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REGULARS

Homicide New possibilities for Major Crime to solve coldcase murders have Detective Supt Des “Doc” Bray speaking of a “pretty exciting year ahead”. He and his ops inspector tell the Police Journal about the section’s new structure and strategies, and five other detectives give candid interviews about homicide investigation.

06 Police Association 08 PRESIDENT 26 Letters 27 Q&A 28 INDUSTRIAL 33 Health 34 Motoring 36 Banking 39 Legal 40 Books 42 DVDs 43 Cinema 45 Wine 48 The Last Shift 50 Police Scene 58 Playback

COVER: Detective Supt Des “Doc” Bray (centre), Detective Insp Greg Hutchins (far right), Detective Sgt Cameron Georg (second from left), detective brevet sergeants Rod Huppatz and Erin Vanderwoude (far left and third from left), Campbell Hill and Justin Ganley (third and second from right). Photography by Steve McCawley

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Allan Cannon Vice-President

Trevor Milne Deputy President

Daryl Mundy Julian Snowden

Mark Carroll President 0417 876 732

David Reynolds

Chris Walkley Mitch Manning

Tom Scheffler Secretary 0417 817 075

DELEGATES Metro North Branch

Nuriootpa.........................Michael Casey

Port Adelaide...................Matthew Thomson

Elizabeth...........................Glenn Pink

Peterborough...................Nathan Paskett

South Coast.....................Jason Tank

Henley Beach...................Matthew Kluzek

Port Augusta....................Peter Hore

Sturt..................................Brad Scott

Gawler..............................David Savage

Port Pirie...........................Gavin Mildrum

Parks.................................Sonia Giacomelli

Whyalla.............................Michael Ball

Port Adelaide...................Kim Williams Salisbury...........................Taryn Trevelion

Crime Command Branch

Metro South Branch Sturt..................................Michael Quinton (chair) Adelaide...........................Melissa Eason

Northern Prosecution.....Tim Pfeiffer

Major Crime.....................Campbell Hill

Country North Branch

DOCIB..............................Dwayne Illies

Port Lincoln.....................Lloyd Parker (chair)

Forensic Services............Adam Gates

South Coast.....................Peter Clifton

Ceduna.............................Anthony Taylor

Fraud.................................Jamie Dolan

South Coast.....................Russell Stone

Coober Pedy...................Jeff Page

Holden Hill........................Narelle Smith

Southern Traffic...............Peter Tellam

Kadina...............................Ric Schild

Intelligence Support........Kevin Hunt

Southern Prosecution.....Andrew Heffernan

Adelaide...........................Dac Thomas

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Adelaide...........................Daniel Wray Netley...............................Mark Williams

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Editor Brett Williams

Organizer Bernadette Zimmermann

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Grievance Officer Matthew Karger

Jim Tappin

Nicholas Damiani

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Executive secretaries

Wendy Kellett

Anne Hehner, Jan Welsby, Sarah Stephens

Reception Shelley Furbow

REPRESENTATIVES Country South Branch

Police Band......................Neil Conaghty

COHSWAC.......................... Bernadette Zimmermann

Mount Gambier..............Andy McClean (chair)

Comcen............................Brenton Kirk

Housing................................ Bernadette Zimmermann

Adelaide Hills...................Joe McDonald

Firearms............................Leonie Turner

Leave Bank........................... Bernadette Zimmermann

Berri...................................John Gardner

HR ....................................David Wardrop

Legacy.................................. Allan Cannon

Traffic................................David Kuchenmeister

Police Dependants Fund.... Tom Scheffler

Transit...............................Michael Tomney

Superannuation................... Bernadette Zimmermann

Millicent............................Nick Patterson Murray Bridge..................Kym Cocks Naracoorte.......................Grant Baker

Womens Branch

Renmark............................Dan Schatto

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ATSI Branch

Dog Ops..........................Bryan Whitehorn (chair)

.............................................. Tom Scheffler

Shane Bloomfield (chair) (no delegates)

Police Academy...............Francis Toner

Officers Branch.

ACB ..................................George Blocki

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PRESIDENt Mark Carroll

Why the judge said Hoy case not in public interest Senior

Constable Norman Hoy stood in the District Court last month accused of aggravated assault on businessman Yasser Shahin. The jury found Hoy not guilty. The Police Association had always held the view that Snr Const Hoy was innocent of any wrongdoing and no one should ever have launched a criminal prosecution against him. Widely reported on, the incident occurred back in September 2010 when, for the purpose of an inspection, Snr Const Hoy directed Mr Shahin to pull over the Rolls Royce he was driving. Prosecutors alleged Snr Const Hoy exceeded his lawful authority in the subsequent interaction with Mr Shahin in 2010. After a two-week trial, the jury of eight women and four men took just 75 minutes to find Snr Const Hoy not guilty of assaulting Mr Shahin. Judge Paul Rice said the case had wasted two weeks of court time because it had no reasonable prospect of ever convicting Snr Const Hoy. He added that a “proper assessment” of the evidence before the trial would have shown that. “Merely because someone said something happened in a particular way is not sufficient reason for it to proceed if there is no reasonable prospect of conviction, and that’s certainly my view,” he remarked.

“Merely because someone said something happened in a particular way is not sufficient reason for it to proceed … ”

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“It was not in the public interest to pursue this matter in this court. “I wholeheartedly agree with the verdict … it’s a verdict I would have had no hesitation arriving at had it been up to me.” In a rare move, Judge Rice asked DPP-contracted prosecutor Nick Healy to pass on his thoughts about the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions. “Obviously I accept that you are prosecuting on instructions from the (DPP), but I ask that it be conveyed, to those that instruct you, my views about this case,” he said. Comments such as these from an experienced judge are extremely telling and illustrate the absurdity of this four-and-a-half-year saga – one which has deeply affected Snr Const Hoy and his wife and family. So how did it come to this? It is quite disturbing to think that a police officer – who grabbed the shirt of a person repeatedly refusing to follow lawful direction – would end up charged with aggravated assault. The Police Association urged DPP Adam Kimber – more than two years ago – to use the powers available to him to terminate the prosecution. He rejected our urging. The resources of the office of the DPP are finite and should not be wasted pursuing cases which are not appropriate and not in the public interest. This is not a statement of the Police Association – it is the DPP’s own policy. Still, in a two-page DPP media statement well after the jury had handed down its verdict, Mr Kimber defended his decision to prosecute. “… I came to the view that there was a reasonable prospect of conviction,” the statement quoted him as saying.

“Where a police officer has a good disciplinary record, proceeding by way of disciplinar y proceedings alone where the alleged conduct is at the lower range of seriousness will sometimes be appropriate.” “Where there have been previous complaints, a criminal charge might be appropriate.” Of course, none of the disciplinary action previously taken against Snr Const Hoy involved criminality. How could the DPP allow these supposed transgressions to influence the due process involved in criminally prosecuting an individual? And how could prior disciplinary proceedings – not of a criminal nature – be used as a justification to prosecute this alleged offence? There was never a suggestion that previous complaints were relevant to the charge, so why were they relevant to the decision to prosecute? The DPP has left these questions unanswered. Decisions like this can undermine police confidence in the DPP and impact on police officer morale. Many association members and, indeed, members of the public, have contacted the association to offer support for Snr Const Hoy. Some thought SA Police was responsible for prosecuting him, but that was not the case. Indeed, senior SAPOL executives argued that he should not be criminally prosecuted. But, again, the DPP rejected those arguments. The time, input, resources and funding which went into this trial – and the lead-up to it – have amounted to a lamentable waste. That funding came from the taxpayer. Or course, the critical funding for Snr Const Hoy’s defence came not from taxpayers but from the members of the Police Association.

The time, input, resources and funding which went into this trial – and the lead-up to it – have amounted to a lamentable waste. It is the association view that the most thorough scrutiny should be applied to the actions of every person involved in the decision to prosecute Snr Const Norman Hoy. That includes how and why confidential information about Snr Const Hoy’s complaint file was disclosed to a complainant by the Police Complaints Authority. That action affects every single association member.

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The Major Crime Investigation Section was never more serious about bringing long-evasive murderers to justice. But who are the cops behind the investigations, and do they pay a price for their dedication to solving homicides?

By Brett Williams

Unsolved

murders were among many challenges in his thinking when he accepted the job of Major Crime boss in 2013. That was because Detective Supt Des “Doc” Bray bristled at the thought of smug murderers getting away with their crimes. He knew that that kept justice out of reach for homicide victims’ families and exacerbated their suffering. And, back then, he was still to discover that 114 of South Australia’s murders of the last 60-odd years remained unsolved. “For me,” Bray says, “the frustration is that you can’t deliver the same outcome for everybody, and that we have any unsolved murders at all. And you can never take away the pain that families have. “To not be able to (solve murders) is just terrible. The community has given us responsibility to do it; government expects us to do it; we want to do it; your wife and kids want you to solve it. Everybody wants us to solve it.

“It’s understandable why some murders aren’t solved. But it’s completely unacceptable that people could commit murder, the most serious crime, and not be held to account.” Bray, now 58, went to Major Crime as the former head of the Crime Gangs Task Force. He had not only set up Gangs from scratch but also shaped it into a world-renowned operation. That capacity for innovation went with him to Major Crime where, soon after he arrived, he launched an internal review. He knew the section already enjoyed “a wonderful reputation” around the nation but wanted to make it an even more dynamic outfit. With his operations inspector, Greg Hutchins, Bray thought it best to look at the practices of modern homicide squads both nationally and internationally. “We thought: ‘Let’s see if we can make our Major Crime the best in Australia,’ ” he recalls. “It had already had enormous success over the years and had a good reputation with the public, the DPP and the courts. “But, as part of our review, we talked to everybody in the section to see how we could make it better.” February 2015 Police Journal

From the review came the Bray report which made a number of recommendations and ended up with senior police management. Its most significant, and perhaps ambitious, proposal was to increase the number of Major Crime staff. The report indicated that such an increase would bring greater scope for the section to clear up more of its unsolved murders. Bray had looked at the staffing and operations of cold-case units around the world and recommended the establishment of a special operations team within Major Crime. He proposed that such a team’s detectives investigate, but not be restricted to, cold cases. Ultimately, Commissioner Gary Burns agreed to add substantially more staff to Major Crime. The section wound up with an extra six detectives, two detective sergeants and, for the first time, uniformed officers (six). The full-time role of the two detective sergeants is to guide local CIB detectives in the investigation of tier-one homicides. These are generally cases in which police have, or know the identity of, the offender and face few complications in the ensuing investigation. Says Bray: “Those cases, even though they seem simple because the person’s been caught, can have a lot that goes into them. “So, when there’s a murder now, those detective sergeants go out to it, work with the LSA, help establish the case management and (deliver) quality assurance.” Of the six new uniformed officers, two belong to each of the three main teams of Major Crime investigators. “There’s a role for uniformed people in Major Crime,” Bray insists. “The people we thought ideal for it were those who’d done CIB courses, worked in Tac units and wanted a career in the CIB.” After the Special Operations Team became functional it took on a particularly high-profile job as its first. It was the alleged conspiracy to murder two District Court judges and destroy the home of a police officer. Although not a cold case, the alleged crime was one of a range of others Bray established the SOT to investigate.

Detective Supt Des “Doc” Bray

The Major Crime practice now is to review all cold cases which are more than 12 months old and have not unearthed any suspects. A panel consisting of Bray, Hutchins and five sergeants then decide on a course of action for each reviewed case. It might be that exhibits associated with a certain case failed to yield any clues years earlier but could do so now through state-of-the-art technology. “We’ve sent exhibits to the Netherlands,” Bray says, “and we’re going to send some to New Zealand soon for some work that can’t be done in Australia. And where you couldn’t get fingerprints before, you can now for some things. “These cold-case jobs will all get prioritized and we’ve committed, in this coming 12 months, to review the exhibits on every outstanding case. “We’ve got 114 going back to the late 1950s, and there’s already a number of cases where there’s biological material which might assist us. So there’s a glimmer of hope again for a number of people.” The Major Crime plan to review cold cases and examine old exhibits forms part of a new, holistic approach developed over the past 12 months.

