Police Journal October 2019

OCTOBER 2019

“It was one of those where you think: ‘It could’ve gone horribly wrong.’ ”

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Police chase victory in the snow

Police perform acts of bravery around Australia every day. And that’s always to the benefit of one or more members of the public rather than those courageous cops. It might be a case of saving a child from drowning in a flooded river or shielding a victim in a gang attack.

In those moments, cops are likely to be more vulnerable than at any other time in their careers. But “vulnerable” seems an understatement when it comes to the clifftop negotiation job NT police officers Mark “Tiny” Turner and Linda Farrand undertook.

The level of risk was off the scale. Their lives were on the line. So, we wanted to know what the job was all about and how they survived. And the place to find out was Canberra, where they received the 2019 Australian Police Bravery Award last month.

Movers and shakers in SA politics and policing know not to miss the Police Association annual conference. They all show up and speak directly to the delegates representing association members. Nicholas Damiani reports on the two-day symposium.

Police Association member liaison officer Steve Whetton explains why police access to offender blood samples is “essential”. Dr Rod Pearce also covers the subject of blood but from the perspective of haemophilia.

And our 15 years on feature has moved up to 20 years. Inspector Kim Bos does the reflecting.

Brett Williams brettwilliams@pj.asn.au

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It was award-winning bravery in the face of a risk so extreme that two Northern Territory cops might have plunged to their deaths.

19 Police Association annual conference The state’s political heavyweights were there and not only addressed front-line issues – like the multi-purpose vest trial – but also commented on association campaigning.

COVER: Northern Territory Police senior constables Linda Farrand and Mark “Tiny” Turner, winners of the Australian Police Bravery Award.

Photography by Luke Foster.

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EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES

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Shelley Furbow Reception

Caitlin Brown Executive Assistant

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DELEGATES & WORKPLACE REPRESENTATIVES Metro North Branch

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Elizabeth

Nathan Long

South Coast

Gawler

David Savage

South Coast

Phillip Jeffery

Golden Grove

Stuart Smith

Southern Prosecution

Sallie McArdell

Northern Prosecution

Tim Pfeiffer

Southern Traffic

Heath Suskin

Northern Traffic

Michael Tuohy

Sturt

David Handberg

Parks

Tim King

Port Adelaide

Paula Hammond

Country South Branch

Salisbury

Tanya Leonard

Joe McDonald

Berri

John Gardner

Millicent

Nicholas Patterson

Ceduna

Chris Lovell

Murray Bridge

Stephen Angove

Coober Pedy

Glenn Batty

Naracoorte

Grant Baker

Peterborough

Nathan Paskett

Renmark

James Bentley

Port Augusta

Peter Hore

Port Lincoln

Mark Heading

Operations Support Branch

Port Pirie

Gavin Mildrum

Whyalla

Les Johnston

Dog Ops

Bryan Whitehorn (chair)

Academy

Paul Manns

Academy

Darren Curtis

ACB

Tania Sheldon

Alex Grimaldi

Band

Andrew Ey

Leonie Schulz

Comcen

Brenton Kirk

Elizabeth

Mark Shaw

Comcen

Allan Dalgleish

Forensic Services

Adam Gates

HR

Kerry Rouse

Fraud

Sam Agostino

Mounted Ops

Melanie Whittemore

Intelligence Support

Kevin Hunt

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Andrew Suter

Major Crime

Alex McLean

State Tac/ Op Mandrake Mark Buckingham

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Scott Mitchell

Traffic

David Kuchenmeister

Sasha Leitch

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Dick Hern

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Les Buckley

Women’s Branch

Kayt Howe (chair) (no delegates)

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Tim Tollenaar

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Paul Clark

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Rebecca Phillis

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Interim agreement struck T

he Police Association committee of management received an interim pay offer from the government in early October.

This followed lengthy discussions we had undertaken with government representatives to secure an interim payment.

Pending further negotiations – and the creation of a formal enterprise agreement – both parties have agreed to implement these industrial arrangements administratively.

The committee of management has agreed to the rates applicable to salary, wages and allowances as set out in the offer.

Some of the agreed reform matters also set out in the offer include: • The recruitment of non-sworn legal practitioners into Prosecution if the role cannot be filled by a sworn officer.

• The creation and implementation of part-time specific sworn positions and roles.

• The recruitment of civilian personnel as triple-zero call operators.

• The ability of sworn members to access ad hoc shifts across districts and functions on a voluntary basis.

• The development of further opportunities for flexible rostering.

• Support for merit-based pool selections.

• Support for and the facilitation of the introduction of a user-pays system (or model) for police resources.

• Merit-based selections for sergeant positions in the City Watch House.

• Transitioning sworn cell-guard positions to non-sworn positions.

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We have successfully negotiated for all existing conditions of employment in the 2016 enterprise agreement to continue.

This alone is an important outcome.

A common misunderstanding in enterprise bargaining is that existing EA conditions simply roll over into the new agreement.

Letters to the President the 2016 enterprise agreement to continue.

This alone is an important outcome.

A common misunderstanding in enterprise bargaining is that existing EA conditions simply roll over into the new agreement.

This is in no way the case.

All entitlements in any agreement must be re-negotiated at each new round of enterprise bargaining.

And, of course, this is only an interim agreement.

The association and the government will continue to negotiate on a raft of other matters significant to our members as we work to finalize a formal agreement.

Police Association annual conference The Police Association held its annual conference in mid-October.

In keeping with tradition, Premier Steven Marshall addressed and opened the conference, and Opposition leader Peter Malinauskas addressed delegates shortly after.

Delegates then got to hear a range of impressive local and interstate guest speakers across the course of the two-day conference, including keynote speaker Allan Sparkes, a former deputy commissioner of the Mental Health Commission of NSW. I acknowledge and congratulate the delegates for their selfless work in the interests of their colleagues.

They assist members in the workplace, attend disciplinary issues, identify workplace hazards, provide feedback to the association and raise issues for discussion.

Mr Malinauskas hit the nail on the head when he told delegates that they run into harm’s way of a different kind – their employer.

They do it without remuneration and they don’t ask for recognition.

In reality, the Police Association could not function without committed delegates.

Full coverage of the 2019 annual conference begins on page 19.

Dear Mark I write this long overdue missive to acknowledge and thank you and everyone at the Police Association for the laudable work of PASA in the magnificent achievement of additional protection for your members from the consequences of work injuries, as reflected in clause 4.17 and schedule 4 of the Police Officers Award.

As you would be aware, the UFUSA has since incorporated these extended provisions with reference to the circumstances of SAMFS firefighters, officers, retained firefighters and retained officers in both the South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service Enterprise Agreement 2017 and the Firefighting Industry Employees (South Australian Metropolitan Fire Service) Award 2007.

I am reminded by the advent of Police Remembrance Day which recognizes the dedication to duty and courage displayed by members of PASA that the dedication and commitment to duty of those who protect and advance the interests of those sworn to protect the community, the Police Association of SA, should also be acknowledged and applauded.

Dear Mark It has indeed been a rewarding role being the Director of the Australian War Memorial for the past seven years and one I will remember fondly, particularly given the commemorative activities of the Centenary of Anzac during that period.

It has been a privilege every day to work alongside people such as yourself and former CEO Mark Burgess, as well as the entire Police Federation of Australia.

I was honoured to play a role and provide guidance in the development of the National Police Memorial. It is a stunning tribute to all those who have lost their lives in the protection of our safety and our freedoms in this country.

The memorial’s upcoming exhibition, The Courage for Peace, will open to the public in October and will be recognition

While the UFUSA always vigorously pursues the interests of our members and indeed the community generally, the achievement of PASA in breaking through the resolute employer position and providing the extended benefits for first responders, has delivered SAMFS firefighters among others, an essential provision in the event of injury in the course of duty. Thank you.

We know that the employment conditions of workers of course are constantly under attack as indeed this provision currently is, and I would like you to know that the UFU is proud to be committed to working collectively with PASA to protect and enhance these critical protections for first responders.

In the meantime, please accept my sincere thanks once again for this outstanding achievement, on behalf of the UFU. Max Adlam Secretary United Firefighters Union of Australia South Australia Branch

of the roles that police officers play in safeguarding and protecting democracy in our region.

I appreciate all the support you have provided throughout the years.

I have recognized it is now time for renewal of the memorial’s leadership, with a period of expansion and renewal of our galleries.

Peacekeeping and safeguarding our region will become an important focus in the redevelopment and I am sure the stories of your PFA members will see their stories reflected.

Thank you again. It means so much.

Yours sincerely Dr Brendan Nelson Director Australian War Memorial October 2019

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Courage on the cliff’s edge It was a quiet evening at home with their families or a risky negotiation job on a clifftop. Two NT cops took option two, which almost cost them their lives.

Their reward was the National Police Bravery Award.

By Brett Williams

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had taken seven intense hours of negotiation on the edge of a Darwin clifftop above crocinfested waters. Two Northern Territory Police negotiators appeared to have resolved a serious case of threatened suicide.

The determined young man they had negotiated with since early the previous evening seemed finally dissuaded from jumping to his death.

Throughout the previous hours, he had either sat or stood on a rock of less than coffee-table size protruding from the top of the cliff face.

And negotiator Mark “Tiny” Turner had seen the folly of any attempt to grab him. “With him on that rock, there was no way we could’ve got him without risking him jumping,” Turner explains.

But Quinn (not his real name), dressed in only his underwear after burning his clothes, had now stepped back from that insanely dangerous position.

