ALL CAA LIBRARY POSTS
A collection of all CAA library posts
ENDEMIC CORRUPTION
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GENERAL ARTICLES
PTSD ARTICLES
POLICE OPERATIONAL BIAS
The breaking down of law and order in Victoria has been evident for some time, but recently, this concept has accelerated to a very worrying level. The past is only relevant to identify patterns; the future is the worry, as it seems nothing is being done to arrest the...
WHEN IS ENOUGH REALLY ENOUGH.
The State of Victoria is in a terrible mess and is deteriorating before our eyes; not a day goes by without more bad news. We have a rapidly climbing crime rate in the worst categories. A Road Toll is off the Richter scale, Domestic Violence is out of control, Youth...
FAMILY VIOLENCE IS OUT OF CONTROL
AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE 30,233 acts of Violence perpetrated predominantly on women by their ex-partners. (HS 9/08/23), and that is only the year to March. Apart from the suffering of victims, that statistic equates to a minimum of 241,865 police hours consumed by this...
SPENT CONVICTIONS– a legal lie
Spent Convictions Legislation is currently under review, and it is essential that a major rethink on this flawed legislation occurs. In its current format, it facilitates or supports the perpetrator's lying. The CAA has no issue with people who have committed minor...
THE FALLIBILITY OF MISGUIDED IDEOLOGY
Youth crime is the victim of ideology that is so blinkered as to fail to achieve its original goal. In the late 1990’s to 2012 a formidable politician, Robert Hulls, championed a concept called Restorative Justice. A concept, ironically given its devout following in...
DEMONSTRATIONS – ARE POLICE BIAS
The debate and allegations of police bias in the management of demonstrations have again been raised. Bias concerns have indeed been more frequent and strident over recent years, and central to the community angst is the reported different responses to different...
VICTORIA POLICE A BASTION OF INTEGRITY – OR IS IT?
16th November 2023 The Victoria Police ‘Prior History Guidelines’ published on their recruiting website https://www.police.vic.gov.au/police-entry-requirements raises considerable doubts about the integrity of the Police in this State. The guidelines are an exhaustive...
THE GREAT DRUG DEBATE
15th November 2023 Having read the account of retiring Liberal member Matt Bach's last speech, as reported in the Age, it is evident that people in authority are ignorant of the Drug Scene and that we are not prepared for the drug tsunami of epic proportions headed...
SEPARATION OF POWERS – THE ELEPHANT IN THE CORNER
There can be no argument that Victoria is a standout State in Australia for all the wrong reasons, but why? In trying to identify why things in this State have deteriorated so dramatically in recent years, it is notable that the Separation of Powers concept has all...
POLICING BY THE NUMBERS
It is not the number of Police that makes a difference, but how you use them; that is the key. Victoria Police are allegedly understaffed, which means that radical and surgical work must be undertaken to maintain Law and Order, something the average citizen sees...
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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