chris955

At the end of the day people will be happy or unhappy wherever they are.

Pollyana

Guys, please stop getting personal about this. You all know there are posters from every viewpoint on here, now please try and respect those viewpoints and quit making personal comments about the choices others make in their lives. No Get Out Of Jail free cards here, this applies to everyone getting unnecessarily personal.

Scubaemma

I'm a Police officer in Brisbane and I don't know a single copper who wants to leave the 'horror stories'....

ozzieeagle

Only place I know of personally where Queensland cops really get it bad is between Goondawindi and Boggabilla. When the Boggabilla residents play up. Probably plenty of others, I have heard this said personally though.

Scubaemma

Yeah, policing out there is pretty different to in Brisbane!

ozzieeagle

Do you have to do stints out there... just for the sake of gaining experience ? By that I mean outback towns... with erm 'Two sides of the railway track"

fish.01

I actually agree with G that some would swap the summer being that it is prob our worst season. But when addressing the original point he was replying to, the ability to plan weekends, we are lucky enough to have mild dry days across a lot of the year. For example the whole winter monthly averages are between 20-22c (max) - the difference being it is mostly sunny, dry and clear blue skies which makes planning very predictable for long periods.

chris955

So you didn't know my friend, no reason why you should really.

chris955

I wonder seriously if this situation is very different to the way things are in Brisbane ?
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/west...-1225992839332

Scubaemma

No, you don't have to,it just depends where you get posted when you leave the Academy and then again when you've completed your first year (and get given your permanent station). Quite often the young/single guys (and girls) get sent up north or out west, but anyone could initially and has to be prepared to.
No of course not! I'm just saying I know a LOT of coppers, and I don't know any who wants to leave because of the horror stories. That's all.
It's certainly not a perfect situation in Brisbane, but I've not heard anything like this.

chris955

Thats interesting, I know that they have a major violence/drink problem in WA.

IvanM

Is Mahoney still at Police academy.

BadgeIsBack

I agree with how it is articulated; the reverse is people come across as 'battlers'.

I got called smug once.

I don't call it smug or self-righteous: I call it universal standards of non-ignorant behaviour and conduct which is worldwide. I support Elice and Kim because just because you sponsor non-ignorance does not mean you are blinkered: you just support standards. Civilized society.

If anti-ignorance posts are a bitter pill to swallow it's a shame.

Some kids are bad, some aren't, and it's relative in comparison. Ultimately you hope kids grow up. You *try* to give them the tools - the rest is in the Lap of the Gods and my kids don't come with any warranty. If this last bit is seen as smug then I dispair as to the quality of fellow expats.

BadgeIsBack

I've heard that violence is rife in any area people choose to focus on: Essex, London, Manchester, Glasgow, WA, brissy, even worse in Melbourne because they have the Mafia! Gangsters man...

And that some people are sheltered to a degree more than others due to how they live.

So as long as people are striving to solve problems then we are getting there ..but probably never will..

Grayling

So what was I living in in Derbyshire