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Indeed, he had knelt beside plainclothed Turner and Linda Farrand, both senior constables and seasoned members of the NT Police Negotiation Unit. Farrand, 44, had acted as the primary negotiator throughout the preceding hours of dialogue.

Outwardly calm but running on adrenaline, she and Turner covered the shivering Quinn with a blanket. And, at that point, after all those hours, they thought they had at last made some serious headway.

“We’d got something out of nothing,” Turner says. “We’d got that physical contact with him, and he wasn’t pulling away.

He had now gone from zero to probably about seven out of 10 in the trust level he’d given us.”

But, after only “a matter of seconds”, Turner could see that “something just changed about his (Quinn’s) demeanour”.

It was a critical observation, and entirely accurate. Turner, who had served in three different police forces in two hemispheres, could tell from Quinn’s body language that “something was wrong”.

And, sure enough, without warning, and seeming to have made the decision to end his life, Quinn went to jump. His frighteningly sudden move left Turner and Farrand just a fraction of a second to react.

Quinn was so close to the edge of the cliff in Bicentennial Park that he needed neither a run-up nor a single step to launch himself.

But Turner did react in that fraction of a second. He grabbed the solidly built Quinn around his waist and fell deliberately backward with him at the cliff edge. Farrand grabbed him as well and yelled for help from GD (general duties) cops stationed on nearby cordons.

Turner – called Tiny because of his massive frame – faced an overwhelming challenge to restrain the squirming Quinn, who was wet and slippery. That was the result of sprinklers which had activated in the lawn just north-west of the Darwin Cenotaph during the negotiation process.

So Turner, 36, had to produce Herculean strength to maintain his bear hug on the tattooed, 80-plus kilogram Quinn. And, to brace himself, he planted his foot against a rock he had noticed sticking up out of the ground at the cliff edge.

But it was crucial that he not lose, or even loosen, his grip before the back-up police reached the imperilled trio. Were Quinn to break free, he might just have been able to roll himself straight off the cliff.

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Turner says. “At that stage, it was that moment of: ‘Now we need help!’ Linda was calling for help and trying to control him as well.

“I was trying to hold him as tight as I could. He was trying to fight against us.

My biggest worry was that all he had to do was be able to roll, and then we’d have just gone (over the edge).”

Quinn was certain to take Farrand with him if he did manage to break free of Turner and body-roll off the cliff. In fact, Farrand was already thinking: “Tiny, don’t let go of him because I’m the first one to go.”

The risk of all three plunging to their deaths was extreme. From the cliff edge, the drop was around 20 metres into the croc-infested waters below.

To Farrand, it seemed – as it usually does in critical incidents – as if it was taking forever for the GD cops to get to her and Turner. “Come on, guys,” she thought.

“Where are you?”

“But, in reality,” she says, “they were there in a split second.”

Those officers, Todd Lymberry and Mark Creighton, had bolted from their position near the cenotaph, jumped a barrier and charged directly toward their colleagues.

Once there, they grabbed Quinn and dragged him backward, away from the cliff edge.

Territory Response Group members had been standing by at the scene and helped carry Quinn over to his distressed mother and a waiting ambulance.

As close calls go, that dramatic ending at the cliff edge was, to most observers, off the scale. Indeed, for Turner and Farrand, it was the closest call of their police careers; and neither would ever again see or interact with Quinn.

“After the job finished, I went and had a dry retch,” Farrand recalls. “I gave Tiny the biggest hug because, not only did he stop that young lad going over the cliff, but he stopped me going over too.

“Then, in the days after, you think: ‘Who would’ve suffered if we went over (the cliff)?’

But that’s cast to the back of my mind, and I can’t think about it.”

Turner watched footage of the incident recorded on a body-worn camera. What he saw put the risk he and Farrand had faced into its proper perspective.

“That’s when I went: ‘Oh, f--k! That was close!’ ” he says. “It was one of those where you think: ‘It could’ve gone horribly wrong.’

But you don’t have time to think about that at the time.”

“I was trying to hold him as tight as I could. He was trying to fight against us.

My biggest worry was that all he had to do was be able to roll, and then we’d have just gone (over the edge).”

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was there much think time available to Turner and Farrand after they got WhatsApp messages around 7pm on Tuesday, June 11. The on-call police negotiators were at their respective homes, deservedly whiling away the hours with their families.

To them, however, an after-hours message to request that they respond to a job was never a surprise.

Farrand had served the NT Police Negotiation Unit for 10 years, and Turner for five. And that was in addition to their day jobs – Turner an investigator with the Domestic and Personal Violence Command and Farrand a school-based officer.

The message they got, and responded to, that evening came from on-call police negotiator Sergeant Renae McGarvie. She

had herself received an after-hours message and was to end up acting as not only the team leader but also the incident controller.

At the scene, where GD officers had been the first to respond to the job, the three negotiators wisely got some info about Quinn from his mother.

She (the mother) had alerted police to the incident with a 000 call before GD officers found her son at the clifftop.

The story was that mother and son had arrived in Darwin from interstate a day or two earlier for a break. Quinn, aged in his twenties, had apparently had some difficulty with substance abuse and a relationship breakdown.

With at least some knowledge of the man they would set out to save, and an ambulance crew standing by, Turner and Farrand got to work. They had

Above: Daytime images of the scene showing the fence (above) and the rock which jutted out from the edge of the clifftop.

decided that Farrand would take the primary negotiator role.

“We didn’t want to scare him off with me being a big lump who was capable of trying to grab him,” Turner says.

“We wanted a softly, softly approach, and then to let him get to know me, calm down, and see where we’d go from there.”

So, the pair walked “very passively” toward Quinn, as McGarvie kept a line of sight on her two negotiators from around 50 metres away.

They could see that Quinn had stripped off his clothes and jewellery.

He had burnt them with a cigarette lighter.

Says Turner: “With this chap, we both immediately picked up on the same thing: ‘He’s committed to doing

this.’ There was an immediate sense of urgency from his body language, what he was saying, and how he was acting.”

Farrand, who could see that Quinn was not armed, went about her first attempt to engage him from behind the fence just back from the cliff edge.

“At first,” she says, “he didn’t want me getting too close. He was totally reluctant about me coming over the fence, so I had to gauge whether I was going to do that or not.

“I decided I was going to, and I let him know. I said: ‘I’m going to come over but I’m not going to grab you.

There’s no way I can grab you.’ ” Farrand assured Quinn that she and Turner were not some “fantastic talented team” which would swoop in and save him. That was a means of making him “understand and relax”.

And McGarvie saw her negotiators’ actions, then and later, as entirely correct.

“It was impossible for them to engage with him without approaching him in that manner,” she says. “I trusted in their risk assessments and their safety assessments of the situation.”

Of course, Farrand regulated the tone and pitch of her voice and the speed of her speech, directly in line with her training.

She drew on those skills to explain to Quinn that, were he to jump, he would not necessarily die but might instead end up seriously injured.

One of many complicating factors was plugs he had in his ears. When Farrand asked him if he could hear her, he responded: “Yes, I can hear you, but they’re too loud.”

She suspected his nonsensical answer was the result of either auditory or visual hallucinations, or both.

A critical move early in the incident was to get the okay from Quinn for Turner to join Farrand on the cliff side of the fence. It was important to afford him that measure of control.

And, without an “immediate negative response” from him, Turner jumped the fence and sat next to Farrand.

“When we started at 8:00 in the evening,” Turner says, “the tide was out so, if he had gone over, he would’ve hit the rocks. It wouldn’t have been a search and rescue. It would’ve been a body recovery.”

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the focus for Turner and Farrand, from the moment they turned up, was to establish a connection with Quinn.

And, with their vast experience of suicide attempts, the two cops got him talking, through the evening and into the next morning.

“We talked about travel, about the moon, the sky, and what we could see at the cliff,” Farrand remembers.

“I asked him where he wanted to travel to, and he told me he had some photos that he put on Instagram. He told me that he loved animals.

“So, it was just little by little. But I never had the sense of being fully connected with him so that I could change his mind (about jumping).

“I was close enough to touch him, and I did touch him at times just to try and get that connection.

“He’d fallen asleep on one occasion, so we let him rest. And we were able to rest ourselves because we were just running for hours on pure adrenaline.”

One point at which their adrenaline truly surged had come earlier, about halfway through the incident. Quinn stood up on the rock, wobbly and shaking. Farrand, still outwardly calm, thought: “This is it!”

As he looked out over the cliff, he asked her: “Why isn’t it happening?” In her best effort to keep him calm, Farrand responded: “It’s not your time yet. It’s not going to happen tonight. It’s not your time. Come back from the cliff.”

But more hours would pass before Quinn would voluntarily step back from the rock beneath his shaking body.

Throughout the ordeal, during which he had smoked cigarettes “almost continually”, he never specifically outlined the reason he wanted to die.

“There were some general, fleeting comments about pain and suffering,” Turner recalls. “But there were never words like: ‘I’m going to jump now,’ or ‘I’m going to do this because of X, Y or Z.’ ” One moment which struck fear into Turner came when Quinn undertook to burn his already burnt clothes. The two cops watched him pile up leaves, trash and bits of fabric into a heap.

“He was sitting on the rock but had positioned himself around a bit to set it all on fire,” Turner says.

“But he was sort of dangling over the edge, and it was just ‘But for the grace of God…’ If he’d slipped, it would have been all over.”

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“But he was sort of dangling over the edge, and it was just ‘But for the grace of God…’ If he’d slipped, it would have been all over.”

