could feel on his legs, were now emerging from underneath the Falcon. Inside the car, the flames had grown more fierce and were licking at the roof. Continued page 26 April 2017
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he Police Journal added to its trophy cabinet this year with its eighth international publishing award in four years, and national recognition as well. And the United States was again the country in which the journal earned its most glowing critiques – at the Trade, Association and Business Publications International awards (Tabbies). The Killing of Ting Fang (April 2017), a compelling 10-page cover story, won silver in the Feature Article category in July. The judging comments, published online, read: “This gritty feature keeps readers moving from its strong lead to satisfying finish. What a masterfully packaged — albeit tragic — read.” Police Journal editor Brett Williams wrote the story, which focussed on the Major Crime investigation into the murder of Sydney sex worker Ting Fang in Adelaide. Williams drew on in-depth interviews he undertook with Detective Brevet Sergeant Damian Britton, who led the investigation, and Major Crime boss Detective Superintendent Des “Doc” Bray. “The Major Crime investigators give me so much co-operation and input whenever I work on stories about their cases,” Williams says. “And this story was no different. “Those detectives are extremely busy people enquiring into some of Australia’s most horrific crimes, and yet they still make time to support the journal. “So I was delighted for them when we got word out of Ohio that we had won the award. It was, after all, for a story about their work. “And, although we’d won five Tabbie awards over the last few years, I still found myself shocked – for the sixth time.” The Tabbie Awards drew almost 400 entries from the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa. Other recognition the Police Journal received at the Tabbies was an honourable mention in the category of Best Single Issue.
That honour was for the same issue (April 2017) which featured The Killing of Ting Fang as its cover story. It scored a top-10 placing among publications from South Africa, the United States, Australia and the UK. Other Police Association members who contributed to the April 2017 issue were Brevet Sergeant Nicole Waterson and SC1C Dennis Geraghty for the story Willingly into the blaze. The Police Journal has now won eight international awards for journalism and design since 2014. On the national scene, the journal was a finalist in the Single Article of the Year category at the Publish Awards in Sydney in September. The cover story Torture and violence on another level (February 2018) had been shortlisted along with two features from The Australian Women’s Weekly and one from Wheels magazine. Police Association members Detective Brevet Sergeant Mark Young and SC1C Viv Pitman took part in interviews for the 11-page feature, about an extreme case of prolonged domestic violence. Judges awarded the story a high commendation. “To receive that honour, when you’re up against some of the biggest players in Australian publishing, was really pleasing,” journal editor Brett Williams says. “And remember that we’d have none of these successes without our members, who give us their time, their support and, of course, their stories.” Police Association president Mark Carroll made the point that the journal had averaged two international awards per year since 2014. “There’s simply no question that our Police Journal is a pacesetter with a coveted international reputation among publishers and readers,” he says. “And I can’t overstate the importance of our members – those who generously contribute to our content, as well as those we set out to entertain and inform. “It’s their publication, and it’s our duty to provide a magazine of the highest quality. And the awards would indicate that we’ve done that.” PJ
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And they remember the offending as the worst they had ever investigated.
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Letters to the editor can be sent by: Regular mail Police Journal, PO Box 6032, Halifax St, Adelaide SA 5000 Email editor@pasa.asn.au Fax (08) 8212 2002 Internal dispatch Police Journal 168
PJ articles prompt tears As if the August articles (How deep the mental suffering) were not moving enough, they were followed up with Death the expectation in October. These articles bring tears to my eyes. I hope the Australian public does appreciate the trauma, or potential trauma, our operational members face every shift. My heart broke for the police in the recent Bourke St (Melbourne) terrorist attack. Perhaps that type of image will bring home to everyone what patrols face. So glad the Police Association has their backs.
How deep the mental suffering Many cops pay a high mental and emotional price for what they see and respond to in policing. Two Police Association members outline their experiences and their battle to recover.
By Brett Williams
Senior Constable 1C Lauren McSorley (left) and Senior Constable Tash Smith.
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MORE THAN JUST BRICKS & MORTAR
MORE THAN JUST BRICKS & MORTAR A History and Reference Book of South Australia Police Stations
John White
Police Stations South Australia 1838 to 2018 & Northern Territory 1870 to 1911
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Police history book fascinating I congratulate former deputy commissioner John White on his mammoth undertaking of compiling the history of SA and NT police stations for his book More Than Just Bricks & Mortar. My wife, Ann, and I found it fascinating. During our time out country, we occupied the old Wallaroo post and telegraph office in 1962, when it became a police residence. From August 1963 to April 1966 we were stationed at Blinman. We had some tough times, but we managed and now look back with a lot of fond memories. It was good to see a chapter in the book dedicated to police station wives and partners. Ann thought she had it tough but reading of some of those earlier police officers’ wives, particularly in the far north, west coast and the Nullarbor, makes one’s mind boggle. While a member of the Police Historical Society, I interviewed a Bill Virgo and his sister Mary Noonan. They were the children of William Vincent Virgo, a police officer from 1914 to 1948.
