ALL CAA LIBRARY POSTS
A collection of all CAA library posts
ENDEMIC CORRUPTION
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GENERAL ARTICLES
PTSD ARTICLES
TEN TO FOURTEENS- COMMIT MURDER BUT NOT IN VICTORIA – REALLY?
20th March 2023 Do you remember the shocking case of two-year-old James Bulger? 1993 James was abducted, tortured and murdered by two young boys. The murder happened in the UK, and Robert Thompson and Jon Venables were convicted for this atrocious crime. They...
DRUNKS
19th March 2023 Public drunkenness is now under partisan political consideration—another half-baked approach to Public Policy. Drunkenness has been a community issue since time immemorial, and there is no empirical data to show it is any worse or otherwise than it has...
“SAFE INJECTING ROOMS.” A misnomer
6th March 2023 The Herald Sun Editorial on the 3rd of March quotes the Premier saying, “It may well be that there are new patterns of behaviours which are directly relevant to try to deal with that (drug Use) community and provide the safest environment, as well as...
Saluting their Service
18th Febuary 2023 As November 2023 closes in, marking sixty years since the enactment of the National Service Act 1964 requiring 20-year-old males, if selected by the scientific birth date marble out-of-the-barrel method, to serve in the army for two years reduced to...
YOUR MOVE PREMIER
2nd March 2023 Interesting to see what happens, now that the idea of raising the age of criminal intent to fourteen years is facing scrutiny, even before it is introduced. An idea that sounds wonderful in theory but fails the young people it seeks to benefit. As...
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER BEHAVING BADLY
11th December 2022 As reported in the Herald Sun on the 8th of December 2022, Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson allegedly apologised for an incident involving a Red Cross blood donation worker who was left deeply upset by an encounter with him. It is unclear to whom...
RESPECTING POLICE VETERANS & THE CHIEF
4th December 2020 Some time ago, the CAA proposed a plan that made each Police Service Area (PSA) Manager Station Commander responsible for providing recognition for any Police Veterans who passed away in their area of responsibility. The plan was proposed to the...
FLAKKA – A NEW ZOMBIE IN TOWN
16th November 2022 It is time for those who would decriminalise the use of illicit drugs to think again. Just when you thought it could not get any worse, a new drug, known as Flakka, has hit the streets and, apparently, is doing the rounds in the Dandenong Area. And...
G-Tag A NEW PARADIGM IN COMMUNITY SAFETY
29th October 2022 First Published 9th Feb 2016 ‘It was claimed by Victoria Police that the G-Tag proposal submitted in 2016 was assessed and piloted, however, the pilot was not of this proposal but a proposal with similarities that seemed suspiciously like a cover...
CORRUPTION HAS BEEN COLOUR CODED AND NOW DEFINED BY TEXTURE
26th October 2022 In the latest strike in what can only be described as a media blitz, the IBAC Commissioner has again attempted to interpret the law. The integrity entities are not only colour coding corruption (Grey), but now the texture is apparently relevant. This...
POLICE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT – PART OF THE PROBLEM?
28th March 2021 Not surprisingly, there has been some disquiet concerning the assertions we have and will continue to make in this series. Therefore, it is appropriate that we reiterate that we do not challenge the affliction suffered by many called PTSD, nor do we...
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...
FOUR DEATHS IN A WEEK-ROAD TOLL-NO POLICE TOLL
23rd of August 2019 The news of four deaths in a week is by any stretch a pandemic of epic proportions, and it is very unlikely that this will be the end of it, it could get much worse. Today there have been apprehensions expressed echoing what concerns the CAA, that...
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
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
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
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
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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