Top: The fence Turner and Farrand climbed over to position themselves closer to Quinn; above: the rock (centre) on which Quinn positioned himself.

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some of the circumstances of the incident made the working environment even tougher for Farrand.

Heights made her “very uncomfortable”; she struggled with sleep deprivation; and she had a dislike of “small critters and animals”.

The involvement of a small but wild animal that evening might have seemed unlikely. But, after around five hours on the cliff edge, an apparently fearless possum appeared out of the night and joined the three humans.

As uncomfortable as it made Farrand, the creature gave her and Turner a minor breakthrough.

It sparked a response from Quinn, who tried to feed and generally interact with the animal.

“Suddenly, we had interaction,” Turner says. “We just needed something

to connect with him (Quinn), and this certainly gave us that ability.

“We’d spent so long fishing for different things, and he just wasn’t giving up anything.”

In a move to capitalize on the positive input of the possum, Turner fetched some dry food from the Negotiation Unit van. Equipping Quinn to feed the possum helped keep that connection in play.

“Linda was doing her best not to jump out of her skin with this possum wandering around her ankles,” Turner says.

“If she hadn’t managed to take a deep breath and deal with it, or if she had shooed the thing off, we’d have lost the opportunity.

“It just goes to show that random things will pop up and you’ve just got to seize the opportunity when you can get it.”

As useful as the possum connection had been, it was still not enough to get Quinn to step back from the cliff.

That was to come two hours later, when he was shivering and accepted the comfort of the blanket Turner and Farrand wrapped around him.

Then, of course, came his sudden

attempt to throw himself off the cliff.

Says McGarvie: “I heard the scream from Linda and ran over at the same time that TRG and the two GD officers ran over. I helped grab him with the others.

“As soon as I could see that they had him in hand, there was the reality of what could have happened, and the shock of how close it was.”

And, if not for the massive risk at which Turner and Farrand placed themselves, Quinn would almost certainly have died. That was clear to McGarvie and others acquainted with the incident.

Around 4am, as dawn drew near, the work of the two heroic cops was done. Although they could finally draw breath without the pressure to connect, the risk of falling, and the bursts of adrenaline, each was still “so wired”.

Both headed to Darwin police station to attend to paperwork.

After that, Turner went out for coffee.

Farrand headed for home, where she showered and changed into uniform and went back to work for day shift.

“There was no way I was going to sleep,” she says. But, by lunchtime, her superiors had stood her down.

“As soon as I could see that they had him in hand, there was the reality of what could have happened, and the shock of how close it was.”

Above: The view of Darwin Harbour from the clifftop.

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Negotiation Unit sergeant Michael Budge considered that Turner and Farrand had acted so courageously that he nominated them for the National Police Bravery Award.

“In the end, they put themselves in that danger to get a result, to save his life,” Budge says.

From an Australia-wide field of around 70 nominees for the bravery award, Turner and Farrand emerged joint winners.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton presented each of them with the award at a gala dinner at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra last month.

The humble recipients felt somewhat embarrassed but deeply flattered by such high-level recognition.

“It’s a very complex set of emotions,” Turner says, “because this is our bread and butter of what we do.

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“To have this attention, especially when there were 70 other nominees, it just makes you realize what we do (in policing).”

The Police Federation of Australia conceived and inaugurated the peernominated award last year.

PFA president Mark Carroll saw the actions Turner and Farrand took on that cliff as “perfectly aligned with the award”.

“I’m sure it makes some people shudder when they picture the scene and think of the extraordinary risk to Tiny and Linda’s lives,” he says.

“What saved the day was obviously their bravery but also their quick thinking and competence as police negotiators.

“It was exactly their kind of courage we wanted to reward when we conceived the National Police Bravery Award.”

And that the PFA was the source of the award meant a lot to Turner.

“The PFA has taken the lead on this,” he says. “This award was created by police, for police and is from police. It recognizes our brothers and sisters in blue, regardless of rank or jurisdiction.

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Above: Mark Turner and Linda Farrand, with Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and Police Federation of Australia president Mark Carroll, after receiving their awards at the National Museum of Australia; right: Turner making an acceptance speech.

“This award was created by police, for police and is from police.

It recognizes our brothers and sisters in blue, regardless of rank or jurisdiction.”

The premier knew all about the first arrest police had made under the new assault-police laws.

The Opposition leader rated his engagement with front-line cops way above his briefings in politics. Nicholas Damiani reports on what else the political leaders and other speakers had to say at the Police Association annual conference.

Police Association Annual Conference Association victories benefit all emergency services Police Association president Mark Carroll told delegates the assaultson-police campaign and the enterprise bargaining outcome were two huge wins for the Police Association in 2019.

Mr Carroll said the campaign, which resulted in stronger legislation and harsher penalties for assaults on police, would not have been possible without input from “brave members”.

“They fronted up for radio spots, social media videos, and television interviews broadcast to national audiences,” he said.

“We ran a poll which revealed 98 per cent of respondents supported our campaign.

“SA parliamentarians recognized that public support and acted accordingly – with bipartisanship.

“Our initiative has resulted in other emergency-services workers enjoying the same protections, as they did after the success of our Protect our Cops campaign in 2015-16.”

The president also told delegates the interim EA payment was a significant outcome for the association.

“It has been well received by our members,” he said.

Mr Carroll said the association and the government would continue to negotiate until a full enterprise agreement was reached.

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Assault-police laws show their value Premier Steven Marshall told Police Association delegates the new legislation covering assaults on police is already taking effect.

The legislation, brought about by a relentless association campaign earlier this year, came into effect on October 3.

“The first arrest under the new laws was made four days later,” Mr Marshall said.

“The charges that man now faces include two counts of assault of a prescribed emergency worker.”

Mr Marshall also said the government was committed to multi-purpose load-bearing vests for police.

Six vests are currently being trialled.

“Ninety of the vests are currently being worn by operational police,” he said.

“This field trial is expected to be completed in mid to late November this year.

“An evaluation report will then recommend the next steps, with costings and timelines for a full rollout, when a suitable vest has been identified and approved.”

Mr Marshall also told delegates more than $9 million was allocated in this year’s budget to enhance police rapid-response capabilities.

“A specialist SA Police rapid-response section will deploy highly visible, specially trained officers across the Adelaide metropolitan area,” he explained.

The section will be appropriately armed and trained to handle crowded places which are at risk of terrorist attacks.

Cops' world a real help to Opposition leader Exposure to front-line police work was more of an eye-opener for Opposition leader Peter Malinauskas than anything he had seen in politics.

The state Labor leader told Police Association delegates that engaging with front-line cops had opened his eyes to the real world.

“When you’re a minister, you get hundreds of reports and briefings,” he said.

“Lots of it is useful, but nothing is as useful as an engagement with (a police officer) working on the front line.

“I got to learn more in those sessions than I did anywhere else.

“I learnt more about the real-world challenges in that time than I’d ever learned in my briefings.”

Mr Malinauskas said cops deserve every available resource.

“One of the biggest satisfactions in my working life was resolving the WorkCover dispute,” he said in reference to the Police Association Protect our Cops campaign in 2015.

“That campaign was a good one because it was founded in the right thing to do.

“It gave me enormous satisfaction that we were able to see a response to reflect the fact that your work is unique.”

The former union leader also praised delegates and the association.

“When you’re a delegate, you put yourself in harm’s way of a different kind,” he said.

“You are charged with the responsibility of representing your fellow members to a higher authority.

“You don’t get paid for this. Your role doesn’t entitle you to extra remuneration or credit.

“In fact, it might even result in the opposite. But you do it anyway.

“That takes a degree of courage, and you do it for a good union that is well led.”

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Committed to “consultation with the workforce” Commissioner Grant Stevens said there had been a sharp increase in demand for police services in the last two years.

And he told delegates these increases have not correlated with crime statistics.

“Calls to triple zero and 13144 are through the roof,” he said.

“It is putting pressure on all our services across the front line.”

The commissioner said cutting red tape could be a solution to the issue.

But he also cited the district policing model as a factor that could help alleviate the burden.

“We’re currently working through the implementation process of stage two, and we’re on track for a March 2020 release,” he said.

He said new budget constraints had prevented a quicker rollout.

He also highlighted that DPM stage two was about “preventing crime, dealing with recidivist offenders ... and working with other agencies to eradicate (the associated) issues”.

“I’m committed to making sure that these major projects are done in consultation with the workforce,” he said.

The commissioner explained other key SAPOL projects to delegates, including: • A $16.5 million upgrade of the COMCEN facility over three years.

• An improved staffing model for the APY Lands – with the area now to be comprised of members from State Tactical Response Group.

• A $7.2 million commitment over four years for the establishment of a Security Response Section to enable the pre-deployment of specially trained and armed police officers to major events.

• A new user-pays policing system, through which SAPOL is able to recover costs of deploying police officers to commercial events.

• A trial of six multi-purpose load-bearing vests. (This is expected to provide more advanced vests than those used in other jurisdictions.

The full rollout is still dependent on government funding.)

• A mental-health and well-being strategy, including mental-health first aid training, the Equipt app, and special sessions for police-officer family members.

• More dedicated SHIELD training and an independent review into the current state of the project.

• The upcoming release of e-ticketing – enabling police officers to electronically issue expiation notices • Upgrades of hardware for body-worn video.

Commissioner Stevens also expressed his satisfaction with the new legislation covering assaults on police and acknowledged the association’s successful campaign on the issue.