William was stationed at Blinman. Bill and Mary told of a diphtheria epidemic and how the Blinman police premises became a hospital for affected children and the mothers worked around the clock nursing them. Bill himself contracted the illness; and the remedy: the throat was painted with kerosene. Ann and I now live in a retirement village and have become friendly with the daughter of former SAPOL commissioned officer Harry Breuer. He was also my inspector when stationed at Gawler. His daughter has spoken of Harry and her mother meeting when he was stationed as a single man at Innamincka. Her mother was then a nurse there at the Bush Nursing Inland Hospital. The daughter is a writer with an interest in history and I’ve recommended More Than Just Bricks & Mortar to her. It’s great. Regards John Greet Senior Constable (ret)
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he Police Association recently issued a Notice of Dispute Stage 3 in respect of the workload and staffing at Southern Child and Family Investigation Section, the lack of consistency between districts, and the necessity for a response function. The association has been consulting with SAPOL in respect of this issue since September. We provided a submission – on behalf of the members of southern CFIS – to promote discussion about the ongoing review of systems and structures in SAPOL. Association members have expressed concern about the allocation of extra duties not previously conducted by the section – including major indictable domestic violence, extra familial, ANCOR and the investigation of child deaths. This occurred when the DPM became operational in July. Members have described this level of investigation allocation to CFIS as “unsustainable and unrealistic”, and indicated that it has affected their health, safety and welfare. The association has urged SAPOL to reassess the risk management objectives of the district policing model. Where risks to health and safety are identified, the hierarchy of controls should be implemented immediately. SAPOL has argued that the staffing of the Southern District CFIS is on par with the numbers on a shift-by-shift basis at the former Sturt and South Coast LSAs.
Comments regarding a lack of specialization is a common theme through coronial inquests and royal commissions.
But does this statement recognize the significant size of the Southern District and the boundary changes? The size of the district has led to increased travel time to conduct investigations and perform the response function. The response function further increases overdue case management, police incident report investigations, child abuse report line notifications and family safety work referrals. It also interferes with external agency interaction (both government and non-government). The previous staffing of the LSA sections may no longer be relevant and the district staffing should be adjusted to meet the increased workload, and the delay in investigation processes (owing to the time taken to travel long distances). SAPOL has also flagged its intentions to transfer staff through investigation response, Child and Family Investigation Section and Volume Crime Section functions. Child abuse and domestic violence investigations are highly accountable fields of investigation. Members who want to work in these areas should not be subject to a forced transfer. Comments regarding a lack of specialization is a common theme through coronial inquests and royal commissions. Recommendation 7 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse specifically addressed police investigations. It concluded that:
Each Australian government should ensure that its policing agency conducts investigations of reports of child sexual abuse, including institutional child sexual abuse, in accordance with the following principles: • While recognising the complexity of police rosters, staffing and transfers, police should recognise the benefit to victims and their families and survivors of continuity in police staffing and should take steps to facilitate, to the extent possible, continuity in police staffing on an investigation of a complaint. • Police should recognise the importance to victims and their families and survivors of police maintaining regular communication with them to keep them informed of the status of their report and any investigation unless they have asked not to be kept informed. • Particularly in relation to historical allegations of institutional child sexual abuse, police who assess or provide an investigative response to allegations should be trained to: – be non-judgmental and recognise that many victims of child sexual abuse will go on to develop substance abuse and mental health problems, and some may have a criminal record – focus on the credibility of the complaint or allegation rather than focusing only on the credibility of the complainant. The Social Development Committee – Inquiry into Domestic and Family Violence (SA Government 2015) highlighted the importance of a national and cross-jurisdictional approach to ensure consistency across borders and remote communities. (To carry out the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.) Continued page 41 December 2018
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even deaths and a miscarriage were attributed to a recent outbreak of listeria which came from contaminated rockmelons grown and packed on a NSW farm. And one in three Australians is either at risk of getting the potentially fatal listeria infection themselves, or lives in a household with someone at risk. This is according to research released by the Food Safety Information Council last month. Around 80 cases of listeriosis are reported in Australia each year and it can be a very severe illness. Serious listeria disease mainly affects the elderly, pregnant women and their unborn and newborn babies. It also affects people on medication (cancer treatment or steroids) or with weakened immune systems owing to illness (diabetes, kidney disease, liver disease and HIV infection). Eating foods that contain listeria does not cause illness in most people, but some do become sick. Babies can be born with listeriosis if their mothers eat contaminated food during pregnancy. Listeria comes from bacteria first described in rabbits in 1924. It was also shown to exist in humans, as well as other animals, and got its name, listeria, in the 1940s. However, its significance in pregnancy and some newborn infections was not realized until the 1950s. Listeria has been found in at least 37 animal species, both domesticated
Listeria is commonly found in the environment (such as soil). Unlike many other bacteria, listeria is unusual because the bacteria grow in the refrigerator.
and feral, as well as 17 species of birds, fish and shellfish. It is quite hardy and resists the effects of freezing, drying, and heat remarkably well. The transmission from animals to humans through contaminated food was first described in the 1980s. Then, more than 40 people died from eating coleslaw contaminated with sheep manure, and now we realize that listeria is a major risk with uncooked food. It has been associated with raw milk, pasteurized fluid milk, cheeses (particularly soft-ripened varieties), ice cream, raw vegetables, fermented rawmeat sausages, raw and cooked poultry, raw meats, and raw and smoked fish. Listeria is commonly found in the environment (such as soil). Unlike many other bacteria, listeria is unusual because the bacteria grow in the refrigerator. The bacteria will survive to 0 degrees Celsius, so food stored in the fridge will not kill the infection. The manifestations of listeriosis include septicaemia and meningitis. Pregnant women generally experience mild symptoms but infections during the pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, stillbirth or infection of the newborn baby. Surviving neonates of foetomaternal listeriosis might suffer from physical retardation. The illness in adults commonly presents with mild gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea. The onset time to serious forms of listeria might, after eating contaminated food, range from a few days to three weeks (average time 21 days but has been up to 70 days). The bacteria are absorbed through the intestine. Listeria is then capable of spreading into the brain and transplacental migration (crossing through the placenta) to the foetus in pregnant women.
