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POLICE NEWS THE MAGAZINE FOR THE WA POLICE UNION
CONTENTS
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Partners on the frontline Sarah and Paige are the two faces behind partner support community, Alongside. Read how their personal journey culminated in establishing this not-for-profit organisation.
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First WAPU Graduation Evening WAPU’s newest initiative a great success.
06 W APU DIRECTORS AND STAFF 08 PRESIDENT’S REPORT 21 DIRECTOR OPINION 22 INDUSTRIAL REPORT 24 FIELD REPORT 29 LEGAL 30 HEALTH 31 MEMBER BENEFITS 34 ENTERTAINMENT
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Police News celebrates its centenary 2016 marks 100 years of Police News and we take a look at the evolution of the magazine.
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Teens invited to travel with the IPA Children and grandchildren of International Police Association members are being encouraged to apply for a youth travel scholarship to South Africa. 4 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
36 NEW MEMBERS 37 RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND VALE 38 FROM THE ARCHIVES
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COVER To pay homage to 100 years of Police News magazine, this edition’s cover is a throwback to a cover style used in the 1930s. Shown to the right is the May 1935 Police News magazine cover which was the basis for the retro cover used on this edition. ABOVE Sarah and Paige share the story of how Alongside was born. Picture: Jody D'Arcy.
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GEORGE TILBURY President
Make sure you slip, slop, slap I RECENTLY HAD FOUR SKIN CANCERS REMOVED from my forehead, arm and behind my ear, and I want to share the story so that you can learn from my experience. Prevention is the key, so you need to be mindful when you're in the sun. Precautions need to be taken, as the effects are often not apparent until many years later. I spotted the cancers early, which were basal cell carcinomas, luckily not the more deadly melanomas. As you can see from the photos, they had to be surgically removed with the only lasting damage being a few scars, which will heal in due course. I am extremely vigilant, verging on paranoid, with any skin changes as this is not my first run in with these sorts of cancers. I urge you all to be careful when it comes to any changes to your skin and if you have any doubts, please get it checked out! By nature, policing forces us out in the elements for the majority of our shifts, so avoidance of the sun isn’t really an option, particularly in WA. WA Police supplies all police stations and work areas with sunscreen, so make sure that you have access to it and use it. Contact your OIC to replenish the stock – if you don’t have any or it is out of date. The Agency also supplies you with hats and you can order long sleeve shirts to assist with protection from the sun, so there are a number of preventative options available.
Prevention is the key, so you need to be mindful when in the sun that precautions need to be taken, as the effects are often not apparent until many years later. … It is imperative that you wear a hat and slap on some sunscreen all year round.
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It is imperative that you wear a hat and slap on some sunscreen all year round. We received a motion from the TEG South Branch and as a result we will be lobbying the Commissioner of Police to fit all police vehicles with the darkest legal window tint. All current and new police vehicles have basic window tinting fitted which does not afford effective protection to Members, thereby exposing them to harmful UV rays, due to the length of time we spend on the road, which in most cases is our office. I have written to the Commissioner of Police and am waiting for his response.
CONCERNS WITH BLOOD TESTING LEGISLATION Following concerns from Members, I asked the Commissioner of Police to clarify parts of the Mandatory Testing (Infectious Diseases) Act 2014. We fought long and hard for this legislation as it reduces the waiting period for results following exposure to a communicable disease, from months to a matter of days. Concerns have been expressed by Members that the legislation clearly authorises “reasonably necessary help” and “reasonably necessary force” in order to obtain an offender’s blood sample, yet the WA Police ‘workflow’ remains silent on this issue and further, no direction is provided. Members are frustrated knowing samples can legally be taken by force, as long as a medical practitioner consents, yet WA Police has left them in limbo and effectively forced them to wait longer for test results. The clear intent of the legislation is to take the samples as soon as possible and with force, if required and I see no reason why this should not occur.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Allowing these officers to take home their accoutrements and store them in an approved cabinet similar to some other areas, will improve officer safety and reduce response times.
REGIONAL MEMBERS WANT TO TAKE ACCOUTREMENTS HOME As part of the WAPU 2015 Annual Conference, a motion was passed to seek permission from the Commissioner of Police to allow Members at small regional stations to take home all of their accoutrements including firearms and tasers. Last month I wrote to the Commissioner outlining the request. Members have told us they need to take their accoutrements home so that they can attend jobs quickly. They have told us that they often have to drive past the scene of an incident to attend the police station to kit up. Allowing these officers to take home their accoutrements and store them in an approved cabinet similar to some other areas, will improve officer safety and reduce response times. I await the Commissioner’s response.
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01 & 02 George Tilbury recently had a number of skin cancers removed.
100 YEARS OF POLICE NEWS This edition marks the 100th year of Police News. I hope that you noticed the retro, one-off cover to mark this special occasion, which is a throwback to the cover design from the mid-1930s. You can read more about the history of the magazine on page 17.