Don’t let cops become broken in the first place Former Mental Health Commission of NSW deputy commissioner Allan Sparkes says police departments can’t continue with a reactive approach to psychological injury.

The retired cop says police-officer mental health tends to decline after two years’ service.

“And the longer you’re in service, the greater the risks,” he told delegates.

“I know what it was like when I lost my career (owing to mental ill health).

It took me years to recover.”

He said cops’ levels of exposure to fear and trauma increases exponentially after two years.

“Think about how many times as a police officer there is an element of fear,” he said.

“After two years, the body’s response (mechanisms) start to break down.”

Mr Sparkes believes that, if Australians doubled the quality of their sleep, the rate of mental ill health would be cut in half.

“We are not sleeping the way we should,” he said.

“The impact of not sleeping properly is so devastating mentally and physically.

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“When you sleep six hours or less a night, your risk of having a stroke increases by four times.

“How much sleep do you get today, compared to before you joined the cops?”

Mr Sparkes said a reactive approach – waiting until a police officer has a mental-health problem – is foolhardy. “(Cops) aren’t going to speak up,” he said. “And to actually get help is a real challenge.

“Let’s just not let people get busted and broken (mentally) in the first place. That’s the challenge I make to all organizations involved in police work. Let's change our way of thinking.”

Mr Sparkes said police officers should first focus on improving their diet and sleep, lowering alcohol and caffeine consumption, and understanding of how their body responds to fear.

He also suggested activating a blue-light filter on devices at night and extolled the virtues of a Fitbit for cops to track their sleep and exercise.

Allan Sparkes CV, OAM is one of Australia’s most highly decorated citizens and a leader in the shift toward the inclusion of lived experience in the areas of mental wellness and suicide prevention.

Allan is one of just five Australian heroes in the past 43 years to be awarded Australia’s highest bravery decoration and civil award, the Cross of Valour. In January 2017, Allan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to mental-health support organizations and the community. In August 2016 he was further awarded Australia’s 4th highest bravery decoration.

He is also a sailor who has crossed the globe, a survivor of PTSD and a best-selling author with Penguin Books.

More information can be found at www.allansparkes.com

Speaking up for member safety Diligent Senior Constable Shannon Dury (right) has won the 2019 Police Association Step-Up safety award.

On January 8 this year, she contacted the association with concerns about the inadequate allocation of resources, the workload intensification, and the lack of supervision at the State Crime Assessment Centre (SCAC).

She submitted a detailed hazard and incident report identifying past, current and forecasted staffing concerns.

SC Dury identified that members were commencing each shift with approximately 1,500 outstanding SHIELD occurrences to address, in addition to other high-risk allocations and responsibilities.

Her concern not only related the health and welfare of her colleagues, but also community needs and expectations.

After extensive and ongoing communications between the association, SC Dury and SAPOL about the issues facing the section, the situation in SCAC improved dramatically.

A recent meeting with SAPOL highlighted: • That on average there were 500 occurrences into SCAC a day.

• That the 35 full-time equivalent had been increased to 53 to assist the workload.

• Movement of Crime Stoppers assessments to the Investigation Support Desk.

• Process strategies that ensured “high” and “very high” risk occurrences were processed within hours.

• That district members were to be re-trained in SHIELD. • That the complexity of the SHIELD system and data entry errors were issues.

A letter from SAPOL in August 2019 highlighted that: • Only 285 matters were on hand (a reduction from 4,938).

• There are currently 44 staff conducting assessments, and this will be maintained until management is confident there has been a sustained change in the workload of SCAC. Police Association member liaison officer Steve Whetton said SC Dury was committed to speaking up for member safety.

“Shannon’s identification of the issues in SCAC embody the spirit of this award,” he said.

“She’s actively strived to improve safety outcomes for her colleagues and, indeed, the community. She is a thoroughly deserving winner.”

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Service award winners Several delegates were due to receive Police Association service awards. Association president Mark Carroll presented the honours to those at the conference. They were: • Nathan Paskett: five-year service award.

• Adam Gates (above): five-year service award (from 2018).

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Police chase victory in the snow More than 70 competitors converged on Falls Creek, Victoria for the 37th Australian Police Winter Games from July 28 to August 2, 2019. They came from as far as Katherine in the Northern Territory, Port Augusta, South Australia and Snowmass Village, Colorado, and their ages ranged from five to 68.

New South Wales Police ski team competed against a combined police team led by SAPOL and including members from the AFP, NT, Team USA and Victoria Police in giant slalom, slalom and ski/board cross.

The combined police team snatched the coveted Police Team Trophy from New South Wales, which had held it for many years.

Introduced this year was the new Legacy State Team Trophy which, to win, all competitors from each state accumulated points. New South Wales proudly won this inaugural trophy with South Australia coming a very close second.

Along with après-entertainment throughout the week, the annual Police Legacy auction was open to competitors, guests and the public. It raised $6,085 to be divided equally among the jurisdictions in attendance.

Participants in the 2019 Australian Police Winter Games in Falls Creek.

The Australian Police Winter Games is the longest-running police winter games and, arguably, the longest-running police competition in the world today.

The 38th Australian Police Winter Games are scheduled for July 26 to August 1, 2020 at Falls Creek.

Information about the 2020 games will be released on the Australian Police

Winter Games website (apwg.com.au) in November. We are also on Facebook (@australianpolicewintergames).

Regards Mike Quinton Sergeant (ret) treasurer@apwg.com.au

Grateful for discount Just want to let members know how good the Foodland discount is. Since I retired, in December 2010, and started shopping at Foodland, I have saved $1,641.46 (keep a spreadsheet) not counting Foodland’s member discount for members.

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Band an asset to the front line Although a little outside of typical policing, the Band of the South Australia Police uses its performances to enhance community confidence through crime-prevention messaging and positive interactions.

Recently, the daughter of a resident at a lifestyle village thanked the band for the valuable information it delivered about scams.

A few days later, her mother was the subject of a potential scam but remembered the information the band had provided and so never became a victim.

This week, the band once again delivered a captivating performance with a gentleman taking time out to provide feedback.

“I saw two very young children who were goggle-eyed from the first notes of the Mozart opener,” he said. “Fantastic to see.”

He also spoke of how the performance had done “a power good” in a PR sense.

I urge members to consider how the band can support, and add value to, the work they do in their districts and local service areas, and to promote it to other organizations as a positive engagement tool.

The band serves police well, from marching out with graduates at the police academy on graduation day to entertaining recently retired members at the Police

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So, for me, taking on the role of officer-incharge of the band has been a journey of pride and respect. I’m proud to lead such an iconic and renowned band, steeped in tradition yet able to adapt to meet contemporary demands.

Synonymous with the band, as individuals and a collective, is hard work and positive engagement, as well as professionalism and commitment.

The band comprises various ensembles, each consisting of up to 30 sworn members who are all outstanding musicians delivering a high quality and extremely professional product.

To experience the full concert band, I invite members to attend this year’s Christmas concert at the Adelaide Town Hall on December 12.

The ever-popular event will see the band engage with around 700 members of the public, providing entertainment and safety messages relevant to the holiday season. Tickets can be purchased online at www.trybooking.com/BDFHQ Linda Warner Senior Sergeant First Class Band of the South Australia Police

Police band members Constable Kristy Phillipson and Senior Constable David Gill.

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Your subscriptions may be affected.

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Critical Incident Response Industrial staff on call 24/7 and ready to support you

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he Police Association represents its members at the South Australia Police Commissioner’s Office Health, Safety and Welfare Advisory Committee (COHSWAC). It is the principal consultative committee in respect of health, safety and welfare and injury management.

The COHSWAC has several documented functions. The association recognizes that its most vital function is to “ensure effective consultation in relation to Work Health Safety Welfare and Injury Management issues with a focus towards prevention”.

Police officers, through experience and training, are proficient in identifying risks to their health, safety and welfare.

Members should comply with the hazard and incident reporting system and, when required, notify the association of any hazard which has not been addressed at the local level.

The COHSWAC meets bi-monthly.

Among recent agenda items the association has raised are: • Communication centre working environment.

• Call signs – similarity causing member confusion.

• Congested primary despatch.

• District Policing Model response time concerns and workload intensification.

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Police vehicle and tyre suitability.

Body-worn camera blackspots.

Intelligence despatch function.

Fingerprint powder – hazard evaluation.

• Air conditioning issues at the City Watch House.

• State Crime Assessment Centre workload intensification.

• Country police station gun safe compliance.

The association raises member concerns as agenda items for corporate resolution.

Industrial disputes – as per clause 7 of the Enterprise Agreement 2016 (Grievance and Dispute Avoidance Procedures) – might be mentioned for the committee awareness and, if needed, oversight.

Among recent issues in 2019 are: SA Ambulance Service Members have advised the association of their concerns in respect of SA Ambulance delays in conveying detainees for medical treatment.

This situation significantly increases the risk to the health and safety of police who are compelled to restrain violent detainees for excessive periods.

Ambulance transportation is necessary for suicidal/mental-health/ drug-affected detainees who are violent and require restraint and safe

Police officers are not health professionals, yet the duties being imposed on them extend well beyond the requirements of the MOU.

conveyance to facilitate medical treatment.

SA Police is a party to the Mental Health and Emergency Services memorandum of understanding (MOU).

Other participants – SA Health, SA Ambulance Service, the Royal Flying Doctor Service – meet in local liaison groups across the state.

The MOU stipulates that the primary responsibility for the safe assessment, transport and treatment of persons with a mental illness lies with health professionals.