In cases of listeric meningitis, the overall mortality might reach 70 per cent. The figure in cases of natal/ neonatal infections might be greater than 80 per cent, and septicaemia 50 per cent. When infections during pregnancy occur, the mother usually survives. Listeriosis does not spread from person to person. To protect yourself from an infection, always wash your hands, knives and chopping boards with warm, soapy water before and after handling raw foods, and between handling different kinds of food. To avoid spread to other foods, keep your fridge clean and clean up any spills. Because listeria bacteria can be found on fruit and vegetables grown in soil, wash those fruit and vegetables, including herbs, especially before eating them raw. Food preparation remains a possible cross-contaminant so keep raw food separate from cooked and ready-to-eat food. Use separate cutting boards and knives for each type of food. Always wrap or cover food to prevent its contamination by bacteria. Listeria bacteria are killed by heating, so cook all foods thoroughly. Reheat high-risk or leftover food until it is steaming hot all the way through. Listeria bacteria can survive and grow at low temperatures. Keep your fridge as cold as possible (below 5C) without freezing the food. Refrigerate all food, including leftovers, as soon as the food is cool enough to touch. Throw out food left at room temperature for long periods (more than four hours), especially in summer. Defrost frozen food in your fridge or microwave, rather than on the bench. Continued page 41 December 2018
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Jim Barnett
Model ZB Holden Commodore Liftback and Sportwagon. Pricing $33,690 - $55,990. Drivetrains 2.0-litre turbo petrol with FWD and nine-speed auto, 2.0-litre turbo diesel FWD eight-speed auto, 3.6-litre V6 petrol nine-speed auto AWD. Safety Six airbags, autonomous braking, lane departure and lane-keep assist, rear camera. Infotainment Seven- or eight-inch colour touch screen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, full iPod integration and Siri Eyes Free. Cargo space Sedan 490-1,450 litres, Sportwagon 560-1,665 litres. Fuel economy Fuel economy varies between engine and body style: 2.0-litre turbo four from 7.4 litres/100km, V6 from 8.9 litres/100km and diesel from 5.6 litres/100km. Service Every 12,000/12 months ($259 - $369).
while the diesel has an eight-speed auto. Pricing kicks off at $33,690 (LT 2.0-litre) topping out at $55,990 for the sporty VXR V6 AWD (SS replacement). Base LT comes well-equipped with auto headlamps and wipers, LED daytime running lights, passive entry with pushbutton start and parking assistance. Autonomous emergency braking, lanekeeping assistance and lane-departure warning are also standard. Calais-V and VXR up the ante with adaptive LED matrix headlights, 20-inch alloys, heated front and rear seats, 360-degree camera, Bose premium audio with DAB+, colour head-up display and sunroof. The new dash and console layout has a more luxurious appearance, particularly in upper models. The dash is low, and a smaller A-pillar provides better visibility than VF.
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DESIGN AND FUNCTION The latest imported and the last Aussie-built Commodores have nothing in common except the name. The muscular, athletic appearance of the VF series has made way for contemporary European styling. ZB is available in sedan (Liftback) and wagon (Sportwagon) body styles. The new sedan has a coupe-style profile reminiscent of many overseas sedans. The result is a long tailgate as opposed to VF’s short boot lid, hence the Liftback label. 24
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Sadly, the V8 is dead, and so is rear-wheel drive. Instead, Commodore comes with three drivetrain options (depending on model). There’s a 2.0-litre turbo petrol four or 2.0-litre turbo diesel, each with front-wheel drive, or a 3.6-litre V6 petrol with all-wheel drive. Engineers have squeezed 191kW out of the turbo four, but it requires 95-RON petrol. The V6 punches out a healthy 235kW while the diesel produces 125kW but has the most torque at 400Nm. Both petrol engines feature a new nine-speed automatic transmission
Old and new nothing alike
ZB Holden Commodore
Calais-V Liftback is an elegant looking car that’s a pleasure to sit in and drive. All seats are very comfortable. The power-adjustable driver’s seat even has a massage function. The small leather-bound steering wheel has a flat bottom and buttons for numerous functions. The head-up display is excellent with adjustments for height, brightness and various information. The new US-built 3.6-V6 is superb. It generates stacks of power with the ability to accelerate rapidly. The ninespeed paddle-shifter auto provides smooth shifting with most changes going unnoticed. Under harsh acceleration, fast upshifts keep the power coming. Calais-V offers good ride characteristics although its Continental tyres do emit some road noise on harsh bitumen. Cornering is confident assisted by its automatic AWD system with torque vectoring.
DESIGN AND FUNCTION Hyundai has revamped the interior and exterior styling of its Tuscon fiveseat SUV for 2019. There’s also additional equipment, improved safety and a standalone tablet-style multimedia system fitted across the range. The new four-model line-up (Go, Active X, Elite and Highlander) is priced between $28,150 and $48,800. Go, Active X and Elite come with a 2.0-litre (122kW) petrol engine with FWD and six-speed manual or automatic transmissions. Optional on Elite and standard on Highlander is a 1.6-litre (130kW) turbo four with AWD and seven-speed DCT transmission. Optional on all models is a 2.0-litre (136kW/400Nm) turbo diesel, AWD, eight-speed auto combination. Tuscon’s freshened-up body has a smart, youthful appearance enhanced with a bold new grille, sloping roofline, shark-fin antenna and tailgate spoiler.