Another part of it will involve new means of drawing information from the criminal underworld. Says Bray: “We are properly resourced; we have the right people; and we can take advantage of the advances in forensic science. And we’ve learned from experts around the world, so it’s a pretty exciting year ahead of us.” Behind much of the Bray optimism about future success are his highly skilled investigators, who rank among the best in the nation. To his delight, each one belongs to Major Crime by choice and values the section’s reputation. Bray highlights the collective experience of, and range of strengths, his investigators bring to their intense workplace. “It’s a place where you don’t want everybody of the same personality type,” he says. “You want your team to be a blend of people with a blend of skills – the analytical people, the people who are meticulous… “You want people who have been exposed to financial investigations, undercover operations. You want older people who have been in the February 2015 Police Journal

job for 40 years, young people who are across social media. “We have people who have come out of the suburbs and people who have worked in human sources, Crime Gangs, Organised Crime and at the ACC. That’s really good for our branch.” But Bray appreciates the extent to which the demands of murder investigation can impact on the personal lives of the people he leads. There are the calls to return to duty in the middle of the night after the discovery of a murder. And, for a Major Crime detective, casting all thoughts of an investigation from his or her mind after hours is pretty much impossible. Bray describes as “nonsense” the proposition that a detective could investigate the brutal murder of a grandmother and not give it a single thought out of hours. “It’s not the sort of thing you switch off just because you’ve gone home,” he says. “You need the maturity to get the work-life balance right. Home life is just so important but, when the job’s on, you have to be there.”

Greg

From top: Allison Nitschke (image courtesy The Advertiser), Lynette Nitschke, Mark Woodland

Hutchins was deep into the investigation of the strangulation murder of 18-yearold Allison Nitschke when the office phone rang. It was Allison’s mother, Lynette. Hutchins had seen but not spoken to her the day before at St Mark’s College, where he had found her daughter’s killer, Alister Thompson. Now, for Lynette, he would have to confirm that Allison was indeed dead, and that police had found her dumped naked body in the Adelaide Hills. “It was the toughest phone call I’ve ever had in my life,” he remembers, after almost 24 years. “It was just the absolute hurt coming from Lynette. “It wasn’t the time to go into the intimate details, and I can’t remember the exact conversation anyway: it’s a long time ago. But it was an absolutely unthinkable pain (for her), and there’s nothing that you can do about it. “Homicide is always going to be really painful. It’s always the extreme.” Lynette, who still keeps in contact with Hutchins, remembers his approach as “very professional, caring and understanding”. “The thing I remember with Greg,” she says, “is that he really explained to me why he couldn’t tell me things, and that was really important to me.” Hutchins never slept that Sunday night after the phone call. “That’s what it does to you,” the now Major Crime operations inspector says, “and I might not be the only one.” In another phone conversation with Lynette, Hutchins had to tell her that Thompson had scored bail after his arrest for murder. February 2015 Police Journal

“He said: ‘Look, I’m really sorry to have to tell you this, but he’s been granted bail,’ ” she recalls. “I could tell by his voice that he was really upset about it; and, obviously it was terrible for him to have to tell me that.” Allison, a country girl, had boarded at St Mark’s when, on a Friday night, fellow boarder Thompson entered her room and strangled her. Soon after his sexually motivated crime, he used a friend’s car to transport her body up into the hills for dumping. And, on his way back to St Mark’s, he deposited clothes, likely belonging to Allison, into various bins. The next morning (Saturday), with Allison reported missing, Hutchins and his colleagues attended the college and started asking questions of anyone who might have known of her whereabouts. Thompson gave him some clearly nervous responses before confessing: “She’s dead! I murdered her!” Says Hutchins: “It ended up quite a significant murder investigation, close to 300 statements. We had to interview everyone at the college. It went for weeks, day in, day out, just going there from morning ’til night, taking statement after statement. “In the end, Alister pleaded not guilty but, just prior to trial, he pleaded guilty. He got 18 years.” The Nitschke murder investigation is one of 50-odd in which Hutchins has played a part as either a CIB or Major Crime detective. Many have concluded with a guilty verdict and heavy sentence and left him and his colleagues with a “huge” measure of job satisfaction. “Even though your best witness is dead,” he says, “you can generally piece the jigsaw puzzle together so everyone knows what’s happened.”

Detective Insp Greg Hutchins

But no joy comes from unsolved cases and, naturally enough, Hutchins, 53, describes them as “the ones that play on your mind”. “Because,” he says, “there’s no closure for the family. You want to be able to solve it for them because, without it being solved – or an arrest made – it’s a story without final chapters.” One of Hutchins’ unsolved cases is that of 36-year-old Robert Mark Woodland, whose body a passer-by found in the South Parklands in 2004. Someone had beaten him savagely about the head with a blunt object. His parents and younger sister survived him but his father died a year ago. Hutchins, who considered them a “wonderful” family, is “not without hope” of finding their son and brother’s killer. “We’re looking at a whole raft of strategies,” he says. “Obviously, one of them is forensic science. What it could do two years ago is different from what it could do five years ago and 10 years ago. It’s just changing so fast in the DNA world.” A veteran in his field, Hutchins can recall any murder investigation he has ever worked on, even if it goes back as far as the late 1980s. Details of each one have stayed with him. There was the murder of 17-year-old Peggy Lee Schasko, whose brother, Robert, bashed, stabbed and strangled her in 1988. She had reported him to police for allegedly raping her. He dumped her body in a drain next to the Gawler rail line at Smithfield. In 1994, Hutchins worked on the investigation into the murder of Christine Jenkins, whose boyfriend, Robert Andrews, strangled the 44-year-old in her Ferryden Park home.

The unsolved shooting murder of taxi driver Andrew Mordowicz was another investigation Hutchins undertook. Mordowicz had responded to a pre-dawn call at Fife St, Klemzig, in September 1996, when an unknown killer shot him. He later died in hospital. In 2000, there were the execution murders of 16-year-old prostitute Rhiannon Ellul and her 22-year-old pimp, Faraz Rasti, in a North Adelaide apartment. Hutchins, as one of the primary investigators, arrested their killer, Jamil Kamleh. In 2004, he investigated the murder of cancersufferer Dennis Busson, who had suffered 56 stab wounds as he lay in his bed. Busson’s wife, June, had taken part in the attack, carried out by her then lover, James Slade. Then, in 2007, Hutchins and his colleagues investigated the murder of 30-year-old mother Natasha Jones. She died at the hands of sadist and former Rebels bikie Edward Yost. He had for years inflicted physical torture on his sometimes bound victim – and some of it he videotaped. “One person may end up doing the arrest with a partner, and they generally get all the kudos,” Hutchins explains. “But, in reality, it’s a huge team involved. “And, if you get a murder to investigate you live and breathe it for the next two to three years. Two years down the track you’re going to be in trial, getting scrutinized. “And, once you start on a murder, if it’s unsolved 10 years down the track, you could still be working on it.” Hutchins has come through all his years of February 2015 Police Journal

murder investigations emotionally unscathed. But he concedes that dealing with child killings is an intensely tough task. One of two cases he took on was that of a fouryear-old boy smothered to death by his mother in the late 1990s. The other was an eight-month-old baby whose mother had shot him in the head with a shotgun before killing herself. Hutchins attended the autopsy of the four-yearold, whom he found a far more confronting sight than that of the virtually headless baby. “It was a very upsetting PM (post mortem),” he recalls. “He was a gorgeous-looking kid and beautifully dressed in his pyjamas. It (the issue) was not being able to see anything wrong with him (bodily). It upsets people. Whereas the baby didn’t affect me because I could see why he’d died.” Now, as the Major Crime ops inspector since he returned to the section in 2013, Hutchins has a management role. His responsibility, under the leadership of Detective Supt Des “Doc” Bray, is to manage the various Major Crime functions. Among them are, of course, the investigation of declared major crimes (homicide, kidnapping), missing persons, police shootings and deaths in police custody. Coronial investigations are also a function of Major Crime. And, still, Hutchins loves playing a part in the job he felt drawn to as a young detective 27 years ago. “I’ve loved the Major Crime journey,” he says, “the team work, the challenges, and working with the DPP, forensics and pathologists towards a common goal. It really does create an environment that you remember for the rest of your life.”

Detective Brevet Sergeant Justin Ganley

Top left: Jose Enzo Omonte-Extrada; top right: Jasinta-Leigh Fullerton; centre right: the Fullerton murder scene and vehicle; above: a drag mark in dirt at the scene where Omonte-Extrada left Rebecca Wild

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a murder trial and the jurors have just finished their deliberations. They file solemnly back into the courtroom to reveal their verdict. The assortment of spectators in the public gallery fixes its collective gaze on them and finds the tension palpable. This is the climactic, movie-like scene which plays out time after time in the Supreme Court. And whenever Major Crime detective Justin Ganley, 44, has a connection to the case and is there in court, watching, he can feel his heart pounding. “So,” he says, “I couldn’t imagine the nerves the person in the dock would be going through. At the end of the day, I’m walking out of the court and going home, whereas, he might be going to jail for the rest of his life. “There’s nothing better than when you get a verdict and it comes in as guilty. It’s a great result for the family (of the victim), and it’s a bit of a reward (for Major Crime) for a fair bit of hard work. “Getting through a Supreme Court trial is very hard, especially for murder. Everyone should have to work one to see how hard they are, just dealing with witnesses, exhibits and requests from defence. There’s a lot of strain.” Ganley found plenty of that strain in a trial last year, after an investigation he and his colleagues had begun into the killing of 19-year-old Christopher Hatzis in 2012. Hatzis had wound up with 15 stab wounds after a brawl outside the Savvy nightclub in Light Square. All but two of the 70 witnesses connected with the killing were what Ganley describes as “extremely reluctant”.

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Top left: the Hatzis crime scene; top centre: Christopher Hatzis; top right: CCTV shot of Savvy nightclub; far left: luminol showing footprints on a rug in Pirjo Kemppainen’s Callington home; second from left: Pirjo Kemppainen; left: the power box interfered with at the Redman home; above: Anne Redman

That left him with a weeks-long nightly routine of making phone calls – from home – to witnesses to plead with them to attend court to give evidence. His understanding wife, Annabel, simply left him to it as he sat in front of the TV making call after call. In the end, David Zefi, Rrok Jakaj, Dario Stakaj, and a man who was a juvenile at the time of the attack, faced murder charges in the Supreme Court. Up to 30 Hatzis family members turned up every day to follow the trial. They all looked to Ganley and other detectives for briefings and explanations of the intricacies of the court proceedings. “We got quite close with them,” Ganley remembers. Ultimately, the jury found the defendants innocent of murder but guilty of manslaughter, and all four got custodial sentences. The result left Ganley deeply disappointed, particularly given that Zefi admitted that he had stabbed Hatzis. Ganley had drawn far more satisfaction from an earlier Supreme Court murder trial, which ended with a life sentence for axe-murderer Jose Enzo Omonte-Extrada. The Bolivian national forced 16-year-old Port Pirie resident Rebecca Wild into an SES utility he had commandeered and stabbed her 29 times. His attack came after she had rejected his advances and, as she bled profusely, he drove her to Quorn. Omonte-Extrada pulled over on a dirt road about three kilometres out of the town. Moments later, 22-year-old Quorn resident Jasinta-Leigh Fullerton, who was driving home, stopped her car behind the utility. She walked up to it and saw the injuries to Wild and moved to help her. That prompted OmonteExtrada to strike and kill Fullerton with blows to her head with an axe. And, with that same weapon, he then went on to kill Wild with blows to her head as well. Ganley, as the primary investigator, would soon hear Omonte-Extrada admit his guilt and, in the process, find him “completely detached” and “very strange”. “He stared at (me) the whole time,” he says.