It also indicates that the use of police resources shall be considered an option of last resort, to ensure the safety of all parties.

Despite the MOU content, police officers continually receive requests to respond to mental-health incidents and provide transportation to a medical facility.

Officers have to await an ambulance or subsequently convey a detainee to a hospital emergency department if no ambulance is available.

Those officers then stand around waiting in metropolitan and regional hospital departments while detainees undergo assessments.

Members describe this issue as common and express concerns about their own health and safety as well as the risks to detainees in respect of positional asphyxia or excited delirium.

The association recommends that, to ensure appropriate risk management, members submit hazard and incident reports (HIRs) in addition to the PD145 document.

Positional asphyxia occurs when the position of a detainee prevents him or her from breathing adequately. Increased risk factors include prolonged restraint, obesity, prior cardiac or respiratory problems, and the use of illicit drugs.

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everal members of the European royal families of the previous two centuries had haemophilia or carried the gene. Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901) carried the altered factor IX gene causing haemophilia B. One of her sons had haemophilia and the gene was passed on through some of her children to the English, Prussian, Russian and Spanish royal families.

More than 2,800 Australians are diagnosed with haemophilia of varying degrees of severity. More than half have mild haemophilia and around 30 per cent have severe haemophilia.

The disease, which is incurable, is found in all races and all socio-economic groups.

The genes for the disease are on the X chromosome. That means that, when the father has haemophilia, but the mother doesn’t and is not a carrier, sons will have haemophilia.

Daughters, however, will carry the haemophilia gene.

If a woman inherits a copy of the faulty gene from one of her parents, she is said to be a carrier of haemophilia.

She has one normal gene and one faulty gene, and she can pass one of the two onto her children.

There is a 50 per cent chance that her sons will develop the disease and a 50 per cent chance that her daughters will be carriers of the disease.

For daughters to have the disease, their fathers must also have haemophilia.

To stop us bleeding, we need all the clotting factors to be present and working.

Therefore, any drugs that interfere with them, or inherited conditions and some leukaemias, can make a person bleed more than normal, or bleed to death.

Most women and girls who carry the gene do not have bleeding symptoms.

Haemoph il ia A (c l a s sic a l haemophilia) is the most common type and caused when there is not enough clotting factor VIII in the blood.

Haemophilia B (Christmas disease) occurs when there is not enough clotting factor IX in the blood.

Clotting factors are proteins in the blood that control bleeding. Many different clotting factors (there are about 13) work together in a series of chemical reactions to stop bleeding. This is called the clotting process, or cascade.

The activation of one causes the activation of the next until, eventually, a clot is formed.

To stop us bleeding, we need all the clotting factors to be present and working. Therefore, any drugs that interfere with them, or inherited conditions and some leukaemias, can make a person bleed more than normal, or bleed to death.

It is a common myth that people with bleeding disorders will bleed to death if they suffer a cut or scratch. Those with a mild condition might find their cuts bleed a little longer than others but, under most conditions, a haemophiliac will not bleed to death.

T he biggest concer n for haemophiliacs is unseen or internal bleeding.

Over time, repeated bleeding into joints and muscles can cause

permanent damage, such as arthritis and chronic pain.

Bleeds into the head, spine, neck, throat, chest, stomach or abdominal area are much less common but can be life-threatening. If this happens, the haemophiliac should attend an emergency centre immediately. His or her normal place of treatment should also be contacted.

If you come across someone with bleeding that seems hard to stop, you should ask if he or she has a bleeding disorder or is on any blood thinners (medication deliberately thinning the blood to help the heart or prevent a stroke).

Haemophiliacs need the specific treatment to replace their factor deficiencies and should be able to tell you where to send them, or have it inscribed on their MedicAlert bracelet.

Over the years, we have been able to purify the factors and store them.

Factor VIII and IX have a shelf life of two years.

These developments now make it easier to manage this disorder.

Previously, the complication of blood transfusions was a big problem.

Hepatitis transmission from those transfusions used to be a major cause of death.

Anyone with a factor deficiency needs the specific treatment to help his or her blood clot normally. With appropriate treatment, haemophilia can be managed effectively.

With current treatments, protective gear for every-day living is not necessary.

But anyone participating in activities such as cycling, motorcycle riding, skateboarding and football should wear helmets and other protective gear.

Treatments currently available in Australia afford haemophiliacs a normal lifespan.

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Model Ford Ranger Raptor.

Price $75,990 plus on-road costs (Raptor decal pack option $750).

Engine 2.0-litre twin turbo four-cylinder diesel (157kW, 500Nm).

Transmission 10-speed auto with paddle shifters.

Off-road Part-time 4x4, two-speed (high/low) transfer case, 283mm ground-clearance. Big A/T tyres. Ample underbody protection.

Various off-road modes including Baja mode.

Fuel economy Combined test 8.2 litres/100km.

Towing Braked 2,500kg.

Ford Ranger Raptor DESIGN AND FUNCTION Ford Raptor is a Ranger on steroids.

Sold as a Ford Performance vehicle, it represents much more than a muscular body kit.

Raptor sits on a revamped chassis designed to support tougher suspension components and a bigger wheel and tyre package. Upgraded brakes feature twin-piston front callipers with 332mm vented rotors front and rear.

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Specially manufactured Fox shock absorbers feature in front and rear suspensions. The front comes with alloy control arms for rigidity and strength while the rear has a hefty Watt’s linkage setup with coil springs.

Raptor offers 283mm of ground clearance and plenty of underbody protection.

Seats, including the front seats with power adjustment, are trimmed in a suede-leather combination. The dash is well laid out with a decent eight-inch touchscreen (Ford Sync 3) with good connectivity plus sat nav and reversing camera.

The thick, perforated leather-bound steering wheel has function buttons for various systems, including Raptor’s multi-terrain off-road mode system.

Raptor features a full suite of driver assistance and crash-avoidance technologies including autonomous braking and traffic-sign recognition.

DRIVING Raptor comes with Ford’s new 2.0-litre bi-turbo four-cylinder diesel powerplant coupled with a new 10-speed automatic with paddle shifters.

Although slightly more powerful than Ranger’s standard 3.2 turbo diesel, it is no greyhound. It takes 10.5 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 100km/h.

On the highway it’s still no slouch though. The engine seems smoother and quieter than the 3.2 diesel and is somewhat more fuel efficient.

Ride comfort is good and cornering is flat and confident but the lanekeeping steering assistance can seem aggressive if you wander.

All-terrain truck on steroids

Model Suzuki Jimny 4x4.

Price $23,990 (add $2,000 for auto, $500 metallic paint, $1,250 two-tone paint).

Engine 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol 75kW/130Nm. Drivetrain Five-speed manual or four-speed auto, part-time four-wheel drive with two-speed (high/low ratio) transfer case.

Fuel 40-litre tank, economy 6.4 L/100km (manual) 6.9 L/100km (auto).

Warranty Up to five-years or 140,000km (providing it is dealer-serviced every six months).

Suzuki Jimny 4x4 DESIGN AND FUNCTION

gear including six airbags, autonomous braking, lane-departure warning, hill-descent control and auto lights with high-beam assist.

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Then there’s the reason for the Ford Performance vehicle tag. On rough dirt roads and desert tracks it’s hard to imagine any other standard 4x4 ute or wagon keeping up with Raptor.

It is very capable in every respect. The engine is willing enough, the brakes work a treat and the suspension effortlessly soaks up the worst bumps imaginable.

Raptor remains very composed on rough corrugated corners where most unladen utes would have their tails dancing sideways.

Overall, a good highway performer that feels capable enough to enter the Finke Desert Race as is.

It looks like a box and it’s not perfect but Suzuki’s new Jimny is seriously capable, a load of fun and relatively cheap. And it’s a far cry from the LJ50 that caused a sensation back in 1975.

This latest model is a tad shorter, but wider and taller than the superseded version. Its small stature and boxy body work well together, enhanced with decent alloys and flared wheel-arch mouldings.

Inside, Jimny has a dual personality.

It’s very retro but fitted with a stack of the latest desirable equipment.

A decent colour touchscreen with sat nav, reverse camera, Apple CarPlay and android auto are great inclusions. It also comes with a trip computer, power windows, auto climate control and cruise control with speed limiter.

Driver and front passenger get plenty of legroom and headroom and visibility is excellent. Front seats are okay but you feel like you’re sitting on rather than in them. The rear seats are small and best suited to kids.

Cargo space is virtually non-existent with rear seats in use but expands to 830 litres when folded, and there’s always the option of adding a roof rack.

From ANCAP testing Jimny attracted only three stars, mostly owing to front occupant and pedestrian safety.

However, Jimny has plenty of safety

The more you drive Jimny the more you’ll like it. Its relatively small 1.5-litre (75kW/130Nm) four-cylinder petrol engine drives the rear wheels through either a five-speed manual or optional four-speed auto transmission with pushbutton overdrive. Might be old hat but it works.

Around town it’s smooth, relatively quiet and easy to drive. At highway speeds the engine sounds busy but it’s never stressed easily pushing its sub1,100kg body around. On steeper hills the auto tends to hunt between gears.

Soft coils ensure a comfortable ride but Jimny suffers enough body roll that allowances need to be made.

It bucks over speedhumps and can become unsettled on rough or corrugated corners.

But, off road, all is forgiven. It is a real 4x4 with a two-speed (high/low) transfer case operated by an old-style lever. In the rough it is agile, has good clearance, excellent approach and departure angles and feels unstoppable.