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Partners on the frontline
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We often make note of the selfless and courageous job our men and women in blue do every day, but rarely do we stop to acknowledge the people that serve in a different way, the partners and families that stand beside our frontline. A challenge and also a sense of pride that police wife Sarah, knows all too well after standing beside her partner through his 15 years of service. During 2015 after a spate of paramedic suicides, 720 ABC Radio Perth was talking about PTSD and mental health on the frontline. Listening in, Sarah couldn’t help but note no one was talking about the role partners play in supporting frontline personnel and the unique demands that can bring, especially if things start to go wrong. “I decided to write an email to [ABC Radio presenter] Geoff Hutchison and bare my deepest, darkest secrets. I told him things I’ve never told anybody before, about what life was like for me as the partner of a police officer who ended up with PTSD.” she said. An on-air interview followed. Sarah described her grief of loving a man who sustained a mental injury as a result of the job he did. It highlighted the personal toll it took on Sarah to continually support her husband through his journey with PTSD and the significant impact that had on their family. Sarah had gone from being protected, to her husband’s protector through his journey from diagnosis to recovery. Across the other side of Australia in Melbourne, a similar story was playing out. Paige had been with her Navy partner for three years who was deployed to Border Patrol in Darwin. Paige, who shared her time between Melbourne where she was working as a publicist and on base in Darwin with her ex-partner, heard Sarah’s story on ABC radio and identified with it. “I really noticed a change in my ex-partner after he was posted to Border Patrol,” Paige said. “After each rotation at sea it became really evident the job we ask of our frontline can really weigh heavy on them. As a partner I tried to support him through that but gradually as his stress grew and my need to support him became greater, I noticed that I lost a sense of who I was. In giving my resources to him there wasn’t a lot left for me.” “When I heard Sarah’s raw and honest account of what it was like to support her partner on the frontline, especially through the stressors that mental health difficulties like PTSD can bring, I felt she was telling my story.” Paige saw her experience of supporting a partner on the frontline was also, as in Sarah’s case, a matter of putting their own lives second due to the nature of the job, and that at times that could be incredibly lonely and isolating. ▷ 11 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
“There was nobody, apart from a psychologist, that I could talk to. I didn’t necessarily need to go see a psych, I needed someone who would understand what it was like when I said I was grieving the loss of a man that was standing right in front of me.”
The lack of support for partners of frontline personnel, which includes paramedics, police officers, firefighters, and defence was a blinding similarity in both of their stories. “Whether things start to fall apart or not, as partners if you’re not educated on how to help and how to balance the unique challenges of frontline life, then you’re really missing out on that level of protection for not only yourself but in particular the personnel,” Paige said. “We know that strong relationships are one of the biggest protective factors in the prevention of mental health difficulties.” Sarah put it simply as: “I’m fighting for him, he’s fighting for him, but who’s fighting for me?” “There was all this talk about PTSD but there was no talk about what the partners were going through. There was nobody, apart from a psychologist, that I could talk to. I didn’t necessarily need to go see a psych, I needed someone who would understand what it was like when I said I was grieving the loss of a man that was standing right in front of me,” Sarah said. Having a foot in both camps is how Paige and Sarah both describe their feelings of being the partner of a frontline responder. “You’re not personnel so you don’t necessarily get that sense of family, mateship and camaraderie, but you’re not a civilian either because you live with shift work, overtime, critical incidents, deployments and country service,” Sarah said. This identified lack of support for partners was where Alongside was born. Sarah and Paige developed the idea after hundreds of people reached out to Sarah in response to her ABC interview, Paige was one of those people. The two sat down for many hours and set about closing the identified gap in support services. Alongside provides proactive education, PTSD services, support and a strong sense of community for partners and families of frontline personnel from recruitment through to discharge and beyond, bridging the gap between work and home. “If I had of known then what I know now about how I could have helped him with Border Patrol, and those rotations and when he got off the boat, then perhaps I could have helped him not get to the breaking point we got to,” Paige said. The responses Sarah received to her interview, overwhelmingly highlighted a common theme that partners felt they were on the back foot when it came to understanding how best to support a loved one of the frontline. She herself believes that if she also knew more of what her husband was going
through, she would have been able to help him with his mental health. “Not that I needed to know the graphic details, but it was important that I should have known something had happened to him so I could have supported him and given the space that he needed.” Not only does Alongside educate partners to be better equipped to deal with the nature of frontline life, but how to also deal with elements such as shift work and hypervigilance. “Hypervigilance in the home is a big one because you do see a really significant change in your partner,” Paige said. “I know from when my ex-partner was first posted to Border Patrol to three years later, there was a notable change. He was taught to be hypervigilant. He was on a boat in the middle of the ocean with asylum seekers. He is taught how to hold and handle himself, and that is not a switch he can easily flick on and off.” Paige said it took a lot of compassion, gentleness and care to take a partner from the hypervigilance to a calm state. But it is essential to the frontline officer’s welfare and a successful and healthy relationship. While strengthening the resilience of the partner and their capacity to support the person they’re standing beside on the frontline is still core business for Alongside, they want to reduce the incidence of PTSD and mental health issues, which is why the proactive education approach is so vital. Once officers graduate from the Academy, Alongside provides partners with their own recruit school to educate and upskill. They have also recently returned from touring the Northern Territory with NT Police and are completing a needs analysis. WA and Victoria are next. Through the member section of Alongside’s website, partners have access to education, information, and also reach out groups. Regional and remote partners can also arrange to speak with other frontline partners who have gone through similar experiences of remote community life. WAPU is also supporting Alongside to reach out to Members and their partners by funding a range of printed materials and also inviting them on Field Trips to regional towns. “We support those who stand beside our frontline,” Paige said. “We know relationships are one of the biggest protective factors in preventing suicide so we're closing the gap in frontline support services by supporting their partners, making sure no one falls through the gaps or goes it alone. We've been there, and we will fight like hell to make sure no one else has to.”
For help or more information contact www.alongside.org.au or to become an Alongside member email hello@alongside.org.au. 12 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
Isn’t being a police officer tough enough, without having to fight for workers’ comp?