There’s ample seating for five in comfort and plenty of storage options. Rear seats feature a split/fold design and easily fold level with the cargo floor. All models score a cargo blind and a full-size spare beneath the floor. The new stand-alone multimedia screen, which features Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, sits above the dash. It’s easier to read than most in-dash units and leaves the dashboard uncluttered. Optional on Go and Active X and standard on upper models is a full suite of driver assistance technologies including forward collision avoidance, blind spot, rear crosstraffic, lane-keeping assistance and driverattention warning.
DRIVING Active X AWD diesel has a neat and clean dash layout and features the larger eightinch vertically mounted touch screen. It features satellite navigation and DAB+ radio hooked up to Infinity speakers.
Good Aussie input
Hyundai Tucson SUV The perforated leather trim looks classy. Drivers score a height adjuster and lumbar support and benefit from tilt and telescopic steering. Visibility and general ergonomics are excellent. The 2.0-litre diesel is a particularly sweet engine. It’s super smooth and quiet for a diesel and its high torque output offers brisk acceleration along with effortless highway cruising and hill-climbing abilities. The eight-speed auto provides extremely smooth shift qualities. Considerable Australian testing and design input ensures Tuscon delivers quality ride and handling characteristics. Very smooth and quiet, it remains flat and predictable in corners. The AWD system automatically provides the best possible traction in all conditions with the addition of a manually operated lock button for low-speed work.
Model Hyundai Tucson five-seat SUV. Pricing $28,150 (Go manual FWD) - $48,800 (Highlander AWD diesel). Drivetrains 2.0-litre (122kw) petrol FWD with six-speed manual or auto, 1.6-litre (130kW) turbo-petrol AWD with seven-speed DCT, 2.0-litre (136kW) turbo diesel AWD with eight-speed auto. Safety Six airbags, rear-view camera, daytime running lights standard all models, full suite of driver assistance technologies optional on Go and Active X and standard on Elite and Highlander. Fuel economy 7.8-7.9 (2.0-litre petrol), 7.7 (1.6-litre turbo petrol) and 6.4 litres/100km (turbo diesel). Cargo capacity 488 – 1,478 litres. Warranty Five years unlimited km. Servicing Every 12 months or 15,000km (every 10,000km for turbo petrol), prices vary between $275 and $505 depending on model and kms.
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Paul Modra, Executive Manager – Member Value and Distribution, Police Credit Union
With solid results, Police Credit Union right behind its members W
hile police continue to make the world around us better, we at Police Credit Union focus on making your banking experience better, so you can benefit from the strength of our association. As a credit union, we pour all our profits back into member benefits, so it is important to us that we continue to grow and improve so that we can provide a service that is second to none because if anyone deserves it, you do. We are proud to say that we have achieved another year of strong performance across the board. From our record high 93.15% customer satisfaction rating, to our solid financial results that have seen us deliver an after-tax group profit of $4.47 million, we stand strong behind you. Regardless of the current and challenging economic conditions that we find ourselves in, we remain unwavering in our commitment to helping our members achieve their financial goals. More than this, we know that we are in a solid financial position to do so – our 10.3% asset growth is further proof of this. As we continue our Better Banking journey, we continue to help you reach your financial goals and aspirations
while demonstrating our core values of superior customer service, honesty, integrity, financial prudence and a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility. We are well placed to continue to provide for the financial needs of our members. Unlike the major banks, our shareholders are our members, many of whom are from the local police community, and our profits are poured back into member value and community and environmental initiatives. In fact, our member value figure for the 12-month period reached $255 per member and we also reached a record level spend of more than $450,000 in community engagement initiatives in the past financial year alone. These funds have seen Police Credit Union support: • The Credit Union Christmas Pageant for the last 23 years. • Ride Like Crazy from its inception, all the way up until its last ride in January this year. • Crime Stoppers South Australia. • Police Link. • Healthy Wealthy & Wise movie nights and seminars for the police community. After committing to the strategic decision in 2006 to reduce our carbon emissions by five per cent every year,
From our record high 93.15% customer satisfaction rating, to our solid financial results that have seen us deliver an aftertax group profit of $4.47 million, we stand strong behind you.
we have worked hard to reach 100% carbon neutral status in 2018, two years ahead of schedule. Each year we calculated our carbon emissions to determine how we could improve, finding that the purchase of carbon offsets had a significant impact on our status. Today, we can proudly report that we have neutralized and offset more than 2,540 tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere. Without you, our members, we would cease to exist. It is your loyalty, support, confidence and constructive feedback that means we can continue to strive for better. Our Better Banking promise means an unwillingness to accept mediocrity and we wear that like a badge of honour.
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ecoming a parent is one of the most magical moments of your life, but with all the joy a newborn brings comes a weight of responsibility. You are now a mum or a dad, responsible for making sure your little one is taken care of, no matter what. Do you have a clear plan in place if you or your partner dies unexpectedly? Who will look after and raise your child, as his or her legal guardian? Do you know for sure that your partner and child will be taken care of financially after your death? Will your assets be distributed to the people to whom you want them distributed? The only way you can be sure of all these things is to have a valid, up-todate will. Having a will is one of the kindest things you can do for your family, while the consequences of not having one are many. Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers is delighted to offer 2-4-1 wills* to all new and expecting parents, including Police Association members and their families. Whether it’s your first child or the latest member to an already growing family, we want to help you get set up for the future.