Jimny owns this space. There’s simply nothing in the market that compares at this price.

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robationary Constable Michelle Powrie, 30, not only graduated with Course 36 last June but also won the Police Credit Union Award for Community Service.

She had made it a priority during her time in training to get out into the community, where she assisted with Blue Light discos, attended Neighbourhood Watch meetings, and made multiple blood donations.

Michelle also contributed to fundraising initiatives for Anglicare and Make-A-Wish Australia.

Her constant, proactive efforts made her an outstanding recipient of the Police Credit Union Award on June 26.

Now based at WD Response Teams, she had worked as a bookkeeper before joining SAPOL in 2018. The sections in which she has an interest in working are Dog Ops and Crime Scene Investigation.

“When the awards were handed out, I really didn’t expect to win, but winning an award was a nice way to be recognized for my efforts,” she says.

“If anything, it was a motivation to continue taking part in, and becoming involved with, community events where I’d be able to make a difference, however big or small.”

Even now, with her new responsibilities as a sworn police officer,

“If anything, it was a motivation to continue taking part in, and becoming involved with, community events where I’d be able to make a difference, however big or small.”

Above: Michelle Powrie receiving the Police Credit Union Award for Community Service from Deputy Chairman Michael Fisher.

Michelle still tries to “help out when and wherever I can”.

“I think it simply provides me with more frequent, and not always formal, opportunities (other than community events) to positively engage with members of our community while in uniform, out on patrols,” she says.

Police Credit Union is committed to supporting the community, as were the police officers on whom our organization was built.

So, it makes sense that we award one graduating probationary constable from each course with our Police Credit Union Award for Community Service.

The award, which Police Credit Union has sponsored since 1997, is presented at every graduation ceremony.

Winners are chosen based on their proactive and extensive work within the community, even while they are studying and making their way through their academy training.

Selection is by a review of the community service activities that each cadet has undertaken during training with greater weight given to those activities with a link to policing and those that promote crosscultural diversity.

Award-winners have generally taken part in Blue Light discos, visiting the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, visiting schools, donating blood/plasma and more.

Most important, they are focussed on educating the community about how police are approachable and there to protect the community.

Police Credit Union Ltd ABN 30 087 651 205 AFSL/Australian Credit Licence 238991. All information is current as at 02/09/2019.

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Free Legal Service for Police Association Members, Their Families & Retired Members.

To arrange a preliminary in-person or phone appointment contact PASA on (08) 8212 3055

Leading Adelaide law firm, Tindall Gask Bentley is the preferred legal service provider of the Police Association, offering 30 minutes of free initial advice and a 10% fee discount.

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id you know the average Aussie gets a tax refund of $2,574? You didn’t?

Neither did I until I read a recent column by the ever-so-wise Barefoot Investor, Scott Pape.

It’s interesting to see one of his top tips for how to spend your tax refund is to get a lawyer to draw up your will.

Getting a will is one of the most important, considerate things you will ever do for your family.

The consequences of not having one can leave a legacy of chaos that takes years to resolve and causes enormous distress and division within families.

It's important you get it done properly.

And by properly I do not mean spending the $29.95 on the will kit offered at your local post office. Nor do I mean downloading a free template off the Internet.

I mean taking the time to sit down one-on-one with a professional who knows not just the right answers but the right questions to understand your individual circumstances and wishes.

“But I just want everything to go to my husband and kids” is a phrase commonly heard.

One of the questions I would pose to that person would be: “What if the worst-case scenario occurred and you all died together, say on a family outing?”

If this wasn’t answered in a will and, in fact, occurred, that person’s will would have no beneficiary, causing him or her to die “intestate” and the law to specify what was to occur with his or her assets.

Another important question for people with two or more children is: “What if some but not all of your children die before you? Would you want your surviving children to share equally your estate or would you rather your deceased child or children’s grandchildren to take equally their parents’ share?”

This is yet another example of a vital question usually forgotten by those who do not see a lawyer.

If a person dies and his or her will does not specify a living beneficiary, that will shall result in an intestacy. And if there were relatives a person felt should not be entitled to his or her estate it might be quite possible that some, or even all, of that person’s estate ends up going to them in accordance with the law.

A perfect example to highlight the problem of letting the law determine who benefits from a person’s estate is the case of the single adult client. That is a person who is not married or partnered and has no children.

Without a will, the law stipulates that the whole of that person’s estate would be divided equally between his or her parents.

But what if that person’s parents were separated or divorced, and perhaps that person had not spoken to one of the parents for years or blamed one for the cause of the separation?

Would that person still be happy giving anything, let alone an equal share, to one or both of those parents?

Without a professional drawing a person’s attention to such issues, it is easy to forget just how important a properly drafted will and succession plan is.

Another issue that arises in homemade wills, or will kits, is in relation to executors. Every will must have an

One of the questions I would pose to that person would be: “What if the worstcase scenario occurred and you all died together, say on a family outing?”

executor. He or she must be of, or over, the age of 18 and willing and able to act for the length of time it takes to administer the deceased’s estate.

If a person only appoints one executor and they die before him or her, this too causes the administration of the will to become more complicated.

Not everyone knows what an executor’s role is. Nor do all people know that more than one, as well as substitute executors, can be appointed.

This is just a tiny number of the questions and scenarios that must be considered when someone is making his or her will.

Failing to address these problems is, frankly, careless – especially when it is your family who will bear the impact of the situation.

Every time a person dies and has a will that turns out to be incomplete, or does not have a will, the more paperwork that needs to be filled out by the deceased’s family members and beneficiaries.

The more paperwork the more time and money required which, in turn, can cause delay and frustration in finalizing the distribution of the deceased’s estate.

A properly and professionally drafted will is an invaluable asset.

Taking the trouble now can save a lot of trouble, time and money for grieving friends and family later.

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Scorched Earth Tammy Pemper Big Sky Publishing, $29.99

“As a UN peacekeeper, I joined the East Timorese fight for life. By then, the earth had drunk the blood of one third of their population. But worse was still to come.

“I would see it for myself.

“I saw bodies carried to their deaths, machetes carve flesh from bone, and bullets spray into crowds of Timorese and at us peacekeepers.

“Shades of truth were twisted for evil gain. Every day I prepared to die. Decisions I made, which seemed so right, jeopardized the lives of others.

“Police held automatic weapons to my head, militia wrote my name on death lists, and people drew their last breath, all of them brave, braver than me.

“In the midst of the East Timorese fight for independence, militia were determined to enact their scorched-earth policy and raze Timor to the ground.”

Peter Watt’s story is unimaginable. As part of a UN deployment, he bore witness to the horror and violence enacted during the East Timor referendum.

Win a book or in-season movie pass!

For your chance to win one of the books or an in-season pass to one of these films (courtesy of Wallis Cinemas) featured in this issue, send your name, location, phone number and despatch code, along with the book and/or film of your choice to giveaways@pj.asn.au

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Blood in the Dust

Bill Swiggs Allen & Unwin, $29.99

Led by the murderous outlaw Warrigal Anderson, five bushrangers charge on horseback, phalanx formation, in the outback of 1853 Victoria.

Kicking up red dust beneath the horses’ hooves, they storm a small homestead, leaving 19-year-old Toby O’Rourke at the scene of a bloodbath.

Both his parents lie dead at his feet while his brother Patrick is badly wounded. Most would crumble, knees first, head down. But O’Rourke is made of steel forged in the hardship of colonial life.

Forced into adulthood, he and his brother Paddy seek to restore the family fortune – and outwit not only the rich businessman who conspired to rob them of their birthright but also the vicious men who murdered their parents.

Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls

Justine Ford Macmillan Australia, $32.99

The Lady in The Lake Laura Lippman Faber, $29.99

“Alive, I was Cleo Sherwood. Dead, I became the Lady in the Lake, a nasty broken thing, dragged from the fountain after steeping there for months. And no one cared until you came along…

“Oh, Maddie Schwartz, do you have any idea what you’ve done?”

Cleo Sherwood disappeared eight months ago. Aside from her parents and the two sons she left behind, no one seems to have noticed.

It’s 1964 and neither the police, the public, nor the papers care much when Negro women go missing.

Rookie journalist Maddie Schwartz – recently separated from her husband – wants just one thing: a byline.

When she hears about an unidentified body that’s been pulled out of the fountain in Druid Hill Park, she thinks she is about to uncover a story that will finally get her name in print.

What she can’t imagine is how much trouble she will cause chasing a story no one wants to tell her.

Australia is the “lucky country”.

But not for everyone. Unsolved Australia: Lost Boys, Gone Girls tells 13 stories of people whose luck ran out in the most mysterious circumstances.

It’s a journalistic deep-dive into Australia’s dark heart by one of Australia’s premier true-crime writers, Justine Ford, the bestselling author of Unsolved Australia and The Good Cop. Why are four people missing from a West Australian doomsday cult? Who abducted and murdered beauty queen Bronwynne Richardson on pageant night? And why is a cooked chook important evidence in the outback disappearance of Paddy Moriarty?

Key players are interviewed, evidence laid out and suspects assessed. Never-before-published information is revealed.

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Cold Case Investigations

Dr Xanthé Mallett Macmillan Australia, $32.99

A fresh perspective to seven of Australia’s most intriguing cold cases from forensic anthropologist Dr Xanthé Mallett.

From the disappearance of the Beaumont children to the abduction of William Tyrrell, Mallett is determined to expose the truth to maximize dignity for deceased victims and those left behind.

Mallett talks to experts to uncover the hows and whys of tragic murders and haunting disappearances.