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“It is a great opportunity to welcome our newest Members into the WAPU family, explain to them the benefits of membership and to let them know that we will stand by them, through thick and thin.�
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Inaugural WAPU Graduation Evening a success Last month, WAPU hosted its inaugural Graduation Evening for the recruits from Blue and Gold Squads. This new initiative was made possible thanks to the kind support of Maxxia with new Members from both squads enjoying a cocktail party at WAPU HQ. President George Tilbury said a similar style event is hosted by the Police Association of South Australia and he was very keen to start the functions in WA. “The events in South Australia are well attended and the recruits really look forward to sharing some time together in their final weeks at the Academy,” Mr Tilbury said. “The main obstacle for us was clearly the cost and that is where Maxxia stepped in and agreed to sponsor these series of events for the next 12 months.” He said feedback from the recruits and trainers was very positive, with all in attendance having a good time and expressing their thanks to WAPU. “It is a great opportunity to welcome our newest Members into the WAPU family, explain to them the benefits of membership and to let them know that we will stand by them, through thick and thin,” he said.
“I hope we can continue to host these functions in partnership with Maxxia beyond the initial agreement and build on the success of this first event.” Maxxia Relationship Manager Leanne Murdock said: “Maxxia is proud to have been WA Police’s sole salary packaging provider for over 15 years now and our involvement with the WA Police Union in these events is just another extension of our commitment to police officers. “This first event went well and was a great opportunity for us to get to know some of the new recruits as they launch into their careers and we look forward to being part of more of these in the future.” The next function will be held in August for Grey and Green Squads with more events planned as new recruit squads enter their final weeks at the Aacademy.
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OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Dr Jacquie Hutchinson Equity and Diversity Adviser Management and Organisations UWA Business School
Kylie Proctor KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Angela Smith President Australian Federal Police Association
Executive Member Northern Territory Police Association
Mick Gill Director WAPU
WAPU Network of Women (NOW) invites you to attend the 2016 Annual WAPU Women’s Forum
Date: Wednesday, 6 July 2016 Venue: WAPU HQ
The theme of this year’s forum is Inclusivity
Places are strictly limited – so first in, best dressed.
Registration: 0830 Forum: 0900-1630 Fellowship: 1630-1900
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Police News celebrates 100 years
BY STEVEN GLOVER
W
ay back when the WA Police Union was first formed as the Western Australian Police Association in 1912, a publication for Members was high on the agenda. At the second Conference in 1913, it was decided that the Association would publish a magazine however, with the outbreak of World War I, the first edition was not published until May 1916. Initially published as The Police Review, a name change in December 1921 to The Police News are the foundations upon which the current magazine is based. Apart from a minor name change to WA Police Union News in 1996, which lasted only a year, Police News has been a constant for almost the entire existence of WAPU. The magazine has, for all but four editions, been published in magazine format. A brief foray into a newspaper style publication in the late 1990s received a mixed reception from Members and subsequently, the Union Council elected to revert back to the popular glossy style.
The magazine was the first police officer employee representative organisation publication in the world and unlike today’s Police News publication, the first Editor, Constable Diarmid Alexander Mackiehan 856, did not have access to electronic media programs to assist in compilation of the first edition. Even more demanding was the offer made in the first edition to accept accounts of police welfare and policing practices from all over the world. Other than the local printed press of the day, police officers were starved of factual accounts of policing activities and endeavours. The Police Review was the conduit of this information and proved very popular with the Members, often drawing swift criticism from the police hierarchy when their rules and practices were questioned. □ 17 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
The evolution of Police News
01 MAY 1916
The first WA Police Union magazine is published, initially called The Police Review. 02 DECEMBER 1921
The magazine changes its name to The Police News. 03 SEPTEMBER 1927
The Police News is published with a simplified masthead. 04 MARCH 1929
The cover is printed in colour for the first time. 05 JANUARY 1930
Magazine reverts back to the 1927 style. 06 JANUARY 1934
The magazine is printed with a glossy cover. 07 MAY 1935
A new cover appears for the first time however, it is not adopted until the September 1935 edition. This style cover remains in place for more than 20 years with the colour changing from edition-to-edition between orange, green, blue and pink. 08 MARCH 1956
The cover changes significantly for the first time in more than 20 years. 09 FEBRUARY 1964
The style of the cover changes again. 10 MAY 1965
Cover changed again. 11 NOVEMBER 1970
There is a significant change in the style of the cover and it returns to glossy content as well. 12 APRIL 1976
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The cover changes to a blue gloss style. 01-04
13 MAY/JUNE 1981
The cover and the size of the magazine changes. 18 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
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14 JULY/AUGUST 1985
The size and cover changes. The graphic depicts police cars in the shape of the Western Australian birthmark logo. 15 SEPTEMBER 1989
The style of the cover remains the same however, the magazine size increases to A4. 16 MARCH 1990
The style of the cover is altered slightly to include a picture. 17 APRIL 1993
A new masthead combined with the use of a picture form the new style for the Police News cover. 18 SEPTEMBER 1996
The magazine has a new style and new name, WA Police Union News, when President Mike Dean is elected. 19 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 1997
Police News was published in a newspaper style. After four issues and a mixed reception from Members, the Union Council elected to return to the glossy format. 20 OCTOBER 1998
The magazine returns to its glossy style with a new cover design. The first edition depicts the funeral of Constable Cheryl Klumper who was killed in a traffic accident north of Perth in August 1998. 21 DECEMBER 1998
The name reverts back to Police News. 22 DECEMBER 2008
The cover changes to use a picture style cover.
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23 DECEMBER 2010 FEBRUA
The masthead of the magazine is changed significantly. The magazine also begins to focus on work areas by going on ride alongs and profile the work of Members.
