ALL CAA LIBRARY POSTS
A collection of all CAA library posts
ENDEMIC CORRUPTION
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GENERAL ARTICLES
PTSD ARTICLES
IS IBAC FIT FOR PURPOSE?
23rd October 2022 Robert Redlich, please cut it out; you are embarrassing yourself and IBAC. The IBAC Commissioner has recently taken to the media to argue a case for increased powers and funding for IBAC, inferring that the lack of these is the cause of their...
POLICE RESERVE – a step closer
20th October 2022 The Chief Commissioner, to his credit, has announced that the idea of using former Police and community volunteers to release more police from non-critical functions is being examined....
WE KNEW YOU COULD DO IT.
18th Octorber 2022 As we all watched the response of Police to COVID demonstrations, close observers detected an uncomfortable reality was dawning. Is this the new norm? The community was initially split on the mixed messages that the demonstrators were sending and...
National Police Remembrance Day 2022 – 3AW Interview with Wayne Gatt
Attached is a few minutes of an interview by Tony Jones on the 3AW Neil Mitchell show yesterday. He mentioned that the Police Remembrance day is also about those Police who have suffered mental health injury as a result of their job (it’s in the last couple of minutes...
MEASURING POLICE IS PUBLIC PROPERTY
25th September 2022 Policing would have to be one of the most challenging functions to measure. Traditionally the public measurement has been the level of crime and or the road toll, but neither of these measuring techniques adequately measure the effectiveness of...
VICTORIA POLICE – THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
20th September 2022 Like most of life's endeavours, when anybody has a problem, they first and foremost have to come to grips with and recognise there is a problem; denial of a problem only works against a solution. Enterprises like Policing are no different. Victoria...
VICTORIA POLICE CORPORATE PLAN 2022-2023
13th September 2022 There is a lot to like about the Victoria Police Corporate Plan https://www.police.vic.gov.au/victoria-police-corporate-plan-2022-2023, and the community we suggest will be pleased with the directions the Force is taking. The Force priorities, even...
OPERATION WATTS Analysis part 7 – Whistle-blowers, Conspiracy, Perverting the course of Justice, Watts has it all.
9th September 2022 The Watts Report does not instil confidence that all the options of criminality were adequately explored by the integrity units. Since drafting this missive, a Whistle-blower's bombshell allegations levelled at Police Command has come to light. If...
Policing in Victoria 2022
The Community Advocacy Alliance Inc (CAA) has submitted this paper, Policing Victoria 2022, to the Chief Commissioner and has made it available to the political decision-makers of this State irrespective of their ideology. We intend to publish their responses so the...
OPERATION WATTS Analysis part 6 – The Premiers Evidence
Analysis part 6 – The Premiers Evidence 4th of September 2022 We need to look at some of the evidence as to whether a crime has been committed. In this instalment, we will deal with the evidence of the Premier of Victoria, Mr Daniel Andrews, or more accurately, such...
‘No further correspondence will be entered into’
22 FEBRUARY 2019 By Terry Flanders* The public sleeps more soundly knowing they are protected at night and that help is but a quick 000 call away. How well would you sleep if, in fact, you could not rely on our emergency first responders to provide the services we...
A major police health hazard PTSD
19th January 2019 PTSD is a major work based health hazard for police members as individuals and to the productivity of Victoria Police. We have learnt that in nearly every case that we have been made aware of, that the problem has been made worse by the way the...
Who will own this avoidable tragedy
9th November 2018 I had not long finished publishing a Post I did earlier today highlighting that poor management decisions that place substantial stress on Police members – I am confident that the Senior policeman at Rosebud referred to in that post did not speak out...
Another tragic loss to VicPol and this state and a family
9th November 2018 The death of yet another Police member who lost their fight with coping must be a catalyst for change. Do not let this death be in vain like so many before. Do not use the mantra of ‘seek help’ and the other glib blame shifters to divert from the...
Support for Police Veterans
6th October 2018 As a former Chief Commissioner I am heartened and congratulate the efforts of Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton and Police Association Secretary Wayne Gatt in their effort to raise money for Retired Police (veterans) Peer Support program and awareness...
The Hub
6th August 2017 “The Hub”, is a designated building designed to house several Police related Not for Profit organisations and critically to provide a purpose-built base for the operation of the Retired Police Peer Support Program. The Retired Police Association (RPA)...
The Hub
17th June 2017 “The Hub”, is a designated building designed to accommodate a number of Police related Not for Profit organizations and critically to provide a purpose built base for the operation of the Victoria Police Retired Police Association Peer Support Program...
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