Having a will is one of the kindest things you can do for your family, while the consequences of not having one are many.
Starting a family brings significant change and is a time when many people re-evaluate their wills and estate arrangements. As head of Tindall Gask Bentley’s wills and estates team, I answer common questions asked by couples who are about to start a family.
I’m pregnant, do I need a will? Absolutely. One of the main reasons people have a will is because they have dependants who they want to look after if they were to die. A will ensures that a trusted individual (or individuals) is given the role of executor, who manages the assets and arrangements according to the person’s wishes. There’s probably no better time to prepare your will than when you are pregnant and about to bring a dependant into your life.
What should I think about putting in my will? When you prepare a will, you need to decide who your assets will be given to. Consideration also needs to be given to what your assets are, including superannuation and life insurance entitlements. Also, assets that you might think are yours might not actually be part of your estate, such as a house which is in joint names. It is important to get legal advice about this. The other main decision is who to appoint as your executor. That is a person (or people) who administers your will and ensures that your assets go where you want them to go. This is a particularly important role if you have young children, because that person acts as their trustee and looks after their inheritance until they become adults.
People often appoint guardians for their children in the will and include other wishes such as whether they would like to be buried or cremated.
I did a will a few years ago, do I need to update it? You might need to. It is important to turn your mind to the provisions in your will, because circumstances might change along with your wishes. If the will was prepared before marriage or having children, then it is likely to need an update to include these family members. It is also quite possible that you might have prepared a will that already contemplates the fact that you might have children in the future, but it is important to review your situation and make any necessary amendments.
Can I make my will while I’m pregnant, or do I need to wait until after my baby is born? It’s actually preferable to make the will while you are pregnant because you will naturally have more time on your hands to prioritize it. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know the gender or name of the child, because the person in charge of drafting the will can write it in a way that allows for your baby, along with any other future children.
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Believe Me JP Delaney Hachette Australia, $32.99
I’m just an actress. I wanted to stand on a stage and have people applaud. How on earth did I get into all this? Claire Wright likes to play other people. A struggling British actress, in New York without a green card, Wright needs work. She takes the only part she’s offered: a decoy for a firm of divorce lawyers, hired to entrap straying husbands, catching them on tape with their seductive propositions. The rules? Never hit on them directly. Make it clear you’re available, but they have to proposition you, not the other way around. The firm is after evidence, not entrapment. The innocent should have nothing to hide. Then the game changes. When the police start investigating one of Wright’s targets for murdering his wife – and potentially others too – they ask her to help lure their suspect into a confession. Wright can do this. She assumes a voice and an attitude, something from an old film noir. A masterclass in deception. But who’s deceiving whom? And that’s when Wright realizes she’s playing the deadliest role of her life.
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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Missing in Action
Marianne Van Velzen Allen & Unwin, $32.99
By the end of World War I, 45,000 Australians had died on the Western Front. Some bodies had been hastily buried mid-battle in massed graves. Others were mutilated beyond recognition. Often men were simply listed as “missing in action” because nobody knew for sure. Lieutenant Robert Burns was one of the missing and, now that the guns had fallen silent, his father wanted to know what had become of his son. He wasn’t the only one looking for answers. A loud clamour arose from Australia for information and the need for the dead to be buried respectfully. Many of the Australians charged with the grizzly task of finding and reburying the dead were deeply flawed. Each had his own reasons for preferring to remain in France instead of returning home. In the end, there was a great scandal, with allegations of “body hoaxing” and gross misappropriation of money and army possessions leading to two highly secretive enquiries. Untold until now, Missing in Action is the compelling and unexpected story of those dark days and darker deeds and a father’s desperate search for his son’s remains.
Take Me In
Sabine Durrant Hachette Australia, $29.99
A hot beach. A young family on a holiday. A fatal moment of inattention. And, now, Dave Jepsom is in their lives. Jepsom, with his muscles, his pale eyes, his expressionless face.
Stranger on the Bridge
Jonny Benjamin & Britt Pfulger Pan Macmillan, $32.99
Jonny was standing on Waterloo Bridge with the intention of ending his life. A stranger came to his side, listened to him calmly and helped guide him to safety. This moving memoir reveals what led Jonny to the bridge and explores his ongoing relationship with his health and happiness. It follows Jonny’s story from childhood, including heartrendering extracts from his adolescent diaries, and charts his gradual acceptance of his diagnosis with schizoaffective disorder. The book also celebrates Jonny’s discovery of his life’s work: campaigning for better mental-health awareness to help others, which has led to his positive impact on tens of thousands of people throughout the world.
He saved their child. How can they ever repay him? Especially as what he seems to want in return is everything. He’s in the streets they walk down. He’s at the office where they work. He’s at their front door, leaning on the bell. If only they could go back. Back to when the lies were still hidden. Before the holiday, before the beach, before the moment that changed everything. Before Jepsom. But it’s never how it starts that matters. It’s always how it ends.
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The Tall Man
Phoebe Locke Hachette Australia, $29.99
A senseless murder. A terrifying legend. A family haunted. 1990: In the darkest woods, three girls go looking for the Tall Man. 2000: A young mother disappears, leaving behind her husband and baby daughter. 2018: A teenage girl is charged with murder, and her trial will shock the world. Three chilling events connected by one shadowy figure. The Tall Man is coming.
Holmes and Watson
Season commences December 26
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace.
