Western Australia Perth
Feb 14th 2008 | 1:23 pm
#31
kopites are gobshites
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 628
From: sitting on the right hand of good
Re: Western Australia Perth
you are right on most things except EVERTON/HOOPS! ciao
Feb 14th 2008 | 5:49 pm
#33
Forum Regular
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 75
From: Ridgewood Perth
Re: Western Australia Perth
Broome is a bit better than fitzroy crossing ,derby and meekatharra though .If was a cop and i had to work up north i reckon karratha would be the go but knowing my luck id end up patroling roebourne or wickham .
It is quiet amazing that sucha rich country as australia has such depravation and social disorder that it has with its indigenous population,there lack of respect for law and order is well known and to be honest i can understand it as each generation is told by the last that the white man stole the land .
They dont look at a cop the way a normal law abiding person does they honestly do not give a monkeys what you do to them and they dont give a monkeys what they do to you ,a cop in the kimberlies is just a glorified security guy .
There is a story in the West Australian about a young cop in meekatharra and they give the young fella sucha floggin busting his eye socket etc plus assaulted his female collegue ,i reckon you have to be pretty tough to work in these outback towns when often you will be hours from any kind of reinforcements .
I remember years ago there was a story going around where the cops had to get together with the elders of two aboriginal families who had been feuding for years and to try and stop tit for tat stabbings and beatings ,it was decided by the police and the two famileis to hire a football oval for the day and both families could have a good stouch once and for all ,this was watched by the cops who acted as the spectators and also to make sure knives and spears,clubs wernt involved .
How true the story is i dont know but people who have been here for 20 years like me may have heard the story and to be honest sometimes these may well be the type of things the cops have to resort to to sort things out .
It is quiet amazing that sucha rich country as australia has such depravation and social disorder that it has with its indigenous population,there lack of respect for law and order is well known and to be honest i can understand it as each generation is told by the last that the white man stole the land .
They dont look at a cop the way a normal law abiding person does they honestly do not give a monkeys what you do to them and they dont give a monkeys what they do to you ,a cop in the kimberlies is just a glorified security guy .
There is a story in the West Australian about a young cop in meekatharra and they give the young fella sucha floggin busting his eye socket etc plus assaulted his female collegue ,i reckon you have to be pretty tough to work in these outback towns when often you will be hours from any kind of reinforcements .
I remember years ago there was a story going around where the cops had to get together with the elders of two aboriginal families who had been feuding for years and to try and stop tit for tat stabbings and beatings ,it was decided by the police and the two famileis to hire a football oval for the day and both families could have a good stouch once and for all ,this was watched by the cops who acted as the spectators and also to make sure knives and spears,clubs wernt involved .
How true the story is i dont know but people who have been here for 20 years like me may have heard the story and to be honest sometimes these may well be the type of things the cops have to resort to to sort things out .
My sis is a cop and has been in Meekathara for nearly 2 years it is a complete sh*t hole i have seen the damage the aboriginals have done to her police car via emails there is also not enough police so when the family fueds kick off the cops sit back and watch then go and pick up the peices afterwards, which is a shame but if they were to walk into the argument the aboriginals would forget about the fued among families and take it out on the cops , not a safe place to work or to bring up a family in my eyes .... but maybe my sis is just telling stories
Feb 16th 2008 | 12:31 am
#34
poole ,dorset . love it
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 1,281
Re: Western Australia Perth
My sis is a cop and has been in Meekathara for nearly 2 years it is a complete sh*t hole i have seen the damage the aboriginals have done to her police car via emails there is also not enough police so when the family fueds kick off the cops sit back and watch then go and pick up the peices afterwards, which is a shame but if they were to walk into the argument the aboriginals would forget about the fued among families and take it out on the cops , not a safe place to work or to bring up a family in my eyes .... but maybe my sis is just telling stories