Investigating some of Australia’s most violent murderers – Ashley Coulson, Mr Cruel and Ivan Milat, among others – her main focus is on the victim.

And, along the way, Mallett outlines new forensic techniques and scientific methods that could – or did – help move the cases forward.

Charlie’s Angels

Season commences November 14

Director Elizabeth Banks takes the helm as the next generation of fearless Charlie’s Angels takes flight.

A systems engineer has blown the whistle on a dangerous technology.

Shot Down

Marianne Van Velzen Allen & Unwin, $29.99

On July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above Ukraine. Aboard were 298 people, 38 of whom were Australians and 193 who were Dutch. No one survived.

Subsequently, it was shown that the airliner was almost certainly hit by a Buk surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian separatists aided by the Russian military.

The debris from the plane’s disintegration midair was spread over 50 square kilometres, but for weeks rescue teams and investigators were denied access. The Russians have refused to take any responsibility for the deaths.

This is the story of some of the people who boarded that fatal flight and the ruined lives and lost happiness of the people they left behind.

It is also the story of a continuing clamour for justice.

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Kristen Stewart (Sabina Wilson), Naomi Scott (Elena Houghlin) and Ella Balinska (Jane Kano) are working for the mysterious Charles Townsend, whose security and investigative agency has expanded internationally.

With the world’s smartest, bravest, and most highly trained women all over the globe, there are now teams of Angels guided by multiple Bosleys taking on the toughest jobs everywhere.

Elizabeth Banks, who wrote the screenplay and produced Charlie’s Angels, also stars as Bosley.

Zombieland: Double Tap

Season commences October 17

In the sequel to Zombieland, the four slayers – Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita and Little Rock – must face off against the many new kinds of zombies that have evolved, as well as some new human survivors.

But most of all, they have to face the growing pains of their own snarky, makeshift family.

Zombieland: Double Tap stars Woody Harrelson (Tallahassee), Emma Stone (Wichita), Abigail Breslin (Little Rock) and Jesse Eisenberg (Columbus).

Terminator: Dark Fate

Season commences October 31

Ford v Ferrari Season commences November 14

It’s more than two decades after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human set out to protect a young girl, Dani Ramos, and her friends, as a newly modified liquid metal Terminator, sent from the future, attempts to terminate them.

Written by James Cameron and Charles H Eglee, Terminator: Dark Fate stars Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator) and Mackenzie Davis (Grace).

American automotive designer Carroll Shelby and fearless British race-car driver Ken Miles battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary vehicle for the Ford Motor Company.

Together, they plan to compete against the race cars of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 1966.

Ford v Ferrari stars Matt Damon (Carroll Shelby), Christian Bale (Ken Miles), Caitriona Balfe (Mollie Miles) and Jonathan LaPaglia (Eddie).

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2017 Valley Floor Shiraz

Langmeil Winery

Tanunda, South Australia www.langmeilwinery.com.au

One of the Barossa’s great representations of Barossa Shiraz. Sourced from numerous vineyard sights from across the breadth and depth of the region and influenced by the diverse landscapes and soil types.

Throughout the hands-on winemaking approach of open fermentation and basket pressing, these 30 or so individual vineyard parcels are kept separate. And 24 months’ maturation in American Oak ensures incredible blending options to shape and produce a wine that truly represents the Barossa.

Palate: rich, sweet and spicy fruit in balance with soft, velvety tannins. A complex, medium-bodied wine showing hints of mocha, choc mint and vanilla, which flow through to the lengthy, fruity, peppery and spicy finish.

2017 Della Mina Sangiovese Barbera While the Barossa is renowned for its German heritage there is an important Italian influence too.

When the Della Mina family, who immigrated to South Australia from northern Italy in the 1930s, were joined in marriage to the Lindner family, a strong and enduring bond was forged based on a mutual love of family, farming, food and wine.

Palate: juicy cherry and raspberry fruits flow over the palate of this medium-bodied wine, balanced with suede-like tannins, bright acidity and a dry, spicy and savoury finish.

2016 Black Beauty Malbec Malbec is a historic variety originally native to south-west France. Its centre of gravity moved to the southern hemisphere in the late 20th century.

It is renowned for its age-worthy, deeply coloured rich and smooth wines. Here in the Barossa it makes a real black beauty of a wine.

Palate: juicy blue fruits, herbals and brambly spice come together in this medium-bodied wine with fine, savoury tannins adding to the mouthfeel. A hint of liquorice rides with the savoury and spicy finish.

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THE POLICE CLUB Free WiFi Private function rooms available Free entry into weekly meat tray OPENING HOURS Mon – Wed 10am till 3.30pm Thurs 10am till 5pm Friday 10am till late

The Police Club staged its High Tea event in Fenwick Function centre last month. Supported by Aqua Boutique and hosted by Coast FM’s Irena Smith, it featured a fashion parade and silent auction.

HAPPY HOUR 4.30pm till 6.30pm every Friday

Book now

27 Carrington Street, Adelaide (08) 8212 2924 PoliceClub@pasa.asn.au

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BOOK YOUR CHRISTMAS FUNCTION AT THE POLICE CLUB

POLICE CLUB PARTNERS

Packages or à la carte available Free private room hire for members (conditions apply)

To find out more, contact the club at PoliceClub@pasa.asn.au or on 8212 2924

The Police Association and Novita have enjoyed a 10-year relationship through the Police Lottery and the Police Club Melbourne Cup Luncheon, raising much needed funds for disability services.

(Visit www.trybooking.com/147602 for more information on Melbourne Cup 2019 tickets).

BINGO FUNDRAISERS If you’re looking for a fun way to raise funds for your charity or not-for-profit community or sporting group, contact Novita, the bingo experts, and host your function at the Police Club.

Fundraiser Packages include • All bingo equipment, books and stationery • Bingo caller/MC for the night.

• A choice of function rooms at the Police Club.

• A fundraiser promotions pack to assist with planning and marketing your event.

• Police Club food and beverage packages plus choice of function rooms.

For more information contact Travis at Novita on 8243 8240 or Travis.Wakeling@novita.org.au

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The Last Shift

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

Bryce Anderson Haydn Abbott Martin Borlace Garry Elliott Steve Garden Wayne Liebich Kevin Moore Peter Moore Simon “Spud” Murphy Neil Sando Paul Shephard Ian Trott

Senior Sergeant 1C Ian Trott

Adelaide Police Station 43 years’ service Last day: 23.07.19 Comments…

“I thank the Police Association for all its assistance over the years and for supporting its membership.

“I especially thank all those I have had the privilege of serving with and wish everyone the very best in the future.”

Senior Constable 1C Simon “Spud” Murphy

State Traffic Enforcement 42 years’ service Last day: 31.07.19 Comments…

“I thank the association and its staff/ officers and delegates for their support and untiring efforts for members over the past four decades of my involvement, particularly the past couple of years when, like so many other serving officers, I needed support in terms of a workers compensation claim for work-related mental-health issues which affected both my work and private life.

“I commend the association for the efforts it has made in improving welfare outcomes for members and I encourage all members to continue to take this issue seriously.

“I have witnessed all the extremes of humanity over four decades and learned well the lessons of life afforded us in this most extraordinary of occupations.

“I tried my best to undertake my police role with integrity and professionalism despite the myriad of obstacles that invariably crop up each day.

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“To serving and past members I have had the privilege to work with/for, thank you for the camaraderie. I wish you all well.

Vale those we lost along the way.

“To the new generation taking up the challenge: good luck. I’m afraid you might need it but, among all the confusion and noise, try not to lose sight of the end game.”

Detective Senior Sergeant 1C Haydn Abbott

Western Adelaide Crime Management 43 years’ service Last day: 02.08.19 Comments…

“I thank the association and the service it provides SAPOL members.

The service is quite comforting to those who encounter unwanted or unjustified difficulty.

“I have thoroughly enjoyed my years in SAPOL. I especially thank everyone who worked with me and made an effort in a number of challenging areas.

“Good luck to all members who continue to take on difficult jobs and make a difference.”

Sergeant Garry Elliott

Aldinga Police Station 42 years’ service Last day: 11.08.19 Comments…

“Forty-two-and-a-half years of a career that has gone so quickly. Thank you to the association for your ongoing efforts in bringing about change.

“I have often reflected on what I would say on leaving SAPOL, and it’s this. Wow, I did it. I’ve just had the most amazing ride of my life and survived.

“It’s like being in a rodeo.

You start by watching and listening to instruction before getting on the horse only to be jolted about by the continual changing of directions.

Then you get thrown off, only to dust off, get back on, and try again and again.

“Finally, you manage to control the horse and stay on, but the jolts of time clearly remind you of why you joined – to keep SA safe.

“I worked with an amazing array of people. I have so many memories that I take with me as I spend the rest of my life with my greatest love, my wife, Barb. Cheers to you all.”

Brevet Sergeant Peter Moore

Coronial Investigation Section 45 years’ service Last day: 21.08.19 Comments…

“I walked through the gates at Strathfield Terrace as a 16-year-old.

What an adventure, but it is time to leave it to the younger people.

“I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with some fantastic people within South Australia, interstate and overseas.

“Thank you to the association board members, both past and present, for obtaining and maintaining our working conditions.”

Sergeant Neil Sando

Salisbury Patrols 48 years’ service Last day: 19.08.19 Comments…

“I have enjoyed my time in SAPOL and have no complaints. There are not many jobs around that provide a diversity and variety of opportunities for its members.

