3rd September 2018
The latest police sick leave figures (HS 30/9/18) are unbelievable and equates to nearly 350 shifts lost per week.
With these sorts of numbers, you would have thought the penny might drop with the Government that VicPol has structural problems and should address those before victim blaming.
The problem predominantly is the organisation not the police members.
Selecting only the most suitable recruits will solve little if the structure of the organisation is flawed.
Teaching senior staff how to help staff is a bit off. Apart from the obvious question as to how they became senior staff without that basic of all management skills infers that VicPol wants to dodge the real cause, structural problems.
The Governments only answer is to recruit more police, when will real action be taken, when the lost shifts achieve 100,000?
Co-founder and Deputy Chair/CEO of the CAA, a former Police Inspector with 32 years of service in Metro Uniform, Traffic Metro and Highway Patrol, Crime Cars, and CIB. Former Editor of Police Life and long-serving Public Relations Officer of VicPol. Founder and Life Member of the Blue Light Disco movement, Life Member of the Blue Light Federation, and completed his Police career as an Inspector after 6 years as a Patrol Officer. He then ran his own Business for 20 years until retirement. Ivan co-founded the CAA with former Victorian Chief Commissioner Kel Glare, and built the CAA into an influential voice for Victorians.