When the story of the double murder later screened on free-to-air TV show Inside Story, it featured a video recording of an appropriately calm Ganley questioning the killer. That led “a lot of people” to ask him how he could be so restrained. Some asked how he was even able to “stand next to such a monster and talk to him like that”. “I would have shot him!” some exclaimed. “I would have punched him,” others said. Says Ganley: “I’m really not rude to (murderers) because their comeuppance is coming at the hands of the court: they’re about to donate 25 years of their life. “I was just focused on getting it right. You don’t have confessions to double murders very often. When he made his confession it came out of the blue, and there were a million things going through my mind. “We were very conscious of giving him his rights and making sure he realized how much trouble he was in. And we were trying to nail down all these crime scenes and get all the evidence.“ Ganley never applied an emotional thought to the murders until days later, when he read a transcript of his interview with Omonte-Extrada. “I realized then how truly horrifying all the details were,” he says, “and that’s when it sort of sickens you, really. It was just horrendous and probably sits right up the top as one of the worst.” Of course, Ganley rates other homicides he has investigated as among the worst as well. One was the 2010 murder of 63-year-old Pirjo Kemppainen. In a seeming thrill killing, a 14-year-old boy stabbed the pensioner more than 100 times and bashed her with a piece of concrete in her Callington home. Ganley, in the course of his investigation, took a statement from the sociopathic young killer. “He was chilling,” he says, “a frightening person. His lifeless eyes just stared at you; and his role models were things like gangster rap and violent video games. I have no doubt that he February 2015 Police Journal

would do something like that (murder) again.” Justice Margaret Nyland sentenced the boy to life, while a 14-year-old male accomplice he undertook the murder with won an acquittal. Another murder Ganley rates as one of the worst is that of 87-year-old Anne Redman in her Seacliff home in 2011. In the dark of a summer night, one of two teenaged boys punched her with enough force to break her nose and a vertebra. He then slashed her throat several times with a blunt hunting knife. In 2012, Justice Nyland sentenced the two killers to life, a minimum of 20 years. One of them, who Ganley arrested, provided a lengthy statement. “It had some of the truth in it,” Ganley says. “But he certainly downplayed his own role and tended to blame the other guy, as they always do. “Everyone lies to the police. Even good witnesses lie to the police. They hide little things. So when you get a statement from someone, hardly ever will you get 100 per cent truth.” But Ganley, who always had a fascination with homicide investigation, enjoys his work too much to allow its frustrations to distract him. He relishes not only those guilty verdicts but also the first 48 hours after the discovery of a murder, when “it’s all hands on deck”. “That’s when everyone’s going flat out to get the same result,” he explains. “And the arrest has a certain amount of satisfaction, too, putting the bracelets on. They should always get the cuffs for murder. “You definitely have to be thorough and you have to be empathetic. You’ve got to put yourself in the victim’s mind and think about what happened. And you have to put yourself in the crook’s mind to try to interpret a crime scene. “There’s nothing more serious to work on, and I guess you have to try to speak for the dead.”

Murder

investigations are not jobs that Major Crime detectives simply stop thinking about after they finish their shifts. Detective Sergeant Cameron Georg, 51, knows well the impossibility of blocking out thoughts of one aspect or another of an investigation. “While you’re in the hot phase of an investigation – when the murder’s just occurred – your mind’s ticking over 24-7,” he says. “There’s no doubt about that. “And in the trial phase of an investigation your mind is constantly ticking over as well. Outside of those two times, it’s not in your mind all the time. But you probably think about one aspect of one job, outside of work hours, at least once a day.” One Supreme Court trial which, for threeand-a-half weeks, had Georg constantly thinking work thoughts was that of Jason Bucca and Tristan Castle. The pair stood accused of the 2013 Parafield car-wash murder of Adrian McDonald, Castle’s former partner.

Lured to the Big Bucket Carwash by his killers, McDonald got into a car with Castle not initially knowing that an armed Bucca was hiding in the boot. After he realized his attacker was there he tried to flee, but Bucca fired three shots at him. The third and fatal shot was to McDonald’s head. Among the issues that kept Georg thinking about the case after hours was the pre-trial death of a witness who had supplied an invaluable statement implicating Bucca. “The moment he died really changed how that job ran and how it played out in court,” he says. Another problem was proving that Bucca was with his phone at the time of the murder, when records showed it was at the car wash. The quality of CCTV footage, at the car wash and elsewhere, was also problematic for the prosecution. Ultimately, the jury found the pair guilty but Georg had had plenty of concerns on which to cogitate. “You can guarantee that, every night, it was on my mind – nothing less,” he says. “It was on my mind every night when I got home and, when I got February 2015 Police Journal

up in the morning, that’s what I was thinking about.” It was that way when Georg investigated the brutal bashing murder of Glenys Heyward in 2007. Her estranged husband, Neil Heyward, used their son Matthew to lure her to a vacant Mt Gambier childcare centre in which he bashed, bound and gagged her. Aided in his crime by farmhand Jeremy Minter, Heyward then stuffed Glenys into a wheelie bin which he loaded onto a utility. He drove her to a property in Victoria, fewer than 50km from Mt Gambier, and bashed her to death. Four months later, police found her body on that property in a septic pit. Georg and his colleagues arrested Minter and Neil and Matthew Heyward, as well as older son Thomas Heyward, and charged them with murder. The investigation had taken several months and came with bitter disappointments. One was that Neil Heyward killed himself before the case went to trial and so never had to answer for his crime. A Supreme Court jury found Minter and

Far left: Adrian McDonald at the Big Bucket Carwash; top left: the house from which Glenys Heyward was abducted; top centre: the wheelie bin in which Heyward was transported into Victoria; above: Glenys Heyward; left: the Heyward burial site

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After that bus does strike and delivers long sentences, Georg is “always thinking” of victims’ families. His concern is for their emotions and their degree of satisfaction with the outcomes. “And, as has happened in the past,” he says, “when we’ve had (acquittals), you always think: ‘How’s that now playing out on the family?’ They’re going to spend the next 20, 30 or 40 years constantly thinking about the what-ifs.” Acquittals might frustrate Major Crime detectives but Georg still relishes the investigation process. Matthew Heyward guilty of murder and Justice It was what drew him to join the ranks of homicide Michael David sentenced each to a 23-year non- investigators in the first place. parole period. Now, with different levels of involvement in 50-odd murder investigations over 12 years with Like his colleagues, Georg maintains total dispassion when he deals with murderers, even Major Crime, he reckons investigators need “enquiring if, in the back of his mind, he is “not thinking too minds” and a “dogged approach”. “No matter how many hurdles are thrown up and nicely” about them. “You just push that to the back (of your mind) and, how many dead ends you come to,” he says, “you for me, it doesn’t come to the fore,” he explains. just come back to the beginning and start again. But, long after cases have closed, Georg does You keep going and going and don’t stop. bring his thoughts about killers and their sickening “Investigating murders is not a one-man job. There is brutality to the front of his mind. He hesitates not a lot of room for egos. Sometimes you need to sit on the question of hatred for murderers but back and say to yourself: ‘I don’t have all the answers.’ concedes that, on a personal level, he holds them “You listen to your colleagues and take on what in absolute contempt. they have to say because it’s such a big job to “You don’t feel any sorrow or pity for those investigate murder. No one person could do it on people,” he says. “You could probably get close their own, and you’re just crazy if you try.” to hatred, but you take some satisfaction when Georg, whose role now is investigations supervisor they aren’t getting out (of jail) for another 30 years. with Major Crime’s Special Operations Team, “I’m a big believer in the karma bus. It drives around thinks of each stage of an investigation as “a battle”. “You win the first one about solving who did what and just looks for targets, and it gets people a lot and where,” he says. “Then you get it to court and of times.” February 2015 Police Journal

keep them (suspects) inside if they come along for bail. “Then you win the next battle when it gets to the actual trial and, then, in the end, the verdict. And I see that as the final battle, where you win the war, as it were. That, for me, is the most satisfying.” But, in those murder trials, the standard practice of highly-paid defence barristers is to work ferociously at destroying detectives’ credibility under cross-examination. Georg fronts up to their attacks but he rates that aspect of his job as the worst. “Invariably,” he says, “your integrity or your professionalism is called into account, notwithstanding that you’ve done the very best you can with all the best intentions. “You’re really put on the spot a lot of times, and you know you’ve got the family sitting in there watching and listening to everything that’s happening. And you don’t want to let them down.” For Georg, 12 years of murder investigations has emphasized the value of human life. A case that causes him to reflect on that is the murder of a man he had taken a statement from in connection with another murder. “You reflect on that,” he says, “and think: ‘I was just dealing with that bloke the other day. Now he’s dead.’ “You go home and ponder about these things and sometimes you think: ‘Enjoy your times while you’ve got them. You don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. You could lose someone close to you.’ It just shows you how fleeting life can be.”

Detective Brevet Sergeant Rod Huppatz

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first presence Detective Brevet Sgt Rod Huppatz had at a major crime scene might well have been when he was just four. If his mother is right about an old family photo, it shows him and his siblings and father at Glenelg beach on Australia Day, 1966. From that place, on that day, the three Beaumont children mysteriously disappeared. If Huppatz was on the scene that day, it might seem ironic that he now works with Major Crime, which still has the book open on the disappearance. “I tend to think at home a lot about historic murders,” he says, “even the Beaumonts; Kirstie Gordon and Joanne Ratclif fe (who disappeared from Adelaide Oval in 1973)… “You’d be fairly confident that, today, the offenders in those cases would have been caught. The CCTV probably would have got them, both at Glenelg and around Adelaide Oval. “But why the historic stuff keeps going over and over in my mind I’m not quite sure.” Huppatz, 53, thinks in his downtime about his current murder investigations, too, and often conceives new angles by which to approach them.

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One case that demanded particularly critical thinking by its investigators was the stabbing murder of 21-year-old Thea Kheav at Parafield Gardens in 2007. For Huppatz, it was his first job at Major Crime as primary investigator. The scene was an eighteenth birthday party which had descended into a front-yard brawl. It wound up with Kheav dead from a stab wound to his liver, diaphragm and left lung. Huppatz, who responded in the early hours of the morning, could in no time see that he and his colleagues were facing an enormous investigation. And it came with a range of obstacles, such as the initial refusal of every partygoer to admit he or she had seen the crime. Says Huppatz: “Most of them, victims and offenders, were of Asian descent, so I’m sure there were cultural beliefs that held them back. “Eventually, one person did come forward to say that he saw the stabbing. That was the brother of the victim. “His (silence) probably came about because, in the first 24 hours, he was absolutely terrified, in fear for the safety of himself and his family.” Another complication to emerge at the outset of the investigation was the multiple names of the partygoers. It was common among many of them to use not only their birth names and nicknames but also their anglicized names. “With some of them,” Huppatz says, “we thought we were looking at three people, when we were only looking at one. “That had the effect of multiplying through the crowd on both sides – witnesses and offenders. So from the 70 or so people that were actually there, we had about 150 different names and possibilities.” But Huppatz and his colleagues worked their way through those obstacles, and others, to charge three offenders with murder. They were Chansyna Duong, Tuan Kiet David Huynh and Rotha Sem, all in their early 20s. And, in 2010, a Supreme Court jury found them guilty. Justice Chris Kourakis sentenced each of them to life with a 20-year non-parole period. Huppatz, in his seven years with Major Crime, has had a role in more than 20 murder investigations. The ones in which he has acted as primary investigator have led him to arrest and charge around eight murderers. One of those was Daniel Troy Ames, who shot and killed his uncle, Allan Ames, in a Cavan workshop in 2009.