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During World War I, the magazine played an important part in keeping Members and families in touch with those police officers who had either resigned their service or were required by commitment to the war effort. At the time of releasing the first edition, numerous Members and senior serving officers’ sons were fighting on the western front. The May 1916 edition recorded that 10 serving officers had a combined total of 17 sons engaged in battles in France and Belgium. A 47-pound death levy was provided by the Association to the family of resigned police officers killed in action during the war. Members who submitted articles or letters to the editor were required to provide a signature to ensure ethnicity of the contents. Names were not published but the requirement ensured that the information was provided in good faith. President George Tilbury said Police News is a significant part of WAPU’s history as well as being an important medium to communicate with Members. “It’s a credit to the people that have worked on our magazine over the 100 years that even in a technology driven society in 2016, Police News still exists and Members, past and present, look forward to its publication,” Mr Tilbury said. Mr Tilbury was in charge of the most recent review of Police News which resulted in a number of changes to the magazine’s style. “The revamp we undertook in 2014 has modernised the magazine but I believe the most important part of that review was the decision to continue to physically publish it.
“Members, politicians and supporters e flam es and ng th Faciour love reading magazine g while Of ficer los es ever yt hin ville fir es even sometimes the manage th e Parker ingmedia fig ht to get a story or two outlsof the ors WAPU farewel Dire ct five Police magazine, which fro m th ethat Hearshows rting Dire cto rs News continues de topabe a relevant and respected publication 100 years on from its first edition.” “We could have easily gone down the electronic path but that would have detracted from the history of our magazine. A previous attempt to go solely electronic was not popular with Members and as we operate the magazine on a break-even basis, there was no financial pressure to discontinue hard copy production. “Members, politicians and supporters love reading our magazine and even sometimes the media manage to get a story or two out of the magazine, which shows that Police News continues to be a relevant and respected publication 100 years on from its first edition.” In honour of 100 years of Police News, we have adopted a retro cover based on the style used in the mid-1930s.
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DIRECTOR OPINION
KEVIN MCDONALD
Metropolitan Region Director
A missed opportunity – but it’s never too late TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO, and prior to the establishment of public transport security guards, beat police officers conducted patrols of trains and buses to provide community safety and law enforcement services in the public transport environment as often as restricted resources permitted.
This resulted in an improved service over time (not to the standard of trained police) but also eroded perceived cost savings and confirmed the strategy was from the outset, a false economy.
Around the same time, community and political disquiet and debate began to emerge in relation to safety on public transport. Abusive and threatening behaviour, graffiti, drug use and violence on trains, buses and public transport platforms appeared to be escalating but there weren’t enough police to adequately target the problem. Like p olice fo ot pat rol s in Nor thbridge and the Per th CBD, public transport policing was the ideal training ground for adequately supervised junior police officers to ply their trade dealing with members of the public and criminal offenders. Police officers who were fully trained, wore full accoutrements, possessed police powers of arrest, had communications, on the ground back-up and the full resources of WA Police were the credible choice, ideally placed and traditionally pre-disposed to expand into this role. Having fully trained and experienced police officers providing this service was always going to be the best option however, at that time, it was not considered the most cost effective and so regrettably, government decided that a cheaper option would be to employ security guards instead.
The first instalment of this option saw low paid security officers with inadequate training, limited powers and no experience deployed into the public transport setting to protect the community. To say this initial foray was an unmitigated failure is an understatement. Leaked official transport documents at the time revealed numerous incidents where security guards would either turn a blind eye or turn and head in the opposite direction at the first sign of any trouble, placing vulnerable members of the public at even greater risk. This didn’t sway the government and instead, they just gave transit guards more authority, more training and more money. This resulted in an improved service over time (not to the standard of trained police) but also eroded perceived cost savings and confirmed the strategy was from the outset, a false economy. Today, the current wages paid to a transit guard are basically the same as the wages paid to a second year police constable. While the service has improved, there are still significant problems with pressure invariably placed back on police officers to come up with solutions, albeit without additional resources. This is evidenced by the instigation of the now defunct Police Rail Unit which couldn’t be sustained and other resource sharing strategies such as Rail Safe.
These days there are two types of public transport security deployed by the Public Transit Authority. Transit guards employed by the PTA and revenue collection officers (RCOs) who are contracted by the PTA and employed by a security company. The transit guards receive 12 weeks training and RCOs receive four weeks. As we know, sworn police officers receive 28 weeks training. I n a d d i t i o n to o p e r a t i o na l shortcomings, the prosecution side of the PTA is also plagued with problems. In relation to fare evasion, the PTA has effectively reversed the onus of proof to the ongoing detriment of the wider innocent and law-abiding community. Recently, a concerned member of the public, who rarely uses public transport, informed me about three infringement letters she had received in the post, issued for three different fare evasions she didn’t commit. Even though their duties are supported by the IMS database, RCOs regularly issue fare infringements to persons without sighting identification or even comparing a description from IMS. As a regular train traveller, I have witnessed this myself. Things become quite farcical when almost a third of up to 3,000 weekly fare evasion infringements are discontinued due to a lack of evidence.
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NICOLA ROMAN Industrial Officer
WA Police Former Officers Medical Benefit Scheme IN 2009, FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE LOBBYING BY THE WA POLICE UNION, the Government introduced legislation which provided for the payment of medical and other expenses incurred by former officers for injuries arising from their former duties as police officers or Aboriginal police liaison officers (APLO). Up until this legislation was enacted, former officers were not entitled to recover medical expenses for any enduring work-related injuries or illness, and either had to pay for medical treatment themselves or forego treatment, if they were unable to afford it. The Western Australia Police (Medical and Other Expenses for Former Officers) Scheme commenced on 1 July 2009. Despite being in place for more than five years, WAPU often receives queries from Members as to how the scheme operates and the mechanisms of making a claim. Whilst this article should address many of the frequently asked questions WAPU receives, any Member with specific questions should contact the Industrial Team on 9321 2155 for assistance.
TIMEFRAMES The Scheme enables former officers to be paid for their medical expenses incurred after 1 July 2007, irrelevant of when their work-related injuries or illness occurred. Given that not all separated Members who qualify for the benefit are likely to have kept receipts dating back to 2007, WAPU advises these Members to contact Medicare Australia which can provide the full details required to make a claim, including critical dates, pharmaceuticals and associated costs. Whilst this can take some time, it is the only way to ensure you have full access to the records you need to make a successful claim.