“As a patrol officer, there is never a dull moment. You go to work not knowing what you will face during your shift. Situations that you come across can be stressful, dangerous, entertaining, humorous, or emotionally demanding.

“The diversity of members in SAPOL has grown substantially compared with my early years.

I have two granddaughters and would have no hesitation in encouraging them to join SAPOL should they wish to join.

“Over the years, I have enjoyed the camaraderie with members I’ve worked with and I wish them all the best for their futures.”

Senior Constable 1C Martin Borlace

Kadina Police Station 33 years’ service Last day: 14.08.19 Comments…

“It’s been a great ride and I have so many fantastic memories of my time served with mates in course 142 at the academy.

“I feel very privileged to have served SAPOL for more than half my life, and I wouldn’t change a thing.

“Many of the friendships I have made are, without a doubt, lifelong; and the laughs along the way made the job so much more enjoyable, even when the shifts were unpleasant or when times were tough.

“Laughter fixes everything.

The stories are endless, the experiences unforgettable.

“I thank the association for everything it does, and has always done, for its members and wish it good luck in the future in these difficult times.

“The biggest thank you of all is for my wife and children for their understanding and full support of me in my chosen career path.”

Detective Brevet Sergeant Steve Garden Workforce Capability 13 years’ service Last day: 25.08.19

Comments…

“After more than 32 years as a police officer in two different hemispheres it’s time to hang up the badge.

“I thank SAPOL for giving me the opportunity to take up employment in SA back in 2006 after working as a police officer in Greater Manchester for 19 years.

“I’ve enjoyed most of my time in SAPOL and met some good people.

However, an assault at work four years ago greatly affected my ability to perform my core functions as efficiently as I would have liked.

“I thank the Police Association and SAPOL for supporting me over the past few years and accommodating me within roles that hopefully still benefited from my police experience.

“For their support, I thank detective senior sergeants Mal Brown, Jamie Dolan and Darren Shelton and Senior Sgt Brenton Williamson. You’ve all made it smoother for me.”

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Senior Constable Paul Shephard

Aldinga Police Station 43 years’ service Last day: 31.09.19 Comments…

“After 40-plus years in the job, it is time to leave it to the young ones.

“Thank you to the Police Association delegates and committee for their work over the years.

“I had a wonderful career and made a lot of great friends along the way, none closer than the rat pack down at the academy in the ’70s.

“My last posting was Aldinga.

What a great workplace that was.

To those still in the job, continue to fight the good fight.”

“I would do it all again. The unsworn station clerks I worked with at small country stations at Peterborough and Barmera, and the staff at Expiation Notice Branch, all of whom went that bit extra to get a job done, are to be commended on their work attitude.

“One of my best feelings of accomplishment was establishing one of the three original Domestic Violence units.

“The association has always been there, especially to help my family and I when I got seriously ill from what I still believe to be a workplace infectious exposure.

“Many of my friends often say that they wish their unions did as much.”

Brevet Sergeant Wayne Liebich

Major Crash Investigation 43 years’ service Last day: 25.09.19

Sergeant Bryce Anderson Expiation Notice Branch 46 years’ service Last day: 25.09.19

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“To put it in Dickens’ terms: ‘It has been the best of times and the worst of times’ but, overall, it has been an enjoyable career with a lot of good memories and people with whom I have worked.

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“I still remember walking into the academy at age 16, not really knowing what I was about to do, but knowing it was where I wanted to be.

“The friends and memories I made over the next three years will last a lifetime, as will the memories of 43 years.

“I regret nothing; and knowing that the association was there, was reassuring and, for that, I am always grateful.

“To the many people I have worked with, it has been an honour and my privilege to work with you all. You all helped me do my job and I can only hope that by doing my job, I helped everyone do theirs.

“To my family, I could not have done this without your presence and support.

“To everyone in Major Crash, I wish you nothing but the best. You all do an excellent job.”

Senior Sergeant Kevin Moore

Golden Grove Police Station 35 years’ service Last day: 02.10.19 Comments…

“Thank you to the Police Association for the hard work in gaining and maintaining the good working conditions we enjoy and the hardearned pay rises.

“To those left on the thin blue line: thank you for your efforts and hard work.

“To the many people I’ve worked with over the years: thanks for the memories and good luck for the future.

“A special thanks to the members at Golden Grove Operations and the rest of the Northern District who made my last few years in SAPOL very enjoyable.”

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Excited delirium is bizarre aggressive behaviour such as violence and increased physical strength, mostly associated with illicit drug use, which results in cardiorespiratory collapse.

Police officers are not health professionals, yet the duties being imposed on them extend well beyond the requirements of the MOU. Also of great concern is the exposure of members to violence and bodily fluids. This could be avoided with a rapid response of medical and/or mentalhealth responders for subsequent transportation.

Non-enforced obligations – Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) (Blood testing for Diseases) Act 2007.

Offenders bite, spit on, and otherwise assault on-duty police. This brings into play the exchange of bodily fluids.

It is essential that officers have access to blood samples from assailants who have blood extracted for testing. In this

way, any illness or disease with which an offender might infect a police officer can be diagnosed early and receive appropriate medical treatment.

In these circumstances, it is important to minimize the stress which officers and their families encounter.

To that end, there must be in place effective procedures for blood tests of both the officer and the offender.

It is important to test offenders because some diseases with long incubation periods might not immediately be present in the officer concerned.

Speed limit in emergency-services speed zones The association wrote to Police Minister Corey Wingard with its concerns regarding the 25km/h speed limit in emergency-service speed zones.

The issue is officer safety wherever this limit applies during routine traffic stops or responses to crashes at locations with speed limits up to 110km/h.

Risks are greatest where drivers on highways have to negotiate bends or approach unexpected obstructions in unforeseen 25km/h zones. This is often owing to the nature of the freeway or topography of the area.

The minister has the advised the association that consultation is ongoing and that he will engage with other emergency-services workers.

To sell what you love, talk to someone who loves where you live!

Call me for details of special offers for serving and retired police officers.

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1. Graduates gives the thumbs-up before the parade 2. Kate Schild 3. Jevan Garner, Samantha Haslam, Rebecca Arnesen and Sam Baker 4. Mae Ellis and Brieana Mastrogiacomo 5. Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams inspects the course 6. Liam Dobbs 7. Andrea Fiebig delivers an address on behalf of her course 8. Graduates swear the oath 9. Graduates line up on the parade ground 10. Jason Blucher and Sam Baker 11. Bridgette Stacey and Samantha Haslam 12. Award winners Brieana Mastrogiacomo and Rebecca Lamshed with Police Credit Union director Tom Scheffler (left) and Police Association president Mark Carroll

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1. Glenn Batty, David Savage and Daryl Mundy 2. Tania Sheldon and Alex McLean 3. Sam Agostino, Paul Manns, Andrew Suter and Police Association vice-president Allan Cannon 4. Andrew Heffernan and Melanie Whittemore 5. Nicholas Patterson and Mark Heading 6. Allan Dalgleish and Leonie Schulz 7. Taryn Trevelion, Shadow Police Minister Lee Odenwalder and Karen Mowday

8. Police Minister Corey Wingard, Alex Grimaldi and Bryan Whitehorn 9. Tim King, Paula Hammond and Sallie McArdell 10. Western Australia Police Union senior vice-president Mick Kelly and Police Association deputy president Trevor Milne 11. Kristen Enman, Premier Steven Marshall and Kevin Hunt 12. Stephen Angove, Gary Craggs and David Handberg

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20 years on INSPECTOR KIM BOS

(Western District Duty Inspector)

She once came close to firing on a knifewielding offender, but policing has brought her more good days than bad.

Since graduation I’ve worked at Holden Hill patrols, stints at Crime Enquiries and Mantle, and in intel at NOS. As a sergeant, I worked as a custody supervisor at Port Adelaide and at Parks on response. Back at Holden Hill, I led the inaugural Neighbourhood Policing Team and then gained a secondment to the Offender Management Plan. I gained my inspector promotion last March.

On patrols on nightshift one Christmas morning, my partner and I responded to a mentally ill woman waving a knife around in the street. We yelled at her to drop it, but she kept advancing on us. We retreated as far as we could. I had my firearm out and thought: “I don’t want to shoot anyone ever, let alone on Christmas Day.” Luckily, she dropped the knife. Afterward, she said: “That was awesome! Just like in the movies!”

The Neighbourhood Policing Team was one of the most challenging and rewarding postings I’ve had. It allowed me to really look at the issues within the given suburbs and work with external stakeholders to holistically address them. On response, we don’t always have the time to do this. This is where I also developed the interest in pursuing officer rank.

The job has definitely made me less trusting of people and hypervigilant of my surroundings.

I miss the days where I could go out and not worry about who and what is happening around me. I can’t even do my grocery shopping and not see people shoplifting. As a parent of teenaged boys, it’s a real balancing act. You want to protect them but not interfere with their life experience.

I didn’t really have any expectations when I first joined SAPOL. I was aware that it wasn’t going to be an easy job and that there would be good and bad days. But the occupation had interested me from a young age.

It might have something to do with my bossy nature. Friends I grew up with weren’t surprised by my career choice, and I really can’t imagine doing anything else.

When I began my career, I was happy just being an operational patrol officer. I didn’t really have any great ambition. But opportunities presented themselves and I was fortunate to have some great managers who encouraged me to develop and not limit my career aspirations. Five years ago, I wouldn’t have thought of pursuing officer rank. I look forward to where the next few years take me.

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