It appeared obvious to Huppatz that the two were involved in the drug trade and had had a dispute which led to the killing. Investigators had to pore over low-quality CCTV footage and recreate the movements of which they suspected Ames on the night of the murder. “No person could be seen moving (in the footage) but we knew there was movement because of the activation of security lights,” Huppatz says. “So we just followed the paths that the accused would have taken on the night. We did that to recreate what happened in a manner that the court would accept.” Huppatz interviewed Ames and found him a “very cocky, confident person”. But, regardless of how outrageously one killer or another behaves, Huppatz never struggles to maintain a measured exterior. And he works hard not to give suspects the scope to read him by virtue of his comments or body language. “You’d be upset as an investigator if you said something or gave something away that shut a suspect up,” he insists. “Internally you might be thinking: ‘I don’t like this bloke,’ but I like to be as friendly to them as I can. They might open up to you. A classic example of that was Justin Ganley with Omonte-Extrada. “(With Ames) he was going to try to talk his way out of it and convince us that he had no involvement in the murder. “But we caught him out lying on several occasions and, when presented to the court, lies are, in some way, almost as good as admissions of guilt. So this fellow brought himself unstuck.” Justice David Peek, who heard the case alone, convicted Ames and sentenced him to life with a non-parole period of 24 years. From convictions like that and others, Huppatz draws immense job satisfaction, regardless of whether he plays a major or minor role in an investigation. He speaks of the success his hardworking teammates enjoyed just last December when, on the basis of their investigations, two murder trials ended with three convictions. One was the Big Bucket Carwash murder of Adrian McDonald. The other was the 2012 murder of drug-dealer Michael Varehov. A Supreme Court jury found Adelaide man Patrick McCarthy guilty of beating his victim to death in a Beaumont garage. Says Huppatz: “That moment, waiting for that verdict to come through, is extremely stressful. But it’s an exciting stress. When it all comes together it’s a really good feeling. February 2015 Police Journal

Above: Joanne Ratcliffe and Kirstie Gordon, who disappeared from Adelaide Oval; right: The Beaumont children, Jane, Grant and Arna, who disappeared from Glenelg beach (images courtesy the Sunday Mail)

“If you’re hanging around the court leading up to that verdict, you can see everyone who’s waiting goes a bit quiet. The whole range of emotions is running through your head.” Naturally, a murder investigation that ends with a killer sent to jail delights Huppatz. But that euphoria never blinds him to the realities of his job. He knows what is to come when his phone rings at home, or at the office. “You get a job,” he says. “Someone’s been killed under these circumstances at so-and-so. You go: ‘Okay, here’s another job,’ and you always know one’s going to come. And the expectation of that often plays on your mind.” And, like all of his Major Crime colleagues, Huppatz finds the murders of children the most gut-wrenching tasks to confront. In his time, he has watched several autopsies performed on murdered children’s bodies. Those graphic procedures have always made him reflect, with some intensity, on his own children. Huppatz enjoys invaluable support from his “brilliant” wife, Mandy, who grasps the realities of her husband’s work and never complains about them. Even when he calls her to say he has had to travel to some far-flung place to investigate a murder, she understands. “I talk to my family about my work without giving away too much,” Huppatz says. “That’s just so they’re not completely isolated from what I do, so that they have an understanding of it. And I’d say it probably does harden you a bit.”

His fellow Major Crime

detectives call him TYF. It stands for The Young Fella. And Detective Brevet Sgt Campbell Hill, 31, takes it in good humour. He was, after all, just 27 when he scored his job with Major Crime back in 2011. But right at the start of his now threeand-a-half years with the section, Hill wound up thrust into the high-profile Anne Redman murder investigation. He had already assisted with it on secondment from Sturt CIB, just before his permanent appointment to Major Crime. “For a first ‘hit-out’, it’ll be a job that’ll stay with me forever,” he says. “I was involved in the arrest of one of the juveniles. It was good to be included in the start of the investigation and, then, right through to the result at the end in 2012.” A particular surprise to Hill was the sight of Redman family members embracing the family of one of the offenders in court. “That,” he says, “was something I didn’t really anticipate: empathy for offenders’ families.” Of course, the Redman case ended in success: life sentences for her two killers. But, in 2014, Hill came to experience the

pain of an acquittal. It came at the end of the Supreme Court trial of Timo Pasanen, who stood accused of the 1991 murder of 25-year-old Yasmin Sinodinos. Her dumped, and almost bloodless, body – found at Tea Tree Gully – showed that the mother-of-three had taken a savage beating. It also appeared that her attacker had washed and re-dressed her body after killing her. Hill had the cold case assigned to him in 2012, after a DNA hit emerged. Semen found in the body of Sinodinos proved a match for then-teacher Pasanen. Hill arrested and charged him with murder – the first cold-case arrest since 2005. Pasanen admitted that he had had sex with Sinodinos, a drug-user, but denied that he had murdered her. And in court, that sexual encounter – and no other specifics – was all he claimed he could remember. The jury took fewer than five hours to find Pasanen not guilty. Hill, along with members of the Sinodinos family – including son and daughter Steven and Stacey – was in court to hear the shattering verdict. And, after that, Justice Anne Bampton released Pasanen. “The biggest thing was the disappointment for the family,” Hill says. “I sat in court with them when the verdict was announced. It was six o’clock on a Friday night and we’d been in trial for a few weeks. “There were tears and some pretty choice words shouted at the jury. You sort of go from being an February 2015 Police Journal

investigator and almost turn into a bit of a social worker. And it’s a hard thing to have to explain other people’s decisions. “To explain, and deal with their (family members’) frustrations with the system and their despair, can be a pretty taxing sort of job.” Still, the acquittal never prompted Hill to simply file the investigation. He continues to work on it and maintains contact with the Sinodinos family. And his commitment is too strong to distract him from the task. “There were media reports which said: ‘Well, if it’s not him, who is it?’ but I won’t buy into that for a minute,” Hill says. “I’m quite satisfied with what our evidence was, and it’s just a matter of keeping on, to see what else is out there. You just never know what’s around the corner.” In line with the conspicuously strong team culture of Major Crime, some old hands moved to reassure Hill after the Pasanen acquittal. Among them were Detective Supt Doc Bray and Detective Sgt Brian Swan. “I got text messages from them,” Hill says, “just saying: ‘Bad luck. It happens. Just roll on. Keep going.’ “For us it’s not a personal thing, it’s a professional thing. But you don’t get down on yourself about it because, at the end of the day, you know you’ve done everything you can.” Other investigations Hill has worked on likely justify his perception, which is that “everything here

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at Major Crime is unique”. He assisted colleague Fred Van der Stelt with his arrest of a suspect in a now decades-old abduction case. And one of his ongoing investigations is that of the 2012 shooting murder of 33-year-old Jason De Ieso in his Pooraka paint-and-panel workshop. The business operator died after nine disguised men, some with handguns, approached the workshop entrance, fired shots and fled. Says Hill: “That job I’m now on full-time. It’s just day in, day out chasing it down. We still make public appeals for help but, for a bikie-related murder, you’re certainly not flush with first-hand witnesses. “It’s going to take a lot of hard work. And it’s not going to be through your absolutely conventional methods that you lock them up.” For success with the De Ieso investigation, and others, Hill knows he has to practise patience. He even quotes remarks former Major Crime detective sergeant John Keane contributed to a 2012 Police Journal story (Major crime, major memories) about patience. And one of his colleagues, Detective Brevet Sgt Paul Ward, uses a sports analogy to illustrate that homicide detectives have to adapt to a certain pace. “He accurately describes it as being test cricket,” Hill says. “It’s not a one-dayer. We take on the jobs with either no suspects identified or when it’s a complex investigation.

“And, like Wardy says, it’s test cricket from that point of view. It’s not necessarily the quickest of games but, when something works out, it’s fantastic.” While he understands the need for patience, Hill still suffers intense frustration when he gets tantalizingly close, but not quite close enough, to making an arrest. And, then, the tiny but critical piece of evidence he lacks becomes a major part of his thinking away from work. “People I’ve worked with over the years know that I love doing this sort of work,” he says. “I’ll sit there at home, or lie there at night, wondering: ‘How can we get around this (problem) and get that evidence?’ “That’s at a peak in an investigation, when things are running red-hot. You’re always trying to forwardthink so you can hit the ground running back at work the next day.” In his dealings with suspects, Hill never finds himself consumed with hatred for them. That was evident when, as an expectant father, he attended the scene of the 2011 death of Brooklyn Park four-month-old Ebony Napier. She had suffered more than 50 fractures to her ribs, arm, hand, fingers and toes. And, in the Supreme Court in 2013, her young father pleaded guilty to the criminal neglect of his child, as did Ebony’s mother. The pair had initially faced murder charges. Hill had seen the re-dressed child lying dead in her cot and found the vision “surreal”. Ebony had died a week earlier. February 2015 Police Journal

Top: part of a track at Tea Tree Gully sealed off where Yasmin Sinodinos’s body was found; centre left and right: a bin to the side of the track marks the location of Sinodinos’s body; above: Yasmin Sinodinos

“If there was a time that I was likely to jump on that (hatred) train, it would have been then,” he says. “But there’s no point. It’s counter-productive. “My empathy was more with the baby and the baby’s family, like grandparents and aunts and uncles. It just never ends for them. So my thinking is more towards those people than towards offenders.” And Hill reinforces just how seriously Major Crime takes its responsibility to track down killers. “We play for keeps,” he says. “It’s the most serious of offences; and, when murderers go away, they’re going away for a maximum of life.”

Detective Brevet Sergeant Erin Vanderwoude

Top left: Giovanni Focarelli; top right: a Ford pertinent to the investigation at Dry Creek; centre: the Garden Island scene of the discovery of Rosemary Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body; above: Melissa Brown; right: Rosemary Brown

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It was not a murder but rather an alleged

conspiracy to commit murder. The alleged targets were husband-and-wife District Court judges Paul Rice and Rosemary Davey. And no case like this one seemed to exist in South Australian history. Major Crime took on the investigation – on the same day Detective Brevet Sgt Erin Vanderwoude turned up for her first-ever shift with the section last year. And, had she expected to ease into her new role, she would have been wrong. Her detective superintendent, Doc Bray, who knew her from Crime Gangs Task Force, assigned Vanderwoude to help investigate the alleged murder conspiracy. “I didn’t mind at all,” she remembers. “I like to take charge of things, so I wasn’t afraid to get that investigator (role). “We had a lot of people seconded in for the job as well, so we did around-the-clock work on that one. “For probably eight weeks we ran all three shifts – day, night and afternoon shift – which isn’t a general thing for Major Crime. But we had alleged victims and witnesses who we needed to monitor or respond to.” The alleged plotters, Frederick Bernard Walkuski and Gysbertus Van Schaik, are set to stand trial in July. Vanderwoude, 38, is not yet a member of one of the three main teams of Major Crime investigators. So she has not, so far, looked into the eyes of a murderer from across a table in an interview room and questioned him or her about a killing. Of course, that will come, and she is ready to take her opportunity to ply her craft. But, right now, she belongs to the Major Crime Special Operations Team, which is dedicated to the investigation of cold cases. With a view to future work with Crime Stoppers and the media, Vanderwoude recently completed

a particularly labour-intensive task. She examined, and prepared a report on, every unsolved SA murder from as far back as 1956. They totalled 114. In some cases she had to read through two full boxes of archived files to write a one-page synopsis of a murder. “What was the same for all of them,” she says, “was that investigators had exhausted all avenues (of enquiry).” But, in her report, Vanderwoude did not include every unsolved homicide. “Because,” she says, “either we know who the suspect was and he or she is dead or we’re not sure that it was a murder.” Among the murders the Vanderwoude report details is the 1999 Wright St bikie shooting, in which Rebels members Graham Nixon, Sinibaldo Palombi and Hubert Weston died. In 20 0 0, Hells Angels members George Petropoulos, Faoud Chaptini and Peter Threadgold each faced three counts of murder over the shootings. But, as Rebels members refused to give evidence against the trio, the case went nowhere. Another murder the Vanderwoude report details is that of 22-year-old Giovanni Focarelli at Dry Creek in 2012. Also detailed is the 2000 murder of 33-year-old Rosemary Brown. Brown and her daughter Melissa, 15, disappeared after leaving a Blair Athol address in the early hours of May 13 that year. The murder of Brown came to light with the discovery of her body in mangroves at Garden Island two months later. Melissa remains missing. One cold-case investigation Vanderwoude has worked on goes back to 1976 and involves the drowning of a child. A phone call from a family member to Crime Stoppers had implicated the child’s mother in the death. First to look back at the incident was Detective Brevet Sgt Michael Newbury who gathered and studied information such as the autopsy report. When Vanderwoude joined the investigation, she worked on tracking down cops who had responded to the drowning. “It was interesting,” she says, “going out and talking to coppers about something that happened in 1976 when they were 19 years old. I’d say: ‘What do you remember about it?’ The resounding answer was: ‘I’ve got no memory of it at all.’ Still, it’s a current investigation.” Whatever frustration comes with it, Vanderwoude is “quite pleased to be doing the cold-case work”. “It’s a really good fit for me,” she says. “It would be nice to get people who think they’ve gotten away with something, especially for something that’s 10 to 15 years old. That’s when they must think that there’s nothing coming back on them.”