Cooktown
Andreas Heger Brio, $26.99
It’s 2011 and in a remote fishing village in far north Queensland, ex-special forces soldier Daniel Grey has just returned from a brutal tour of duty in Afghanistan. Unsure of what’s next, he’s sought out his old mentor and school rugby coach. He meets the coach’s beautiful wife, Maria, and their daughter Remy – a strange and reclusive girl with unusual gifts. Dealing with the loss of his former life and his best friend – along with some deeper wounds – Daniel now faces his toughest battle. In doing so, he has the chance to conquer old demons once and for all – and maybe help a new friend find her way in the world. Cooktown is a confronting and tender novel which unflinchingly examines the individual’s need for human closeness via unforgettable characters set adrift from society.
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They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim. Holmes and Watson stars Will Ferrell (Sherlock Holmes), John C Reilly (Dr Watson), Ralph Fiennes (Professor Moriarty), Rob Brydon (Inspector Lestrade), Hugh Laurie (Mycroft) and Kelly Macdonald (Mrs Hudson).
Vice
Season commences December 26
Governor George W Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. When Bush becomes victorious, Cheney uses his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world. Vice stars Christian Bale (Dick Cheney), Amy Adams (Lynne Cheney), Sam Rockwell (George W Bush) and Steve Carell (Donald Rumsfeld).
Mary Poppins Returns Season commences January 1
The mysterious Mary Poppins returns to Depression-era London to visit a now-grown up Jane and her brother Michael Banks, now a father of three. With her unique magical skills, she helps them rediscover the joy and wonder they knew as children. Mary Poppins Returns stars Emily Blunt (Mary Poppins), Colin Firth (William Weatherall Wilkins), Meryl Streep (Topsy) and Dick Van Dyke (Mr Dawes Jr).
Instant Family Season commences January 10
When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child but, when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight. Now, Pete and Ellie must try to learn the ropes of instant parenthood in the hope of becoming a family. Instant Family stars Mark Wahlberg (Pete) and Rose Byrne (Ellie).
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2017 Pinot Rosé
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The 2017 vintage in Tasmania showed excellent quality, although yields were slightly down from those in 2016, with balanced acidity and very good flavour aroma profiles across all wine styles. This Rosé wine was made from 100 per cent Pinot Noir specifically picked early from a single south-facing block. Deliberately made in an easy drinking style, this wine shows enticing flavours of strawberries and cranberries on the nose and palate and finishes crisp and dry. Best served chilled, it is ideal for informal entertaining over the Christmas period and would pair well with a wide range of foods, such as barbequed Tasmanian seafood. • Huon Hooke – 95 points. • 2019 James Halliday Wine Companion – 94 points.
2016 Pinot Noir Vintage 2011 is generally not considered as a very good vintage on the mainland. Tasmania, however, avoided the worst of the conditions, with the generally cooler weather proving particularly beneficial for premium sparkling wines such as this release.
Vintage 2016 was simply spectacular in Tasmania. Ideal growing conditions provided the basis for excellent quality fruit, with perfect balance between flavour and physiological ripeness.
It was produced in the traditional Champenoise (Champagne) method from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes and aged for more than five years on lees.
This cool climate Pinot Noir has a generous cherry and spice nose and an intense palate of dark and red cherries, blue fruits and hints of raspberry, supported by fine grained tannins.
The inviting bouquet shows Granny Smith apple and citrus, while the palate features white peach, more lemon and richer brioche flavours. Trademark Tasmanian acidity provides a crisp finish of excellent length.
Enjoyable now, this wine might also be confidently cellared.
While perfect as an aperitif, this wine can also be enjoyed with freshly shucked oysters.
• 2018 Decanter Asia Wine Awards – Platinum and Best in Show Medal. • 2018 AWC Vienna International Wine Competition – Gold Medal. • 2018 Royal Adelaide Wine Show – Gold Medal Class 39.
• 2019 James Halliday Wine Companion – 94 points. • 2018 Australian Sparkling Report – 93 points.
You can’t beat roast duck as a fantastic food match, although other alternatives could include pork or roast root vegetables.
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Peter Bryson Rob Clark Ian Downey John Hamilton Rod Hannam Geoff Lancaster Pat Lycett Trevor Marshall Mark Pedersen Michele Smith John Southon Trev Twilley Adrian Wood
Brevet Sergeant John Hamilton
Kadina Crime Scene Investigation 43 years’ service Last day: 22.07.18 Comments… “I thank the association and delegates for their efforts during my time in the job. “My 43 years have seen me stationed at Region B, Adelaide, Holden Hill, St Agnes and Para Hills before joining the Forensic Services Branch as a crime scene investigator. “I then went country to Whyalla, Port Pirie, Berri and my final years have been at Kadina. Going country was the best decision I ever made. “I thank everyone I have worked with during my time in the job and have met and made some great friends along the way. “I will miss all the great people that I have worked with and hope to see you on the road in my travels.”
Sergeant John Southon
Port Adelaide Police Station 18 years’ service Last day: 04.01.19 Comments… “The Police Association is an excellent organization without which SAPOL members would surely be disadvantaged. I have used the services offered by the association and am most appreciative of it. “I am thankful that SAPOL provided me with a rewarding and lucrative career at the age of 46 when I joined (the lucrative part I attribute to the association, not SAPOL). “I will miss the outstanding people of the organization. “Were it not for the influence of the association, members of SAPOL would still be working in the dark ages.” 38
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Detective Brevet Sergeant Mark Pedersen
Commercial & Electronic Crime Branch 42 years’ service Last day: 03.10.18 Comments… “I thank the association for its tireless efforts in securing the working conditions and remuneration we now enjoy. “After 42 years of service, I feel it is time to slow down and do the things that are important to me and my family. “I thank all the people I have worked with during this time and wish all members the best of luck for the future.”