Members are not entitled to claim benefits under this scheme, if they have previously received compensation for medical and other expenses related to the same injury or disease. 22 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
WHAT IS COVERED? The Commissioner of Police is responsible for the payment of medical and other expenses incurred by former officers for injuries arising out of their former duties. This is a similar arrangement that applies to serving officers who are injured during the course of their duties. Examples of what expenses can be claimed include: • General practitioners; • Medical specialists; • Hospital expenses; • Ambulance services; • Allied health services; • Medical investigations; • Medication; • Dental; • Equipment medical aids; and • Travel. Consideration will be given for other types of treatment but will usually require a referral from a medical practitioner or specialist. Members are not entitled to claim benefits under this scheme, if they have previously received compensation for medical and other expenses related to the same injury or disease. This includes compensation received through a common law action, motor vehicle third party insurance, an act of grace payment and criminal injury compensation. The Scheme removes the liability of the Commissioner of Police to pay expenses, if the injury is attributable to: • the officer’s voluntary consumption of alcohol or drugs of addiction; • other serious and wilful misconduct of the officer; and/ or • the officer’s failure (without reasonable excuse) to use protective equipment, clothing or accessories; unless the injury has serious and permanent effects or results in death.
INDUSTRIAL REPORT
Industrial Briefs HOW MUCH CAN BE CLAIMED? The maximum prescribed amounts that can be currently claimed are: • $53,414 (indexed annually); • Up to a further $50,000 subject to agreement or by applying to WorkCover; • Up to a further $250,000 by applying to WorkCover and agreement by the Commissioner of Police. Any in-service medical costs are not counted towards the limit.
HOW DO I CLAIM? Claims are managed by the Insurance Commission of Western Australia (ICWA). In the first instance, Members should complete a claim form which can be found online at the WA Police or ICWA websites. WAPU also has claim forms online. The completed form and all relevant attachments should be sent to WA Police Health & Safety. Once your claim has been assessed and accepted, ICWA will be the first point of contact regarding reimbursements, sending invoices and any disputes.
IS THERE AN APPEALS PROCESS? The Scheme enables WorkCover to handle any disputes that may arise. WorkCover provides for a multi-step dispute resolution process which involves conciliation and arbitration. Whilst legal representation is not essential, it is recommended Members seek advice before applying for conciliation or arbitration. This can be costly and as such any application for dispute resolution should be carefully considered.
WAPU played a major role in the development of this Scheme and fought hard for these entitlements. Whilst the fight for a workers compensation scheme continues, Members should make themselves aware of their current entitlements and utilise them wherever appropriate. For more information please do not hesitate to contact the Industrial Team on 9321 2155.
PAO NEGOTIATIONS
In the first instance, Members should complete a claim form which can be found online at the WA Police or ICWA websites. WAPU also has claim forms online.
Negotiations for the Police Auxiliary Agreement 2016 have commenced. PAO Members will have received updates on negotiations via newsletters. We hope matters progress at a quicker pace now the State Budget has been handed down. Meetings are currently being held once a fortnight but we expect the frequency of meetings to increase as negotiations proceed.
OIC REVIEW
OIC Members will have received a survey late last year, the results of which fed into the joint review of OIC Terms and Conditions of Employment currently being undertaken by WA Police and WAPU. A second shorter survey will be emailed to OICs in the coming weeks asking for information on hours of duty and fatigue. The results of the surveys will be analysed by both parties and a joint paper produced. It is hoped the results will allow WAPU to argue strongly for more favourable conditions for OICs in the industrial agreement negotiations next year.
ROSTERING
WAPU representatives are meeting regularly with WA Police regarding the Response Roster Review. Whilst several options for a new roster have been put forward by the WA Police Working Group and WAPU, discussions are ongoing as to the most suitable replacement for the current roster. Branches will be consulted before any change to the existing arrangements as per the requirements of the WA Police Industrial Agreement 2014. 23 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
DEAN GIACOMINI & DAVE LAMPARD Field Officer
Field Officer
Mid West Gascoyne Field Trip IN APRIL, WAPU VISITED THE MID WEST GASCOYNE AND WHEATBELT DISTRICTS along with representatives from Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers and P&N Bank. The group visited Members in Carnarvon, Dongara, Exmouth, Geraldton, Kalbarri, Leeman, Moora, Northampton, Shark Bay and Three Springs. Branch meetings held in Carnarvon, Geraldton and Three Springs were all well attended with Members from Perenjori and Jurien Bay travelling to Three Springs for the Central West Coast Branch Meeting. Some of the major topics of discussion throughout the trip was the It’s Tough Enough campaign, Industrial Agreement negotiations, the upcoming State Election and various industrial and workplace issues. A focus of the trip was the need for Members to consider their retirement as well as their estate. Nigel Jenkins from P&N Bank spoke to a number of Members and provided details on how to plan for their retirement. Tindall Gask Bentley Lawyers focused on the need for Members to have an up to date Will, a free service which WAPU provides every two years. This was the third field trip that TGB has attended to visit Members and over the course of those trips, more than 100 Members have registered an interest in getting a Will with only 12 returning the completed forms. Tindall Gask Bentley Wills and Estates Lawyer Fiona Fagan said: “Having a valid Will prepared is something that takes very little time and should be a top priority for all WAPU Members, the process is simple and it will save a lot of trouble for grieving family members should the unthinkable happen.” Members can access the WAPU Simple Will Kit application by contacting WAPU HQ on 9321 2155 or it can be downloaded from the WAPU Website.