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After only seven months with Major Crime, Vander woude already spends a lot of her after-hours time thinking about investigations. Specific thoughts come to her on her bus ride home from work or at home in conversation with her detective husband. “In the middle of one investigation,” she explains, “I thought about things and would ring someone after hours and say: ‘Have we done this?’ or ‘What about that?’ ” Another task that causes Vanderwoude some out-of-hours thinking is the assignment Detective Supt Doc Bray gave her to write a Major Crime manual. Her objective is to make it a how-to guide covering every aspect of homicide investigation. It will begin with the moment Major Crime gets notice of a murder through to the courtroom finale, and more. “So,” she says, “when you get a murder, whether you’re new to Major Crime or you’ve been there for 20 years, you’ll manage it in the same way. “I don’t mind doing it (the manual). It’s good for me too because I won’t be in this position forever. There’ll be a day that I move out onto the floor (to join a team).” Despite the challenge her work on the new manual represents, Vanderwoude aims to complete it by her deadline of April 1. She has had to apply herself as solidly to the task as homicide detectives apply themselves to their investigations. And Vanderwoude recognizes the personal traits that murder investigations demand of detectives. Tenacity and drive are the first two she lists, along with perseverance and strong intellects. “But you don’t have to be book-smart,” she says. “Some people we perceive not to be the smartest come up with the better ideas. They think a little left-field. “There are people here (at Major Crime) who think a little bit differently, and come up with stuff about which you then think: ‘That’s logical.’ ” Vanderwoude expects to suffer the frustration of acquittals and the unease of some contact with the grieving relatives of murder victims. She thinks of death messages as one of the hardest jobs in any field of police work. But she does not expect the realities of the human condition, in the form of brutal killings, to diminish her faith in humanity. “Put it into perspective,” she says. “Murder is what a minority does. There are 20 murders in South Australia in a year and there are 1.6 million of us (in SA). And the majority of murders happen in an instant. They’re not planned or thought out. “There are always going to be people (who commit murder). You just have to remember all of the good people.” PJ

Letters

Inspiration to reunite

Back: Gary McGrice, Bruce Kenyon, John Parsons, Tom Scheffler, Phil Betts, Peter Schar, Paul Maschgan, Fred Trueman, Reg Pollard. Centre: Mick Parker, Bob Preuss, Brian Devitt, Phil Hilderbrandt, Glenn Angus, Paul Gross, Kevin Hunt, Rick Huckstepp, Phil Vincent. Front: Trevor Fallon, Mick Sweeney, Mark Williams, Robert Webb, Vern Leng, Gavin Ramsey, Peter Jaensch, Ian Downey.

Reunion illustrates lifelong friendship Members of course 39 reunited at the Police Club last December to celebrate 43 years since they began at Fort Largs and 40 years since their graduation. The reunion kicked off at midday with pre-event drinks before an à la carte lunch in the dining room. War stories were still going after 8pm and members still didn’t have enough time to catch up with every old mate to reminisce. Many former course members – who had either retired or ventured into other careers – came from the country or interstate to be at the reunion. Including partners, a total of 34 people attended; and, of the 36 members who graduated, 12 are still serving. The course has held several reunions which, in the last two years, have been at the Police Club – and highly successful. The continuing camaraderie and mateship of the course is outstanding, a real illustration of lifelong friendship. Glenn Angus

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Twenty members who graduated from Fort Largs with Course 23 in December, 1970, gathered with their partners for a reunion last November. It was a fantastic opportunity for course members to get together to relive, or remind each other of, the good and bad of our early careers. The close bonds that developed way back in 1968, when 43 of us started, still endure today, and it’s always a great pleasure to catch up. Since that beginning at the academy, course members have either stayed in SAPOL for at least 45 years or gone on journeys of their own. Our inspiring course mentor, Peter Walsh, attended the reunion; and no one had forgotten the close mateship of those early years, first at the academy and later in other fields. We hope our reunions continue and that they inspire others to get together with their course mates. Bruce Hartley Sergeant East Adelaide Traffic

Thankful for police courage I recently travelled to bushfireaffected areas in the Adelaide Hills and the state’s lower South-East to thank the many police officers, emergency service workers and volunteers on the ground. As part of a briefing on the Tantanoola fire in the South-East,

Liberal member for Mt Gambier Troy Bell and I met with Superintendent Trevor Twilley, officer-in-charge at Limestone Coast LSA. The selfless effort that we have witnessed from so many in the face of great personal danger in fighting these fires makes me very proud

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to be a South Australian. The courage and dedication shown by those on the ground has been remarkable and I thank all those who have rallied behind the residents who have lost their homes. Steven Marshall State Liberal Leader

Q&A

Do you agree with the proposals in the SAPOL traffic review paper? From top: Sergeant Bruce Hartley, Snr Sgt Nils Uellendahl and Sergeant Garry Stewart.

Sergeant Bruce Hartley

Snr Sgt Nils Uellendahl

Sergeant Garry Stewart

Eastern Adelaide Traffic

Traffic Operations Section

Sturt Traffic

I have lived through at least five traffic restructures and this is another one based on inaccuracies and biased data. For instance, looking at the comparison percentage between general patrols and traffic is flawed. The percentage is taken from SACAD which can only reflect 603s recorded on SACAD. Data from my own team sheds a different light on this matter. The north/south locations are yet to be decided and there is no mention of the roster, except where it emphasizes the need to run 24-7, but then states that the high crash times are between 8am and 6pm. We seem to have to explore all these things over and over again but end up implementing something with a lack of resources and, usually, lack of staff. It has happened before and I see it in this proposal. I have been a proud member of traffic for over 40 years.

Traffic policing is a specialist area of operations. Low-level traffic offences and basic traffic control can be done by general-duties officers. However, more complicated matters require specialist, trained and experienced traffic officers to police and investigate those offences and be deployed in such a way that relevant traffic offences are detected. If there was no need for specialist traffic police, why hold a traffic course, a heavy vehicle policing course and a vehicle defect course? Every other Australian state, as well as most western countries, has specialist traffic police units, sections or whole commands. Traffic is a specialized field requiring specialist officers.

It is necessary for SAPOL to review how it conducts its business, so as to provide an effective, efficient service delivery to our community. But we have to be careful that any restructure does not have an adverse effect on service delivery to our community, and that it does not create an impost on the front-line operational members. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe this review and these proposals are beneficial to the front-line operational personnel. The front-line personnel continually seem to be burdened with a heavier workload in any restructure and their numbers are never increased. They are stretched and under-resourced now. Operational supervisors have an enormous workload and are constantly under pressure. The proposal seems to indicate that their workload is to increase by 30 per cent or more. The figures in the proposal need further scrutiny.

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Industrial Nick Damiani

Traffic law enforcement set to suffer under proposals

Traffic policing requires specialist

knowledge which usually exists outside the general skill set of patrol officers. And the enforcement of traffic laws will suffer if some of the current SAPOL restructure proposals go ahead. These views have come from several Police Association members with a wealth of experience as traffic police. These members have provided extensive feedback to the association regarding the recent SAPOL traffic review consultation paper. The paper became a priority on the association’s agenda after SAPOL released it last November. Association president Mark Carroll, in the leadup to the paper’s release, said the union would not support a review that did not intend to make police “more efficient, more productive, and better able to serve the community.” He also highlighted the significance of this review in respect of the upcoming round of enterprise bargaining. In the executive summary section of the consultation paper, SAPOL indicated that the objectives of its review were to:

• Review current metropolitan Local Service Area Traffic Enforcement Section’s functionality and activity. • Identify an enhanced operating model that is highly flexible and agile providing a State-wide focussed approach to policing road safety. • Identify an improved operating model that better utilises available resources to match public demand for services. Af ter SA POL released the paper, the association commissioned the Australian Workplace Innovation and Social Research Centre from the University of Adelaide to assess the SAPOL proposals. (The full paper is available on PASAweb.) Authors Simon Molloy and John Spoehr, from the research centre, highlighted issues with the SAPOL objectives. “The second and third objectives would seem to be … reiterations of the objective of resource allocation to achieve efficient policing…” Molloy and Spoehr highlighted. “It is not clear why there is an emphasis on ‘enhanced operating model’ and ‘improved operating model’ in the second two objectives.

“It is worth pointing out that there is the possibility that more efficient resource allocation may be achievable without new operating models.” The preferred review option SAPOL outlined in its consultation paper is the creation of a Road Safety Policing Unit (RSPU) within Operational Support Services. Molloy and Spoehr concluded that there was insufficient evidence presented in the SAPOL review to demonstrate that this option is preferable. They highlighted reasons for this conclusion: 1. More detailed data is required about the current absolute relative demands on resourcing for traffic and general-duties policing – without such data it is not possible to say which of the two groups is most resource constrained at this time. 2. The distribution of different activities across the two groups, and the time intensiveness of these activities, needs to be estimated. This is necessary to determine the resourcing demands on the two groups because it is likely that the distribution of various tasks is quite different for the two groups. 3. Data on the resourcing demand from non-core activities that have been accumulated by traffic police need to be estimated.