Senior Constable 1C Trevor Marshall
Berri Police Station 32 years’ service Last day: 17.09.18 Comments… “I sincerely thank all association members and staff for the support and assistance they have provided me during my career. “I also extend my gratitude to the many friends and colleagues I have worked with over the past 32 years. “I have enjoyed my time in the job. There were by far many more good times than bad. “I feel privileged to have served as a police officer.”
Senior Constable 1C Geoff Lancaster
Specialist Tech Support Unit 38 years’ service Last day: 20.08.18 Comments… “I was able to experience so much and work with so many dedicated and professional people that, to me, it was a privilege to be allowed to. “I didn’t really have the desire to chase rank and promotion as I always believed leadership can be a quiet word in the corner. “It is with a very sad heart that I say goodbye to an organization that was very good to me and gave me experiences I will never forget. It also allowed me to meet some of the greatest friends I have and hope to have forever. “So I guess all that’s left is to say goodbye and thank you for the ride of a lifetime. I feel blessed to have been allowed to spend it with you all.”
Constable Adrian “Woody” Wood
Salisbury Police Station 43 years’ service Last day: 22.10.18 Comments… “I have had a great journey. I have met and worked with some brilliant people over my career in the Elizabeth and Salisbury stations and in the old BA Squad. “I am currently a property officer at Elizabeth and I wish all property officers good luck under the new DPM system and then, of course, Shield is coming. “Thanks to the Police Association for all its efforts over the years.”
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Sergeant Rob Clark
State Traffic Enforcement Unit 41 years’ service Last day: 24.10.18 Comments… “It has been an interesting ride over the years and I have sought specific help from the association on a couple of occasions and have been happy with the outcomes. “To all those who are left behind, it is a great job that has some big challenges facing it. “Just remember to look after yourselves.”
Traffic Intelligence and Planning Section 46 years’ service Last day: 24.10.18 Comments… “On Thursday, January 6, 1972 the journey began at Fort Largs. Course 39 commenced with 18 fresh-faced 17-year-olds straight out of school and seven not-so-fresh-faced 17-yearolds who had spent between six and 12 months as reserve cadets working in the canteen, the mess or the quartermaster’s store eagerly awaiting their course commencement day. “Over the three years, some dropped out, others accelerated from other courses and one passed away. On December 18, 1974, another 35 cadets were sworn in as probationary constables and began their journeys.
“I blinked and here I am at the other end of that journey. “I worked with some big, big characters along the way. I also worked with some absolute diamonds: Senior Sergeant Rex Greig (ret) and Sergeant Terry Kneale (ret) who looked after me in a time of personal need in the early 1990s. I am forever in their debt. “My first fortnightly pay cheque in 1972 was for $24. Many thanks to the Police Association for fighting the good fight for its members. It has done a magnificent job looking after the interests of the likes of me over the journey.”
Senior Sergeant 1C Pat Lycett
Emergency & Major Event Section 42 years’ service Last day: 26.10.18 Comments… “I thank the Police Association for the support it has given me and its membership 24/7. “I was very fortunate to work with many terrific people and within some amazing teams. They all taught me a great deal and we always got the job done. “But it is time to go. Thank you for the memories and mateship and good luck to you all.”
Senior Sergeant 1C Peter Bryson
Learning & Development Service 42 years’ service Last day: 28.10.18 Comments… “I have had a fortunate career over the years and worked with a range of talented and hardworking people. “To these people, I thank them for their friendship and wish them all the best in their futures.” Continued … December 2018
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Superintendent Trev Twilley
EMR 40 years’ service Last day: 02.12.18 Comments… “Many thanks to past and present Police Association committee members and delegates for their dedication and commitment that has resulted in the conditions we currently enjoy, and I am sure they will continue to fight for members. “It is difficult to know where the last 40 years have gone but, through the camaraderie I have enjoyed, with both sworn and unsworn, it has been an enjoyable journey. “I have often said to some of my members when they were struggling with the bureaucracy and politics of decision-making by the hierarchy: “I don’t work for SAPOL. I work for the community, and SAPOL is the conduit to allow me to achieve this.” “At the end of the day, that is why we join SAPOL – to keep SA safe.”
Detective Brevet Sergeant Rod Hannam
Port Adelaide CIB 36 years’ service Last day: 10.10.18 Comments… “I thank all Police Association staff, committee members and delegates for their efforts in ensuring that serving members of SAPOL receive appropriate remuneration and support when required. “I especially thank Mark Carroll for his support and assistance over the years, especially his handling of my issues in 2006 that resulted in a prolonged suspension and subsequent demotion. “His assistance in the initial legal processes, subsequent PTSD claim and preparation in a submission to the 40
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commissioner that enabled me to remain a police officer was invaluable and I am forever thankful to him for those efforts. “Likewise, I thank Brett Williams for the brilliant work he does in his position as editor of the Police Journal and the efforts he made in presenting my story in 2014. “Having worked in various areas in my time in SAPOL, I thank all those I have worked with in the past 36 years. “Far too many wonderful workmates and mates to name but I thank you all. “Everyone please take care of yourselves and your workmates and I wish you all the best for the future.”
