Aus police
Sep 19th 2009, 10:35 pm
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Sep 19th 2009, 10:49 pm
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Re: Aus police
Maybe I do, but I guess coming from Northern Ireland I feel I've been exposed to a fair bit, in my policing role. I will still be a serving officer when I first move to Oz, having only taken a career break from my PSNI role. So it'll be interesting to see what the local police where I'll be living, will be like. I'll go with an open mind and see how much I actually do have to learn! Ta 
Sep 19th 2009, 10:57 pm
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Re: Aus police
Aw well, as I said, open mind...no pre-judgements...and let's see how I get treated lol
Sep 19th 2009, 11:24 pm
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Re: Aus police
My fathers girlfriend died in police custody in Queensland. She shouldn't have even been in a cell .. and they wrote rude things about her in their nightbook (or whatever it is called) It was investigated as part of a royal commission into aboriginal deaths in cistody....
QLD police are horrible.. I know one poor chap that quit the Qld police (around 2001) after he started to really enjoy beating the bodies of those he arrested.. he became terrified of what he had become.. and left the force.
QLD police are horrible.. I know one poor chap that quit the Qld police (around 2001) after he started to really enjoy beating the bodies of those he arrested.. he became terrified of what he had become.. and left the force.
Sep 19th 2009, 11:26 pm
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Re: Aus police
All power to the peeler (Norn Irn word for police officer) on the platform, if I did that here in Norn Irn that girl and all of her mates would start spitting on me and if I did anything about it, it'd be seen as (the favourite term used over here) 'HEAVY HANDED POLICING' lolol 
and a breach of their HUMAN RIGHTS! GRRRRR LOL
and a breach of their HUMAN RIGHTS! GRRRRR LOLOn this side of the Irish sea coppers deal very assertively with individuals who spit. they will normally put them to the floor immediately. Good on them I say - it's a disgusting habit that can spread infection
Sep 19th 2009, 11:32 pm
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Re: Aus police
My fathers girlfriend died in police custody in Queensland. She shouldn't have even been in a cell .. and they wrote rude things about her in their nightbook (or whatever it is called) It was investigated as part of a royal commission into aboriginal deaths in cistody....
QLD police are horrible.. I know one poor chap that quit the Qld police (around 2001) after he started to really enjoy beating the bodies of those he arrested.. he became terrified of what he had become.. and left the force.
QLD police are horrible.. I know one poor chap that quit the Qld police (around 2001) after he started to really enjoy beating the bodies of those he arrested.. he became terrified of what he had become.. and left the force.
Sep 19th 2009, 11:38 pm
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Re: Aus police
watch out for older country cops ... and young country guys sent to work in city stations and are eager to put those [insert cultural group] in their place..
I used to work with a guy who was a police officer in Northern Territory (not in Darwin) in the 60s ... he said a few years before he arrive people were still having gun fights in the street .. his tales of casual abuse of aboriginals were appalling.
I used to work with a guy who was a police officer in Northern Territory (not in Darwin) in the 60s ... he said a few years before he arrive people were still having gun fights in the street .. his tales of casual abuse of aboriginals were appalling.
Sep 20th 2009, 12:20 am
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Re: Aus police
Sadly the police forces in several states have been found to be corrupt (via high level inquiries)...it seems to be a real problem.
I have 2 mates who are police (a husband and wife) and they seem OK, but I don't know them in a work capacity.
My dealings have not been positive....breath tested in remote WA on way to milk bar and tested 2 mins later having bought milk. I said "I have my own straw, which you gave me on the other side of the road" - not rudely just as a 'save your equipment" comment. Copper took offence and was v rude.
Another time a driver of a fully laden gravel lorry was tailgating me. As there are speed cameras in the area, I slowed down to drop into the next lane. Gravel driver took this personally and then started harrassing me whilst going up the Westgate bridge. Going downhill, he chased me and drove at me by crossing 3 lanes and tried to push my car into the barrier. I pulled off freeway shaking, and went to report him to the police. Stupid policewoman said it was my fault for not moving out of his way and speeding up. I pointed out that this meant exceeding speed limit and probably doing 100 in a 80 zone, as truckie was going well in excess of 80km limit. She did nothing - did not even take details. So I phoned his company and they took it seriously.
Lots of little incidents show the police in a not good light and I would not particularly turn to them as I would expect to in UK (maybe wrongly!)
I have 2 mates who are police (a husband and wife) and they seem OK, but I don't know them in a work capacity.
My dealings have not been positive....breath tested in remote WA on way to milk bar and tested 2 mins later having bought milk. I said "I have my own straw, which you gave me on the other side of the road" - not rudely just as a 'save your equipment" comment. Copper took offence and was v rude.
Another time a driver of a fully laden gravel lorry was tailgating me. As there are speed cameras in the area, I slowed down to drop into the next lane. Gravel driver took this personally and then started harrassing me whilst going up the Westgate bridge. Going downhill, he chased me and drove at me by crossing 3 lanes and tried to push my car into the barrier. I pulled off freeway shaking, and went to report him to the police. Stupid policewoman said it was my fault for not moving out of his way and speeding up. I pointed out that this meant exceeding speed limit and probably doing 100 in a 80 zone, as truckie was going well in excess of 80km limit. She did nothing - did not even take details. So I phoned his company and they took it seriously.
Lots of little incidents show the police in a not good light and I would not particularly turn to them as I would expect to in UK (maybe wrongly!)
Sep 20th 2009, 8:13 am
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Re: Aus police
A lot has to do with your attitude. If you fail that test, then standby.
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Sep 20th 2009, 6:48 pm
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Re: Aus police
A friend of ours was in the police for several years in the UK and then joined the force over here. They left after 6 months because it was so bad. A lot has to do with the attitude of the police here, they fail that test regularly and yet very little seems to get done about it.
Sep 20th 2009, 8:22 pm
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Re: Aus police
I would. I think spitting is disgusting and would be appalled if one of my children did that. However, that is no excuse for a police officer to abuse his authority in this way. I would have no problem if he had made the girl find some paper to clean up the mess but what he did was totally inappropriate.
