ALL CAA LIBRARY POSTS

A collection of all CAA library posts

ENDEMIC CORRUPTION

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A BRIGHT IDEA

A BRIGHT IDEA

2nnd June 2023 Upper House Nick McGowen's comments regarding drivers using headlights during the day caught my attention recently. HS 1st of June 2023, A Bright Idea. In the 1970s, while stationed at Seymour Highway Patrol, I often found myself from time to time,...

BEWARE OF THE RATS – DOUBLE STANDARD

BEWARE OF THE RATS – DOUBLE STANDARD

26th May 2023  In the Herald Sun of 25/05/2023, there is an article referring to the charging of a former Police Sergeant, Mark Sims, with Misconduct in Public Office and other offences for writing a message on a whiteboard at Kyneton Police Station in November 2020,...

OPEN LETTER TO ALL VICTORIAN POLITICIANS

OPEN LETTER TO ALL VICTORIAN POLITICIANS

OPEN LETTER TO ALL VICTORIAN POLITICIANS Recently The Community Advocacy Alliance Inc. (CAA) emailed a letter to you relating to the North Richmond, so called, Safe Injecting Room pointing out the utterly inappropriate siting of such a facility.  We requested you to...

OPENING INJECTING ROOM TO KIDS UNDER 18- MADNESS!

OPENING INJECTING ROOM TO KIDS UNDER 18- MADNESS!

2nd May 2023 https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/push-to-move-drug-injecting-room-away-from-richmond/news-story What a brilliant idea; why didn’t we think of this earlier? Kids desensitised to and normalised to drugs, by the drug room just opposite their school...

Drug injecting rooms, on the way to your suburb?

Drug injecting rooms, on the way to your suburb?

30th April 2023 It is now inevitable that the argument from the illicit drug apologists will gain sway; you could soon have your own local injecting den with all the outfall the residents of North Richmond have and continue to endure in your neighbourhood. The Drug...

DRUG QUARANTINE – A NEW PARADIGM.

DRUG QUARANTINE – A NEW PARADIGM.

28th April 2023 There is no argument, based on fact, that we are winning the war on drugs. If winning or losing was adjudged, we are not only losing but being smashed. The benefit of the millions of dollars applied to the supply side of the illicit drug trade can only...

Should Andrews face the Courts?

Should Andrews face the Courts?

      24th April 2023 The Community Advocacy Alliance has been restrained in our criticism of the Premier of this State as we respect the democratic process. Still, there comes a time, issues and place where we can no longer remain silent because we...

Open letter to all Victorian Politicians.

Open letter to all Victorian Politicians.

14th April 2023Why, in 2023, are we still sacrificing children?The North Richmond ‘Safe’ Injecting Room's very site exposes young children to sights no child should ever have to witness.Have any studies been conducted as to the psychological damage these children may...

PTSD  or  OSD – WHO WINS?

PTSD or OSD – WHO WINS?

22nd March 2021 The CAA has thought hard and long before venturing into this part of the conundrum that might explain and perhaps help reduce the impact of the devastating psychological disorders befalling Police members. Our concern is that the label Post Traumatic...

It is a big deal

It is a big deal

Depression, Anxiety These are both real I speak from experience It is a big deal.   In a dark place No way I can see This is not how Things should now be   Fearing to leave My one only space Tears in my eyes No smile on my face.   Not ready to talk The...

Victoria Police demand respect

31st May 2019 Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton in his article, ‘Victoria Police demand respect,’ invited readers of the Herald Sun 31/5/19 to; Ask any old school copper if they’ve seen the levels of respect for police change over the years, and their answer will not...

PTSD Case study 3845

PTSD Case study 3845

26th April 2019 It would not be hard to conclude that the horror stories that the Community Advocacy Alliance (CAA) have reported to date would lead readers to believe that these nightmares were confined to the “Other Ranks”, that is below Officer rank but alas for...

Project Police PTSD- Case study 3843

Project Police PTSD- Case study 3843

Editor’s note:3843 has not (yet?) been formally diagnosed with PTSD, but the circumstances of this case are parallel to many who have been. How would you feel if all of a sudden you found that there had been a major exposé on National prime time television alleging...

Project Police PTSD – Case study 3842

Project Police PTSD – Case study 3842

4th April 2019 This case starts off fairly benignly with a respected country Detective Sergeant with substantial service including a period in the Homicide Squad and an unblemished record of service in a large provincial Victorian town. 3842 was responsible for...

Tas govt introduces PTSD compo change

22nd March 2019 The Tasmanian government has introduced a bill aiming to make it easier for emergency workers to access post-traumatic stress disorder compensation. Emergency workers in Tasmania will have better access to post-traumatic stress disorder compensation...

Project PTSD – Case study 3840

Project PTSD – Case study 3840

16th March 2019 Editor’s note: This is the first published story of this project and we chose to start the numbering system of case studies from Lawyer X case numbering, 3838 because like that issue, this has a management problem (Management Matrix) at its core. We...

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