Sergeant Michele Smith
Far North Crime Prevention 37 years’ service Last day: 12.09.18 Comments… “On March 12, 1981, 14 ragged individuals walked into Fort Largs to begin an amazing adventure as part of Course 76. “A year later, we attended the funeral of one of our own, Darren Pollnitz, who died in a motorcycle crash after the academy swimming carnival. “This was the first time I experienced first-hand what it was to be a part of the SAPOL family and that spirit of comradeship and unity have been a constant in all the years since. “On March 8, 1983, 13 proud police officers walked out with shoulders back and heads high.
“From running into pub brawls in Hindley St in a skirt and high heels to remote-area policing, having my own single-person station and being paid to talk (as a negotiator), it has never been dull. “Ugly, messy, joyful, exciting, terrifying, frustrating, hilarious, soul-destroying and satisfying – but never dull. “One of our greatest strengths is our solidarity, and the Police Association plays a big part in that. So thanks to the association and to the wonderful members of my SAPOL family.”
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The strategy refers to the state government initiative of the Multi Agency Protection Service, the Family Safety Network and other key reforms for a national and cross-jurisdictional approach that requires ongoing commitment and leadership. But SAPOL may force movement of investigators through different functions – against those investigators’ will. The community has an expectation that police investigators are knowledgeable and experienced in their fields of expertise. The forced transfer of CFIS investigators into another environment such as Volume Crime seems at odds with community expectations. Child abuse and domestic violence investigations have become specialized fields. The association continues to discuss these issues with SAPOL.
Many ready-to-eat foods are considered high-risk for listeria infection. This is because these foods are sometimes contaminated during or after the manufacturing process and the bacteria can continue to grow at refrigerator temperatures. People at risk of listeria infection should avoid: • Pâté. • Cold ready-to-eat chicken. • Manufactured ready-to-eat meats, including polony, ham and salami. • Soft cheeses, including brie, camembert, fetta and ricotta. • Pre-packed, pre-prepared or selfserve fruit or vegetable salads. • Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices. • Ready-to-eat cold, smoked or raw seafood, including smoked salmon, oysters, sashimi and cooked prawns. • Sushi. • Soft-serve ice cream and thick shakes. • Tofu, both soft and hard types, and tempeh. milk a nd • Unp a s teu r i z e d unpasteurized milk products. Most people infected with listeriosis are not connected to an outbreak, but outbreaks can occur. They have been associated with rockmelon, delicatessen meats, raw milk, soft cheeses, preprepared salads (such as those from salad bars), unwashed raw vegetables, pâté, cold diced chicken and pre-cut fruit and fruit salad. As listeria is a mild disease it is not always treated early. In cases in which it is diagnosed early, it is treatable with antibiotics.
How do I make a will? It is always best for a lawyer to prepare a will to ensure that it has been produced correctly and that it will be legally valid. If you prepare a homemade will or use a will kit you cannot be certain that it has been correctly completed to comply with the relevant legislation. Making a will usually involves just two appointments that take less than an hour each and is often not as costly as most people expect.
Is there anything else that I need to consider? In addition to preparing a will, you might wish to prepare an enduring power of attorney and/or advance care directive documents, which allow you to nominate who would make financial, medical and lifestyle decisions for you if you were to become incapacitated. If you want to ensure your loved ones are taken care of, and your wishes are honoured after your death, it is vital you get legal advice. Tindall Gask Bentley offers two-for-one standard wills* to new and expecting parents.
Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers provides free initial advice through a legal advisory service to Police Association members and their families, and retired members. To make an appointment, members should contact the association (8212 3055). Police Association members and their immediate family receive a 10% discount on their wills.
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CONSTABLE MANOJ THAPA (Western District Response Teams)
His parents back in Nepal, where he was born, were not at first convinced that policing was the best career choice for their son. Before joining SAPOL, I was a safety, security and compliance officer at IKEA. It involved attending to various incidents relating to injuries, conflicts, workplace safety and security issues within the store. I prepared detailed investigation reports along with recommendations to prevent future incidents. I also routinely performed compliance audit checks of various departments.
When I attended university in Sydney, I worked part-time in hospitality and fast-food restaurants. I was in hospitality for about three years before I joined IKEA. In Nepal, I was an active member of a Lions club. We organized community events like free health camps, blood-donation programmes, and fundraising and awareness programmes to support the underprivileged.
“Some law enforcement agencies in Nepal have bad reputations, so it took a while to convince my parents that policing is very well respected in Australia.”
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At IKEA, I loved the challenges I faced when it came to problem-solving in order to achieve compliance with the IKEA manuals. It also involved interactions with staff members from various departments and persuading them to do things certain ways in order to be compliant. This at times was very challenging when it involved adopting a whole new method.
My parents always wanted me to get a university degree and then decide what I wanted to do. In 2009, after finishing my year 12 back in Nepal, I moved to Australia. While I attended university and worked in hospitality, I got to improve my English. Once I completed my business degree, I had the freedom to choose a career I was really interested in and chose policing.
My grandfather served in the British Gurkha Regiment under the East India Company. I got to hear a lot of stories about army and law enforcement, so I was always interested in a career in either of those fields. Some law enforcement agencies in Nepal have bad reputations, so it took a while to convince my parents that policing is very well respected in Australia.
It was a challenge leaving friends and family behind in Sydney. But, so far, policing has been what I expected and more. I’ve been very lucky to be surrounded by a great bunch of people at Parks patrols. They’re always happy to help and share their knowledge with junior members. I’m grateful to all the mentors who have helped me to become a better police officer.
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