DIRECTORS ALLOCATED BRANCHES Each Branch will now have its own dedicated Director to help assist and mentor Members. At the April Board of Directors Meeting, the Board resolved to better support the Branches by allocating a number of Branches to each Director. The system was already occurring in regional WA with each regional Director already having an informal allocation of Branches however, now the system has been formalised. Field Officer Dean Giacomini said it was the best step forward to better resource Branches. “Part of WAPU’s mantra has always been to try and resolve issues at a local level in the first instance,” he said. “With each Branch having a dedicated Director, we envisage that the Branch Officials and Members will be able to approach that Director in the first instance for advice and assistance. “Then the Director can provide guidance to the Branch and Members about how to best deal with the matter at hand. Now that might mean putting the Branch in touch with staff at WAPU HQ, a motion to the Board, a motion to Annual Conference or have the President take it directly to WA Police.” The allocation of Branches is as follows: Harry Arnott: Bunbury-Australind, Central Great Southern, Great Southern, Leeuwin Naturaliste, Lower South West, South West Hinterland and Upper Great Southern. Ward Adamson: Prosecuting, Professional Standards and Commissioned Officers. Dave Curtis: Eastern Goldfields, North Eastern Goldfields and South East Eyre.
With each Branch having a dedicated Director, we envisage that the Branch Officials and Members will be able to approach that Director in the first instance for advice and assistance.
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Lindsay Garratt: Academy, Maylands Complex and State Traffic Operations. Mick Gill: Avon, Central Midlands, Central West Coast, Eastern Wheatbelt, Gascoyne, Geraldton and Murchison. Michael Henderson: East Kimberley, For tescue, North Pilbara, West Kimberley and West Pilbara. Mark Johnson: Joondalup, Mirrabooka and Western Suburbs. Mick Kelly: Perth Police Centre and Perth Watch House. Kevin McDonald: Major Crime, Serious & Organised Crime and Sex Crimes. Peter McGee: Air Wing, Armadale-Gosnells and Cannington. Michael Paterson: Fremantle, Licensing Enforcement and Water Police. Peter Pot thof f: Intelligence Ser vices, Midland, Midland Workshops. Harry Russell: Mandurah, Rockingham-Kwinana and TEG South. Directors will endeavour to attend all Branch meetings held by their Branches and sometimes due to distance and work pressure teleconference facilities will be used to facilitate this.
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01 Members from Carnarvon following the Gascoyne Branch Meeting. 02 WAPU Treasurer Mick Kelly, Dawn Horgan, Ben Croy, Field Officer Dean Giacomini, Exmouth OIC Alby Van Den Berg, P&N Bank Employee Representative Financial Planner Nigel Jenkins and TGB Lawyer Sam Hooper. 03 Geraldton Branch Officials Trevor Baldwin, Glenn Wishart, Michael Hall and Kenn Flatt with Mick Kelly outside the Malcolm Stanaway Room at Mid West Gascoyne District Office in Geraldton. 04 Members from Leeman Police Station. 05 Members after the Central West Coast Branch Meeting at Three Springs Police Station. 06 Outside Shark Bay Police Station with Jayson King and Kevin Pierpoint
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* WAPU SCHOOL HOLIDAY BALLOT APPLICATION APPLICATIONS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ON THIS FORM, It can be faxed, emailed or posted to WAPU HQ. Complete and return by Friday, 15 July 2016 to: WA Police Union 639 Murray Street, West Perth WA 6005 Fax: 9321 2177 Email: admin@wapu.org.au
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Teens invited to travel with the IPA
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hildren and grandchildren of International Police Association members are being encouraged to apply for a youth travel scholarship to South Africa. The IPA’s Ray Dodd Award subsidises two Australians to attend the International Youth Gathering (IYG) held in a different country each year. International Police Association Australian Vice President Jason Brewer said last year’s gathering was held in Spain, while the 2017 event will be held in South Africa. Last year’s Australian representatives, Jack Eugarde and Nicola Kelly, both said Spain was an experience of a lifetime. “I met the most amazing people from throughout the world and still talk to these people on a daily basis,” Nicola said. “I am so grateful that I was given the opportunity to attend the IPA International Youth Gathering 2015 in Spain. “This trip helped me grow as a person; to gain independence, allow me to gather skills that I will take with me further in life – both in the workforce and my personal life. I even got to learn a little Spanish along the way. “For anyone thinking about applying for IYG in the future, I would strongly recommend it, you will gain skills for life and friends that you will always cherish.” Jack also agreed. “My dad, who is a police officer in Queensland, applied on my behalf for the Ray Dodd Award, and it was a really good experience,” he said. “I was able to get to know a whole new group of people and learn about other cultures.” The Ray Dodd Award is a memorial youth award was named after the founder and the 1964 Secretary-General of the Australian branch of the IPA. “His long-time interest was the welfare of all young
people in the community,” Mr Brewer said. “He devoted many hours, both unofficially and officially, to assisting all youths through the police citizens clubs.” Mr Brewer said the 2017 IYG was an opportunity for teens to experience travel to South Africa and meet people of a similar age from different cultures and backgrounds while gaining a deeper knowledge of the history, social character, nature and family life of the country. “The IYG program conforms to the international spirit and aims of the International Police Association,” he said. The South African tour will be held from 29 July to 13 August 2017 and includes travel to Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. It also includes a trip to the Addo Elephant National Park. Mr Brewer said one day will be set aside in Cape Town for a community outreach program. Participation in the program is open to the children or grandchildren of current financial members of the IPA. IYG participants must be aged between 16 and 18 at the start of the program. Mr Brewer said the International Police Association was group of serving, ex-serving and retired police officers linked by a professional esprit de corps. “There is nothing else like it in the world. It is the largest friendship organisation of police officers throughout the world,” he said. “We have over 440,000 members in over 60 countries who are part of this unique organisation worldwide. “The International Police Association promotes and encourages cultural relations and the expansion of knowledge through the exchange of professional experiences, as well as mutual help in the social field and the promotion where possible of world peace.”
