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Transit police Constable Casandra O’Loughlin, Sergeant Adam Johnson, Leading Senior Constable Trevor Bergman and Constable David Luke were patrolling the Flemington Racecourse Railway Station after the Melbourne Cup and were lucky enough to get a photo with the day’s ultimate prize. The chance encounter came when Danny O’Brien, trainer of Melbourne Cup winner Vow and Declare, happened to pull up near the officers at the station and offered the authentic prized trophy up for a quick photo.
Like father, like daughter. Back in August, father-daughter duo Senior Constable Anthony Zivkovic and Constable Katey Zivkovic worked their first shift together. Const Zivkovic normally works in Geelong but asked if she could travel down to Horsham for the day to work a shift with her dad.
Constable Kyal Birt had a special, and very sleepy, visitor at a Coffee with a Cop event in Brandon Park Shopping Centre in Wheelers Hill. His four-week-old daughter stopped by for a visit, decked out in a police bib fit for a future officer.
ODD SPOT CORNER Some offenders go to great lengths to mask their crimes from police, while others make detection very, very easy. Flemington police were patrolling the streets of the Moonee Valley area during a night shift in October when they intercepted a motorist who had literally spelt out the crime they were committing. Police noticed a white Suzuki hatchback swerving across the road and decided to pull the vehicle over. Upon closer inspection of the car, police discovered a bumper sticker on the back window that read ‘Drunk, Stoned or Stupid’. Police didn’t have to wait long to get the answer from the driver, with a roadside breath test detecting the presence of alcohol. The driver then accompanied police back to the Moonee Ponds Police Station where their blood alcohol reading was found to be a whopping 0.175, more than three times the legal limit. A 30-year-old male from Thomastown had his car impounded and immediately lost his licence over the offending. “While the driver wasn’t stoned, he was drunk and therefore very stupid to get behind the wheel,” Moonee Ponds Station Commander Senior Sergeant Ian Jones said. “Hopefully he has now learned about the seriousness of drink driving and not only rethinks his actions on the road, but also his choice of bumper sticker, when he gets his licence back.”
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POLICE LIFE | SUMMER 2019-20