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4. The level of unreported tasking activity by traffic police needs to be estimated, for example, 603s that are not booked. 5. Some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various options are simply asserted with no supporting data or rationale and these need further analysis and validation. 6. The extent to which structural change in resourcing and management is required to respond to the need for greater resourcing flexibility has not been clearly established. It would seem to be possible to create improved geographic and scheduling resource flexibility simply through a change in policy, rostering procedures and management without the need to incur the risks and costs associated with restructuring. 7. Significant aspects of the preferred option have not yet been determined: what will the proposed rostering arrangements be? What proportion of traffic police will be allocated to the new unit and what proportion reallocated to general duties? How do these reallocations fit with the expected task loads of the two groups? Until such questions are answered, we believe that it is not possible to determine which of the options is likely to be the most efficient and cost effective. Police Association member Garry Stewart is well qualified to comment on the matter. The Sturt sergeant has 34 years’ experience in traffic policing and agrees that the SAPOL preferred outcome is concerning. “I don’t believe option three will give the outcomes SAPOL is seeking,” he warned. “It appears a reshape of several old restructures. “I believe that the proposal is based on a perceived view of what traffic enforcement is. I think that view is divisive and is assumption-based. “I have been involved in a few traffic restructures in my career which have brought us to this point.” Sgt Stewar t asser ted that operational supervisors are focused on delivering an effective service in the area of crime and community safety

and view traffic enforcement as a secondary role. the one that SAPOL relies on to reduce road trauma. He said a one-size-fits-all approach to police “The consultation paper basically portrays the work was fraught with danger. 150 traffic members as redundant and suggests “SAPOL seems to want a police officer who fits all they could be used in the execution of other duties. positions,” he said. “I don’t think this is achievable. “The media has even portrayed in their “We have to be careful that we don’t see new and reporting that (traffic) members will be returned to front-line duties. advanced technology as the answer to our problems, rather than looking at that technology as simply a “I thought that was what traffic members were useful tool to enhance our service delivery. (already) doing.” “The motoring public is not foolish and, over Mr Carroll shared similar views, indicating that time, they adapt their driving to our enforcement the review had left several questions unanswered. strategies. This can be a good thing and results in “The comparisons between general-duties members and traffic members are meaningless better driving behaviour but, for the motorist who chooses to flout the law, it brings and divisive,” he said. a new set of problems.” “We’re also concerned that “We seem to have to Sgt Stewart said he endorses the paper suggests SAPOL will explore all these things the association paying such close cut resources in traffic policing. scrutiny to the paper, and agreed “Out of 4,600 sworn police, over and over again but with the stance that it should there are only 150 metropolitan form part of the discussions in LSA traffic enforcement officers. end up implementing the upcoming round of enterprise “SAPOL has a legislative something with a responsibilit y to regulate bargaining. “If a higher productivity for the road use and prevent vehicle lack of resources and operational members is required, collisions, and that is the priority usually a lack of staff.” they should be justly rewarded of metropolitan and country for it through the EB,” he said. traffic police. Association member Sergeant Bruce Hartley, a “Road safety might be everyone’s responsibility 40-year veteran of traffic policing, agreed that some but it isn’t everyone’s priority.” of the data in the SAPOL review was concerning. Mr Carroll said the review lacked academic rigour. “We seem to have to explore all these things over “The generalizations contained within it to justify and over again but end up implementing something metropolitan traffic resource reduction should with a lack of resources and usually a lack of staff,” cause all members to question the veracity of the Sgt Hartley lamented. proposals,” he insisted. “It has happened before and I see it again in “We’re also concerned that the key aspects of this proposal.” the paper could cause division between different Sgt Hartley warned that traffic policing required groups of our membership. a specific skill set which police from general patrols “That’s why we immediately commissioned the usually did not possess. university research centre to analyse the report “The expertise that traffic officers gain through and the data contained in it. specific courses will not be translated to general “We’ll be presenting those findings to SAPOL, patrols,” he warned. as well as discussing some of our own concerns “The specific skill set attained by traffic members is based on member feedback.”

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Any swig of raw milk potentially lethal Even the idea of treating skin conditions with raw milk calls for scepticism

Drinking milk other than cows’ milk does Typical pasteurization conditions used for bacterium E. coli is thought to be the not eliminate the risk: faecal matter can still milk do not affect the nutritional or cause of the death of a Victorian toddler after the get into other milk, so the need to reduce the child drank raw milk last December. bacterial risk remains. It is still necessary to functional properties of milk fat, protein, E. coli is commonly found in human and animal remove pathogens and, so far, that is best lactose, minerals, and fat-soluble vitamins. faeces as well as the human gut. In there, however, done by pasteurization. it is mostly harmless but some might produce toxins Despite continual talk about the merits of which can cause disease. raw milk, there is usually no scientific evidence for inactivates enzymes present in raw milk. its alleged benefits. Shiga toxin damages the kidney (haemolytic However, there is no lactase (the enzyme) present uremic syndrome), later causing death, but if If you believe drinking raw milk to be a good source in fresh milk. Lactase might be present in lactic treatment and dialysis starts early enough it is of beneficial bacteria, you are wrong. In fact, you acid bacteria which are added to milk for fermentation possible to survive. might become ill from harmful bacteria which can or from airborne or other contamination. The farm environment is a reservoir for diseasecontaminate raw milk. Enzymes used to digest food are found in causing bacteria (pathogens), some of which might The important message about types of yogurt the mouth, stomach and, primarily, in the human be shed directly into the milk from a cow or goat, and other fermented products, such as kefir, is that intestines. Enzymes present in the food play an especially if the animal has a disease such as mastitis. they are made from pasteurized milk. This eliminates insignificant role in their digestion. Bacteria might also contaminate milk during harmful bacteria before adding the bacteria to make The suggestion is that the pasteurization process the milking process, or during the product. changes the nutritional properties of milk fat, protein, lactose, vitamins, and minerals. Typical transport, processing, packaging, Other benefits of milk are still Despite continual and storage. Poor hygiene practices being explored but little evidence pasteurization conditions used for milk do not affect talk about the merits increase the risks. exists to suggest that pasteurization the nutritional or functional properties of milk fat, Eight outbreaks occurred in diminishes those benefits. protein, lactose, minerals, and fat-soluble vitamins. of raw milk, there is Australia between 1998 and 2003, A fatty acid known as conjugated There is a small reduction in the quantity of heat-sensitive water-soluble vitamins. Milk is an with over 100 cases of illness, linoleic acid (CLA) found in milk usually no scientific insignificant source of vitamin C, so the small fat was found to have beneficial linked to the consumption of raw evidence for its cows’ milk. anti-carcinogenic properties around reduction that occurs during pasteurization is not Four outbreaks were a result of 20 years ago. important in the overall diet. alleged benefits. Ultimately, there are risks to drinking milk which drinking raw milk on school camps, Any claim that a skin condition has not been processed in some way to reduce the while other outbreaks implicated a community such as psoriasis (an altered immune skin condition setting, a school, and unpasteurized milk consumption with inflammation) is better with milk must be treated bacteria. Pasteurization is the preferred way to do this. on farms. with scepticism. No changes occur in that process to significantly Pasteurization is not intended to kill all bacteria Some believe that consuming raw milk comes alter the nutritional value of milk or the supposed in the food. Instead, it aims to reduce the number with health benefits not found in the consumption benefits to skin or complexion. Claims of effective of viable pathogens so they are unlikely to cause of pasteurized milk. The suggestion is that raw milk benefits of milk are overrated and unproven, and disease, assuming the pasteurized product is stored is easier to digest – particularly for people who raw milk increases risks without benefit – even to are lactose-intolerant – because pasteurization properly and consumed before its use-by date. the point of being lethal.

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Motoring Jim Barnett

So big for a little car And with its extra space come plenty of driver comfort and storage options

shoulder and leg room for two adults. These seats can be configured in 18 different ways, providing cargo capacity of up to 1,492 litres. The deep cargo bay has a flat floor and is generous for a car of this size. Beneath the floor is additional storage and an emergency-style spare wheel.

VALUE FOR MONEY

The third-generation Honda Jazz pushes the boundaries of space and flexibility in a small car.

DESIGN Increased body rigidity, a new chassis and a longer wheelbase provide new Jazz with improved driving dynamics and more interior space. And its new body has a youthful, athletic appearance.

Jazz is so big for a little car it will amaze any observer. Front seats provide good comfort and plenty of adjustment, including a height adjuster for the driver. And drivers will appreciate the reach- and rake-adjustable steering wheel with its function buttons for audio, phone, trip computer and cruise control. Although narrow, the 60/40 rear seats provide more space than expected with ample head,

Three models, VTi (manual or CVT), VTi-S (CVT) and VTi-L (CVT) are priced between $14,990 and $22,490. Metallic paint adds $495. Standard features across the range include: • LED head and tail lights. • Seven-inch colour touch-screen audio with Bluetooth phone and audio connectivity. • USB and HDMI inputs. • Siri Eyes-Free mode. • Cruise control. • Trip computer. • Air conditioning. Top-spec VTi-L comes with extras such as: • Leather trim.

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Heated front seats. Rear parking sensors. Smart-entry. Push-button start. Climate-control air conditioning. Alloy wheels.

Hard to fault Smart looks, volumes of space and up to any task

SAFETY All Jazz models feature: • Six airbags. • Multi-angle reverse camera. • Anti-lock brakes with emergency stop signal. • Traction and stability control. • Hill-start assist.

STATS The only engine is an improved 1.5-litre SOHC four-cylinder petrol unit producing 88kW of power. Honda claims combined fuel economy of 6.2 litres/100km (VTi manual) and 5.8 litres/100km (all CVT models). CO2 emissions are 144g/km and 135g/km respectively.

ON THE ROAD No sports machine, Jazz is equally at home around town as it is on the highway. The engine provides strong performance even though it’s a little noisy at high revs. The paddle -shifter CV T transmission works in perfect harmony with the engine except during harsh acceleration when the engine can sound like its over-revving. But it’s not. This is just a trait of small engines with CVT transmissions. In reality, they provide excellent flexibility and improved economy over conventional automatics. Ultimately, Jazz delivers a firm but comfortable ride and confident cornering.

VERDICT An efficient, flexible small car, Jazz is well equipped and fun to drive.

The Holden Cruze Sportwagon fills the gap nicely between the likes of the Honda Jazz and the ever-growing small SUV brigade.

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DESIGN Although it shares the same wheelbase as Cruze Sedan and Hatch, Sportwagon is slightly longer and taller. The end result is a smart-looking compact wagon which provides just a little more headroom and volumes more cargo space. With rear seats in use, Cruze Sportwagon has 686 litres of cargo space compared to 413 litres in the Hatch and the Sedan’s 445 litres. The flat cargo floor measures more than one square metre, increasing to around 1.8 metres long with rear seats dropped. This configuration delivers 1,478 litres of cargo space. Under the floor sits a 16-inch emergency spare wheel and lots of space to store small items. In line with modern wagon design, Cruze Sportwagon has a low profile and sloping roofline. The interior boasts enough room for a family of five, or four adults. It is well laid out and comfortable with plenty of storage bins and pockets.

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Eyes-Free, voice control, USB with iPod connectivity and auxiliary input. Cargo blind. Manual air conditioning. Alloy wheels. At $2,500 more, CDX also has: Push-button entry and start. Reversing camera. Heated front seats. Leather trim. Auto climate control. The diesel engine adds $4,000 to either model.

SAFETY Cruze Sportwagon comes with a five-star ANCAP safety rating. The expected six airbags, antilock brakes, traction and stability control systems all feature as well as rear parking sensors and a collapsible pedal-release system.

STATS The 1.8-litre petrol engine produces 104kW of power and 175Nm of torque with combined fuel economy of 7.4 litres/100km. The 2.0-litre diesel is the pick with 120kW, a massive 360Nm of torque and combined fuel economy of 6.7 litres/100km.

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ON THE ROAD Petrol CDX is a pleasant car to drive. The engine is smooth and generally quiet. It’s up to any task and makes the most of the flexible six-speed automatic transmission. Ride and handling are good and the car is exceptionally quiet compared to many small fours. Rear seat legroom is a little tight for adults but acceptable in light of the car’s impressive cargo space.

VERDICT As far as compact wagons go, Cruze Sportwagon is hard to fault.