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01 Jack Eugarde and Nicola Kelly were selected for the 2015 IYG to Spain. 02 Jack and Nicola during their Spain travels.
Officers interested in applying for their children or grandchildren are encouraged to fill out an application form available online at ipa-australiapolice.com.au/ about/ray-dodd-award. Applications must be received by 30 September 2016.
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The property settlement court process GOING TO COURT CAN BE VERY stressful, time consuming and expensive, understanding the process and how to manage it can help to alleviate some of the associated stress and ensure you can focus on achieving a positive outcome. A common question throughout the court process is ‘what happens next?’, the adjacent infographic, prepared by the Tindall Gask Bentley family law team, outlines the order of steps taken from the initial preparation of the appropriate documents, through to judgement and final orders in the property settlement court process.
To book an appointment or for more information, please contact WAPU HQ on (08) 9321 2155.
There are a number of steps in this process however, it is important to highlight that at any stage an agreement can be reached by way of Consent Orders. Reference to this infographic will provide insight into all the relevant steps and give you a better understanding of the step-by-step nature of the process. If you have been served with an application by your former partner for a property settlement, you should immediately seek advice about what will be required of you. There are a number of risks associated with inaction at this point and you should always participate actively in the process in
order to ensure your entitlements are protected in the long-term. Failing to act promptly could result in a compromised outcome, which may impact your financial position long into the future. The initial stages of preparation for the court process are fundamental to the outcome and a significant amount of work will go into this stage. All relevant evidence will be gathered and you will ‘build’ your case. Building your case will require the consideration of a number of factors, for example, your combined asset pool. Some of the following points you may not have considered, it is important to
discuss them with your lawyer: • How your superannuation will be treated; • How to prevent asset erosion; • Whether you are eligible for or may be required to pay spousal maintenance; and • The implications of divorce on property settlement and/ or spousal maintenance entitlements/obligations. From this point forward, the process will include a number of opportunities to reach a settlement, your lawyer will guide you through these stages and advise you on the best course of action. If there is an ongoing inability to reach an agreement the matter will proceed to trial. At trial the judicial officer will hear evidence from both sides and then decide on a final order. This Court Order will be legally binding and therefore enforceable by law. There is no way to predict how the judicial officer will ultimately decide. For this reason it is vital to prepare early and have a lawyer assist you in the preparation of all materials and the consideration of settlement offers. At TGB our experienced family law team are able to guide you through the series of court events and the associated work (including preparation of legal documents) at the same time supporting you to relieve the stress associated with property settlement proceedings. Seeking legal advice does not only ensure your long-term entitlements are protected, it also provides peace of mind during a difficult process. 29 POLICE NEWS JUNE 2016
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Does Post-Exercise Soreness Equal Muscle Development? MANY OF US GAUGE THE quality of our workouts by how sore we feel following exercise. But is this a valid approach? Here’s the lowdown.
Delayed onset muscle soreness is brought about by damage to muscle tissue. It is primarily caused by exercise or lifting, where muscles are lengthened under extreme tension. During the activity, the contractile elements of working muscles exert a "braking" action in order to resist the forces of gravity. This produces small micro tears in both the contractile elements and surface membrane of the associated muscle fibers. These micro tears allow calcium to escape from the muscles, disrupting their intracellular balance and causing further injury to the fibers. Metabolic waste is produced, which interacts with the free nerve endings surrounding the damaged fibers, resulting in localised pain and stiffness. White blood cells then migrate to the site of the injury, generating free radicals that further exacerbate the sensation of pain. Depending on the extent of muscle damage, soreness can persist for 48 hours or more.
SORENESS & MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT Is the soreness beneficial for muscle development? In a sense, yes, – but only from an indirect standpoint. Research suggests that muscle damage does in fact play a role in muscle development. It causes the disruption of a fiber’s ultrastructure, which is believed to activate muscle satellite cells. Satellite cells are akin to muscle stem cells, which, when stimulated, fuse to the associated muscle fiber and increase muscle protein synthesis. The activation of satellite cells also results in the repair and regeneration of muscle tissue, further enhancing development. Since soreness is indicative of muscle damage, it generally is a sign that you’ve set the stage for muscle growth. That said, soreness is by no means a prerequisite for muscle development. Understand that the human body is highly adaptive. Your muscles, connective tissue and immune system become increasingly efficient in dealing with fiber-related damage associated with intense training.
When soreness is debilitating, it indicates you’ve stressed your muscles beyond their capacity for efficient repair. This not only impedes protein synthesis, but also impairs your ability to train with sufficient intensity of effort.
Various physiologic and structural adaptations take place that gradually reduce the sensation of pain. Generally speaking, the more that you train at high levels of intensity, the greater your resistance to muscle soreness. It’s also important to point out that too much soreness is not a good thing. When soreness is debilitating, it indicates you’ve stressed your muscles beyond their capacity for efficient repair. This not only impedes protein synthesis, but also impairs your ability to train with sufficient intensity of effort. Bottom line: It’s probably a good sign if you’re getting sore, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing if you’re not.