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“A lot of the STAR Group guys came through our office here and up onto the Police Credit Union rooftop.”

going to come to a sound understanding of police handled the siege was just outstanding. It was and police work. just something you’ve got to respect as a person One of his earliest insights into the job came of the general public.” when he was just 10. He saw Nathan even attended one of the two Adelaide his dad, now a Police Credit “They go out and deal with Union board member, launch Convention Centre lectures into action off duty. delivered by renowned US some horrible people, like a psychologist and former “Lauren would have been man who’s beaten his wife. police officer Dr Kevin seven and my older sister 12,” he says. “We were on our way Gilmartin last year. It’s a credit to them that they to the Christmas pageant in The wisdom of Gilmartin, can keep their heads up and who authored the book the morning and there was a drunk who took a lunge at a Emotional Survival for Law not let that consume them.” Enforcement, reaffirmed for lady in Carrington St. “Before you could even blink, Nathan that his father and Dad got him and held him on the ground until the sister survive police life “really well”. police came. And he marvels at the way other cops stand up to “It was that split-second decision that happened both the emotional and physical challenges of frontright before our eyes as kids. It was that jump into line police work. “It’s a massive job they do,” he says. action straight away. “They go out and deal with some horrible people, “And, more recently, we had the (Clavell) like a man who’s beaten his wife. It’s a credit to them siege on King William St. A lot of the STAR that they can keep their heads up and not let that Group guys came through our office here and consume them. up onto the Police Credit Union rooftop. “I just have a huge respect for them and all the “The professionalism of the way they work they do.”

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When offenders allege excessive force Rachael Shaw Senior Associate, Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers The courts might sympathize with police to some extent but the law still applies

and without consent applied force The courts have recognized that police nature of police work means that police directly or indirectly to the alleged victim. officers carry a number of duties to the officers regularly find themselves in situations in Subject to the matters set out below, the use of force to defend which they are required to use force in effecting an community, to fellow officers and to accused oneself does not amount to an arrest. I am sure many police officers are required persons with whom they are dealing. assault. In addition, subject to the to use force daily in order to effectively carry out their job. matters set out below, the use of force The difficulty arises when there is an allegation to make or assist in the arrest of an offender • The offence or offences that the suspect is said to have committed. that excessive force has been used. does not amount to an assault. • The behaviour of the suspect at the time. For the purposes of self-defence, it is a defence It is important to remember that there is no • The risk that the suspect posed to the safety to a charge of assault if you genuinely believed the blanket justification for the use of force when force that you used was necessary and reasonable exercising the power of arrest. Whether the use of others. • The risk that the use of force posed to the safety of force is justified in any given case must always and in the circumstances as you believed them to of the suspect and others. depend on the facts and circumstances of that be, reasonably proportionate to the threat that you • The other options available to the police officer believed to exist. specific case. at the time. For the purpose of the use of force to execute a It is fair to say that, whenever a police officer The courts have recognized that police officers lawful arrest, it is a defence to a charge of assault resorts to the use of force in an arrest, the force used carry a number of duties to the community, to fellow if the force was used to make or assist in the lawful may be closely scrutinized and he or she could be answerable to the law. arrest of an offender or person officers and to accused persons with whom they Being charged (or the prospect unlawfully at large and the force are dealing. If a weapon is involved of being charged) with assault, was, in the circumstances that The courts have also recognized that a police or injuries are sustained, you reasonably believed them to officer might be confronted with any number as a result of executing your duties as a police officer, is a be, reasonably proportionate to of different scenarios in effecting an arrest and the maximum penalties the threat you believed to exist. harrowing experience. which require them to make immediate decisions As police officers are in Once either or both of about the course to adopt in situations of increase to four and five positions of authority, they are these defences are raised, the turmoil, high tension, violence (real or apprehended) years’ imprisonment. at risk of being charged with the prosecution must exclude them and disorder. offence of aggravated assault. beyond reasonable doubt. In The circumstances of an arrest might call for the immediate resolution of a conflict between If found guilty, the maximum penalty is three years’ other words, it is for the prosecution to disprove imprisonment. self-defence and/or execution of a lawful arrest. various duties of a police officer with little opportunity If a weapon is involved or injuries are sustained, When considering what is “necessary” and being given to him or her to consider calmly the the maximum penalties increase to four and five “reasonable” force as applied by police officers potential ramifications of his or her chosen course of action. years’ imprisonment. It is a very serious matter. in effecting an arrest, the courts will often have In order to be found guilty of the offence regard to: of assault, the prosecution must typically prove • Whether the suspect had a propensity to be beyond reasonable doubt that you intentionally violent and the police officer was aware of this. Continued page 41

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Moving to Stagcote Manor was meant to be a fresh start for Lindy and her teenage daughter, Izzy. A chance at a new life in the country after things went so wrong in London. But, for Izzy, it’s a prison sentence. There’s something about the house that she can’t quite put her finger on – something strange and unnerving. As Izzy begins to explore the manor and the village beyond its walls, she discovers the locals have a lot of bizarre superstitions and beliefs. Many of them related to the manor… and those who live there. After Izzy begins to investigate the history of the estate, her unease deepens to fear as the house’s chilling past finally comes to light.

In a small New England town, in the early 1960s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again – a showman on stage, creating dazzling “portraits in lightning” – and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. Rich and disturbing, Revival spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written.

Ever y thing changed for Oscar Pistorius after he shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, dead in the early hours of February 14, 2013. Overnight, his status as a role model was replaced by tales of erratic behaviour and a violent dark side. John Carlin followed his sevenmonth trial and the drama inside the courtroom, which included Pistorius’s wrenching emotional breakdowns, the merciless interrogation to which he was subjected by the prosecutor, and the highly controversial judgement. Carlin had unique access to Pistorius and his family and friends in the aftermath of the tragedy. He paints a portrait of a complex personalit y, a man whose life story reveals extremes of courage and i n s e c u r it y, am b itio n and vulnerability, generosity and dangerous hot-headedness.

A bullet has taken 10 years to find its mark… but Bosch is on the case. In the LAPD Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet 10 years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other evidence is virtually non-existent. Soon Bosch is embroiled in what turns out to be a highly charged, politically sensitive case. Starting with the bullet, which has been lodged for years in the victim’s spine, the unit must pull new leads from yearsold information, which soon reveals that this shooting might have been anything but random.

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The Burning Room

LEGAL

From page 39

Taking the Low Road Author John Murray Publisher John Murray (via Hardshell Publishing) RRP $29.95 When boys disappear from Adelaide streets in the 1980s, it’s personal for Detective John Scobie. He sees links to the unsolved murder of his school friend, Rosie, decades before in Scotland. To understand Scobie, and his vendetta against sex offenders, you have to go back to his Glasgow childhood, when he was abused by men in authority, and tutored in morals by a former gangster. When he migrates to Australia and joins the police he rebels against the injustice of paedophiles walking free. It takes him 30 years to solve the mystery of Rosie’s disappearance but no time at all to do something about it. And it doesn’t involve the legal system.

Storm Clouds Author Bronwyn Parry Publisher Hachette Australia RRP $29.99 Life is falling into place for National Parks ranger Erin Taylor. She has a job she loves, she’s falling for her colleague, Simon – and she is finally leaving the past behind. Until a woman is murdered. But the victim is not just any woman – she’s Simon’s wife, Hayley. The wife he’s not mentioned to Erin. The wife he’s not seen in 14 years. On the edge of the national park, alternative lifestyle community Simple Bliss denies knowing Hayley, but Simon and Erin suspect otherwise. As Simon uncovers shocking details about the group, Erin is drawn into its midst and finds a web of lies, and a charismatic but dangerous cult leader who will let nothing and no one stand in his way.

Win a BOOK! For your chance to win one of these books, send your name, location, phone number and despatch code, along with the book of your choice to competitions@pj.asn.au

Often cited in cases dealing with an allegation of assault against a police officer is a passage from the case of Mcintosh v Webster (1980) 43 FLR 112: I think it would be altogether unfair to the police force as a whole to sit back in the comparatively calm and leisurely atmosphere of the courtroom and there make minute retrospective criticisms of what an arresting constable might or might not have done or believed in the circumstances. For myself I am disposed to take a broad and somewhat sympathetic attitude towards members of the police force who are called upon in critical situations to preserve public order. There is no doubt that the courts are sympathetic to the difficult job that police officers undertake as well as the split-second decisions that must be made. However, the law as it relates to assault and the various defences must still be applied. If you find yourself the subject of an assault investigation, you should seek immediate assistance from the Police Association which can put you onto a lawyer.

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).

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This is the story of humanity, told through the greatest questions we’ve ever asked. Where are we in the universe? What is the destiny of us and our planet? How did the human brain arise and why did we develop consciousness? Will our search for alien life be successful, or are we alone? The answers revealed in this landmark series offer an original new perspective on human life, combining dramatic specialist photography with innovative CGI all set in spectacular locations across the world as we explore the ultimate wonder of the universe around us.

In 1921, Ewa Cybulski (Marion Cotillard) and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the American dream. When they reach Ellis Island, doctor s discover that Magda (Angela Sarafyn) is ill, and the two women are separated. Ewa is released onto the mean streets of Manhattan while Magda is quarantined. Alone, with nowhere to turn and desperate to reunite with her sister, Ewa quickly falls prey to Bruno (Joaquin Phoenix), a wicked man who takes her in and forces her into prostitution. The arrival of Orlando (Jeremy Renner) – a dashing stage magician who is also Bruno’s cousin – restores her self-belief. He sweeps her off her feet and becomes Ewa’s only chance to escape the nightmare in which she finds herself.

The doctor and Clara face their last Christmas. Trapped on an arctic base and under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus! This is the tenth Christmas special since the Dr Who show’s revival in 2005, and the first full Christmas special to feature the twelfth doctor. The episode stars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman, with Nick Frost, Natalie Gumede and Michael Troughton guest starring.

Matthew Scudder (Liam Neeson) is a former cop and now unlicensed private investigator. He is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife, even after he paid the ransom. An action -thriller based on Lawrence Block’s bestselling series of mystery novels, A Walk Among The Tombstones also stars Dan Stevens and David Harbour.

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Win a DVD! For your chance to win one of these DVDs, send your name, location, phone number and despatch code, along with your choice of DVD, to competitions@pj.asn.au

Cinema

A Country Road: The Nationals

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Fifty Shades of Grey

A Most Violent Year

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Hosted by Heather Ewert, herself a girl from the bush, The Nationals is a rollicking political history of the National Party featuring larger-thanlife characters such as Bob Katter, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as well as old-timers such as Doug Anthony and Malcolm Fraser. This three part series tracks the party from its origins in the 1920s though to social media and trying to survive in 2014. There is no other political party like it in the world. A Country Road: The Nationals is a must-watch for anyone who is interested in Australia and who wants to have some fun along the way.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is the expansionist dream of Sonny (Dev Patel). He has his eye on a promising property, now that his first venture, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the Elderly and Beautiful, has only a single remaining vacancy – posing a rooming predicament for fresh arrivals Guy (Richard Gere) and Lavinia (Tamsin Greig). Evelyn and Douglas (Judi Dench and Bill Nighy) have now joined the Jaipur workforce, and are wondering where their regular dates for Chilla pancakes will lead, while Norman and Carol (Ronald Pickup and Diana Hardcastle) are negotiating the tricky waters of an exclusive relationship, as Madge (Celia Imrie) juggles two eligible wealthy suitors. Perhaps the only one who knows the answers is newly installed co-manager of the hotel, Muriel (Maggie Smith), the keeper of everyone’s secrets.

Fifty Shades of Grey is the hotly anticipated film adaptation of the bestselling book that has become a global phenomenon. Since its release, the Fifty Shades trilogy has been translated in 52 languages worldwide and sold more than 90 million copies in e-book and print — making it one of the biggest and fastest-selling book series ever. Stepping into the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, who have become iconic to millions of readers, are Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. When literature student Steele goes to interview young entrepreneur Grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades trilogy is a tale that will obsess, possess and stay with you forever.

A Most Violent Year is set during the winter of 1981 – statistically one of the most crime-ridden in New York City's history. It is a drama which follows the lives of an immigrant and his family as they attempt to capitalize on the American Dream. But, at the same time, the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built. A Most Violent Year stars Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola and Albert Brooks.

Win a movie pass! For your chance to win an in-season pass to one of these films, courtesy of Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas, send your name, location, phone number and despatch code, along with your choice of film, to competitions@pj.asn.au

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* M inimum of three tasting events at the Police Club each year * F ree glass of house wine with every meal purchased at the Police Club * E ntry to annual wine raffle and discounts on quality wine

To join visit www.policeclub.com.au or phone Bronwyn at the Police Club (08) 8212 2924

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WINE

Shingleback Wine McLaren Vale, SA www.shingleback.com.au

2014 Haycutters Salmon Rose This is perfect for summer drinking and a winner from day one. Only released in mid-2014, this Provence-style rosé has already won Best Rosé trophies and gold medals at last year’s National Wine Show of Australia and the Royal Queensland Wine Show. It also earned a gold medal at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show. As the name suggests, the wine is a delicate coral pink in colour. Aromas of freshly picked summer raspberries and strawberries are pierced with fragrant lemon rind. Nuances of rose petals and a hint of dusty minerality tease the senses. A compote of red berry flavours flows over the finely textured palate which is defined by a lingering natural acidity and savoury “moreishness”.

2012 Davey Estate Shiraz During the 1990s, brothers Kym and John Davey brought their combined exper tise in winemaking, farming and business to continue to develop the McLaren Vale estate first farmed by their grandfather in 1957. Their goal was, and remains, to produce affordable, quality wines which express the true character of McLaren Vale. Over the years they have earned a reputation for providing consistently greatvalue, award-winning wines. Winner of six gold medals, the Davey Estate Shiraz is vibrant, pigeon-blood ruby in colour. Fresh blackberry aromas are entwined with hints of espresso, roses, spice and dark chocolate. Full-bodied, with a luscious dark berry mid-palate and seamlessly structured with fine but firm tannins and a balanced acidity that ensures a long, lingering finish.

2012 Davey Brothers Shiraz This was awarded 2014 Best Value Wine of Australia across all categories under $20 ( Winestate magazine November/December 2014). From the exceptional 2012 vintage, this first release of Shingleback estate-grown Davey Brothers Shiraz is an inky purple-red. It has aromas of mulberries and blackberries, violets and white pepper, with just a hint of cedary oak and freshly turned earth. Flavours of dark cherries and chocolate are finely framed with silky tannins and fresh acidity. Fine-grained American and French oak are the thread that runs through this full-bodied Shiraz, tying together the opulent mid-palate and long, lingering finish.

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The Police Club Functions Book your next function at the club using your Police Club membership card and save: • • • • • • • • • •

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Phone the club on 8212 2924 or email PoliceClub@pasa.asn.au to book your function today 27 Carrington Street, Adelaide SA 5000 P (08) 8212 2924 Email: PoliceClub@pasa.asn.au

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tasting event Fenwick Function Centre Friday March 6, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Wine Club members free Cover charge for non-members $15

Featuring: • McLaren Vale wines • Wine raffle • Cheese and hors d'oeuvres • Special dinner menu available – with complementary wine

Try the Mollydooker 2012 Carnival of Love Shiraz – last year’s No. 1 Shiraz of the Year

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Police Club captains David Reynolds, Barry Blundell, John Winkworth, Glenn Lewis, Steven Dolphin, Stephen Venn, Peter Jackson, Peter Shanahan and Darryl Millikan

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Karen Tamm congratulates Glenn Lewis and Stephen Venn

Police Club captains awards 2014 Ten participants in the inaugural Police Club captains programme emerged as clear winners in December. But Police Credit Union personal banker Glenn Lewis and Harcourts VennMillar principal Stephen Venn secured the titles of Police Club commissioner and deputy commissioner respectively. Police Association president Mark Carroll announced the winners at a special awards function at the Police Club and paid tribute to all the captains. “We’re delighted to be able to recognize and thank those captains who have thrown their weight behind this programme,” he said. “With their support we can help ensure our club thrives and prospers in the future. “And we’re particularly pleased that all 10 have captains have once again agreed to take up the mantel of Police Club captain for 2015.” Club captains all receive a gold membership card which is

Open Monday to Friday for lunch and Friday nights

Available for private functions, conferences, boardroom lunches, cocktail parties, training facilities and more

scanned at the bar throughout the year. The club can then identify the proceeds of the events the captains have organized and add them to those scanned from members of their nominated network. The funds are collated at the end of the year and announced at the awards function. Club captains receive rewards and prizes commensurate with their efforts. For nomination forms and further information on the programme go to the Police Club website (www.policeclub.com.au) or contact Bronwyn at the club (8212 2924).

Competitive food and beverage packages – use your Police Club membership card and save even more.

The Last Shift Brad Flaherty (1)

SUPERINTENDENT BRAD FLAHERTY Regional Executive 38 years’ service Last Day: 08.02.14 Comments… “I had some ups and downs as everyone does, but I still loved the job. I left feeling good about where I had been, who I had worked with and what I had achieved. “I have created a new job out of nothing and now work in upstream oil and gas out of Port Lincoln. It’s about as far away from policing as you can get. “If I could pass on a message for the young people of SAPOL I would say: hang in there when it’s tough, love the grand times that

Graham Fox (2) Graham Kalisch (3) Neil Smith (4) Mark Williams (5) Mark S Williams (6)

you will experience and cherish and look after your mates. “Above all, maintain your integrit y, ethic s and honesty and look after your people if you achieve rank. “We belong to a very exclusive and special culture. Some will knock that culture but that’s because they are not part of it. “The Flahertys in policing will continue: my son, Shane, has joined Victoria Police and will carry on the tradition. “I thank my many colleagues for the great times and thank the Police Association for its hard work in representing our members.”

Detective Brevet Sgt Mark (S) Williams Victor Harbor CIB 37 years’ service Last Day: 11.12.14 Comments… “I have seen a lot of change in the job and learned a great deal from the challenges policing presents. I have some great memories and made some lifetime friendships. I enjoyed my career and it’s now time to enjoy life from a different perspective. “I thank the Police Association for the ongoing assistance it is providing members and for its work in gaining the best possible pay and conditions. I hope it has continuing success for members in the times ahead.” Left: Williams in the early 1990s

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SENIOR CONSTABLE GRAHAM FOX State Traffic Enforcement 41 years’ service Last Day: 03.11.14 Comments… “I thank the Police Association for all its help over the years in assisting its members with pay rises and improving workplace conditions. “I especially say goodbye to all those currently serving and retired me mbe r s w ith whom I worked in Traffic since 1978. “Goodbye and all the best to thos e w ho continue to keep everybody safe.”

Assistant Commissioner Neil Smith

SERGEANT MARK WILLIAMS Hills Fleurieu Intel 43 years’ service Last Day: 24.12.14 Comments… “During my 4 0 year s since graduation I can recall many conversations about how the government, the courts and even SAPOL management might have made mistakes. “I c an' t re m e mb e r m any conversations about mistakes the association might have made. “I thank all members who have supported the association, particularly in the tough times in the 1980s and during the early EB negotiations. “I have met many inspirational people and I will miss the camaraderie but not the bureaucracy.”

Regional Executive 38 years’ service Last Day: 04.12.14 Comments… “I can honestly say that I have really enjoyed every day at work. There have certainly been challenges along the way but I have always been supported by a group of good people who have worked hard to keep the community safe. “I am taking with me great memories of people and events from across the state. “I thank everyone I have worked with, for their professionalism, dedication, friendship and support. “The association executive and representatives have worked very hard to support their members and have secured excellent pay outcomes for everyone, including me. “Thank you and I wish you all well in the future.”

SNR CONST 1C GRAHAM KALISCH Netley Police Station 42 years’ service Last Day: 05.01.15 Comments… “I thank the association for all the achievements made not only with regard to remuneration but with improving the working conditions of members. “I have worked with some really good people and shared a few laughs along the way. These are the memories that I will take with me as I move on.”

For the full version of The Last Shift, go to PASAweb at www.pasa.asn.au February 2015 Police Journal

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Course 3/2014 Graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dinner Fenwick Function Centre Saturday, December 13, 2014

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1 Steven and Jessica Nimmo and Matthew Allen 2 Amy Fromm and Andrew McIntyre 3 Chris Page and Paul Heaft 4 Aaron Brokenshow and Troy Manning present gifts to Paul Heaft and Amanda Francis 5 Jack Everett, Emily Finnie and Robert Holden

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6 Courtney Forrest, Sarah Forrest and Thomas Doak 7 Shaun Smith and Emma Sierp 8 Emma and Rick Leedham 9 Luna Aboulhosn and Kristen Vos

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Graduation: Course 3/2014 Wednesday, December 17, 2014

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1 Graduates gathered before the parade 2 Course members march to the parade ground

3 Sarah Forrest 4 Graduates line up on the parade ground 5 Commissioner Gary Burns inspects the course 6 Graduates on the parade ground 7 Police Association president Mark Carroll with Academic Award winner Jack Everett 8 Denise, Jake and Bob Gray 9 Steven Brain and Kristen Vos 10 Amanda Francis and Paul Heaft

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Course 4/2014 Graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Dinner Fenwick Function Centre Friday, January 16, 2015

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1 Luke and Jessica Dutschke 2 Ben Radloff and Jessica Bailey 3 Michael and Laura Romeo 4 Lachlan Webb 5 Naomi Roberts 6 Renaldo and Emma Roesch 7 Dean and Nicole Harris 8 Daniel Jackson and Chloe Sawtell 9 Nick Portolesi, Joseph Hynes, Naomi Roberts and Braydon Delaat

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Graduation: Course 4/2014 Wednesday, January 21, 2015

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1 Course members on the parade ground 2 James Relenza and Ben Corbin

3 Graduates gathered before the parade 4 Graduates line up on the parade ground 5 Naomi Roberts 6 Bob and Braydon Delaat 8

7 Police Association Academic Award winner Daniel Schulz 8 Kym and Lachlan Webb 9 Luke Orometer 10 Joseph Hynes delivers a speech on behalf of the graduates

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JACKIE McDONALD Senior Constable Elizabeth Crime Prevention

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Now “The reaction to the story was very positive. There was a lot of support from the people I worked with at the time. I got e-mails from complete strangers in the job offering support and saying: ‘Thank you for speaking out. It’s happened to me.’ Someone from way down south came all the way to Salisbury just to talk to me about the article. “I told my story to the Police Journal as a way of saying thank you to the Police Association for its support. And that was not only emotional support a lot of the time but also financial support. I also wanted to highlight those who had actually stepped up and stood by me instead of pushing away. No regrets about giving my story. “I’m not bitter at all now about what happened. At the time it was an awful thing to go through, but my life kept going forward and, eventually, you get back on an even keel. When we did the article I was pregnant with my first child. When she was born a whole new life started and it was a pretty good one from there. “My three beautiful children are my greatest achievement in life. They are my entire world, and more. Like most parents, I can’t put into words what they do actually mean to me. It’s extraordinary. You have a life before children and then a life after children. You think the life before is excellent, but the life after is absolutely amazing. “After the story, when I was on light duties at Salisbury, I went to work at Family Violence at Elizabeth. Then, from 2005 to 2010, I got a position doing work-fromhome adjudications. And, in 2010, I started at Elizabeth Crime Prevention and I’ve been there since. I love it. The thanks you get from members of the public is extraordinary. “My advice to anyone who goes through the police complaints process: don’t let it get the better of you. Don’t be afraid to put your hand up and say: ‘I need a bit of help.’ And go to the Police Association. To this day, I’m still eternally grateful for the support they gave me. No matter how many times I called, I was never dismissed.” To read the story Criminalizing a cop, go to PASAweb at pasa.asn.au February 2015 Police Journal

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