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Continued from page 21 The PTA infringement process is resulting in completely innocent per sons having to prove their innocence through writing letters or making court appearances. Incredibly, unpaid fines in their name will eventually find their way to the Fines Enforcement Registry. Completely innocent people, oblivious to these background circumstances are paying lawyers to defend thems elve s agains t baseless state initiated prosecutions. If infringements are sent to the wrong or a previous address, say goodbye to your driver’s licence. What a mess! RCOs are treated as something of a joke by offenders who evade paying a fare. Fare evading offenders ignore directions from RCOs and exit and enter train stations, passing transit guards who are unable or unwilling to intervene or apprehend. In the meantime, offenders ride free, give false identification when challenged and continue to commit an array of offences on the public transport system. While I’m not suggesting fare evasion should become a police function, increased fare evasion is symptomatic of a fragile law enforcement environment. Despite the intermittent rhetoric and propaganda from the PTA , along with government assurances, community disquiet regarding safety on public transport remains as do the problems. The current structure is also not cost effective.
Continued from page 30 With the furore over spiralling crime rates fuelled by the escalating proliferation of illicit drugs in the community and associated levels of violence, it’s time the government revisited this strategy and resourced WA Police accordingly to enable professional police officers to patrol public transport in sufficient numbers. It’s never too late to revisit a strategy and a long suffering public transpor t communit y deser ve a better service.
With the furore over spiralling crime rates fuelled by the escalating proliferation of illicit drugs in the community and associated levels of violence, it’s time the government revisited this strategy and resourced WA Police accordingly to enable professional police officers to patrol public transport in sufficient numbers.
You can find exercise physiologists at private clinics/ studios, hospitals, GP clinics and allied health centres e.g. physiotherapy clinics. When selecting your exercise physiologist, ensure that you chose a specialist who is accredited with the Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) - formerly known as A AESS. All exercise physiologists should have this accreditation in Australia. To see if your exercise physiologist or physiotherapist is recognised by Police Health for payment of benefits please contact us 1800 603 603.
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The following are common treatment methods physiotherapists may use: • exercise programs to improve mobility and strengthen muscles • joint manipulation and mobilisation to reduce pain and stiffness • muscle re-education to improve control • airway clearance techniques and breathing exercises
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BBC’s BAFTA Award winning 4-part series, Murder, throws a stark and unsettling light on four separate cases titled Joint Enterprise, The Third Voice, Lost Weekend and The Big Bang. Rich in forensic and psychological detail, with a unique depth of characterisation, each of the films pick apart a murder in all its terrible complexity, hearing the story from every angle and casting the viewer as a jury-member forced to decide on guilt and innocence. Mixing techniques of documentary with the power, invention and breathtaking visuals of drama, these haunting and graphic ‘whodunits’ live long in the mind.
The sequel to the worldwide smash hit Olympus Has Fallen begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world’s most powerful leaders, devastate every known landmark in the British capital, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable secret service head and an English MI-6 agent who rightly trusts no one. Cast includes: Gerard Butler, Angela Bassett, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman.
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SEASON COMMENCES 23 June Twenty years after the events of the first film, the international community recovers and the United Nations creates the Earth Space Defence (ESD), a united global defence program that serves as Earth's early warning system and the main defence force using technology salvaged from remains of the alien forces, with some military forces assembled on the Moon, Mars and Rhea. However, the aliens were able to send a distress signal to their other battalions before their final defeat while others went into hiding elsewhere around the world. The aliens in deep space received the signal and sent a larger and more powerful battle fleet, threatening the human race once more, this time, with an extremely powerful gravitational machine.
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Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael return to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April O’Neil, Vern Fenwick and a newcomer: the hockeymasked vigilante Casey Jones. After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dim-witted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.
Pop power group Fifth Harmony return with their highly-anticipated second album 7/27. The album features the platinum certified ARIA top three smash Work From Home featuring Ty Dolla $ign. The track also reached number two on the Australia air play chart. The group’s first album, Reflection, was released last year and debuted at number five on the US Billboard Top 200. The album featured Worth It which reached the top 10 on the ARIA charts and is certified double platinum. Fifth Harmony was most recently named Billboard’s Women in Music’s Group of the Year.
Tom Odell has released his second album Wrong Crowd via Columbia Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The album is the follow up to 2013’s million selling, number one record Long Way Down, a record that led to Tom being given the highly prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year. Wrong Crowd consists of 11 new songs; a deluxe edition of the album featuring four extra tracks will also be available. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss, who has also produced records for artists including Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and Adele. Winner of the 2013 BRIT Awards Critic’s Choice, Tom Odell released his debut album Long Way Down in the same year. The album has sold over one million copies to date.
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JUNE 2000 STATE BUDGET POLICE HISTORY A ‘MONUMENTAL TASK’ In the June 2000 edition of Police News, retired Superintendent Don Pashley launched his book, Policing Our State, at Union headquarters. Policing Our State is a history of police stations and police officers in WA from 1829 to 1945. The centrepiece of the book was the details of every police station or camp in WA including the locations, when they opened and how much they cost to build. Former Premier Sir Charles Court was one of a number of guests present to help celebrate what he described as a monumental task under taken by Supt. Pashley. Others present included then Police Minister Kevin Price, then Commissioner Barry Matthews and then Superintendent, now retired Deputy Commissioner Murray Lampard.
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President Mike Dean wrote in his June 2000 President’s Report that the while the State Government had said the increase to the law and order budget was 6.6 per cent, that upon examination of the actual police elements of recurrent spend, the increase was in fact nothing. “Given the fore c as t thre e p er cent inflation rate, this translates to approximately a $10 million decrease in real terms,” Mr Dean said. He said that without this funding, there will be a noticeable decline in real delivery services over the next 12 months, less flexibility for district superintendents and more demands placed on the goodwill of police officers.
FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA The WA Police Football Club, The Hogs, travelled to Adelaide to compete in the 12th Australian Police Football Championships. The Hogs defeated Tasmania during the carnival however, went down to Victoria and South Australia. Captain-Coach Marty Atkins won his third Player of the Carnival Award while Chris Milentis, Graeme Johnston, Gavin Miller, John Deleo and Atkins were selected in the All-Australian side.
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