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34 Police Monthly August 2015

Windows’ Emergency+ app The launch of a Windows version

of the Emergency+ app means

it is now available for more than

98% of smartphones.

Available in English, traditional

and simplified Chinese and

Japanese, Emergency+ helps

Australians call the right number

for help in emergency and

non-emergency situations.

The app was launched in

December 2013 for iOS and

Android devices and has been

downloaded more than 270,000

times. It can be downloaded

for free from the Windows

store, Google Play store and

Apple App Store.

Farewell, Lily Grace Police Transport Command’s

Sgt Bill Green and his wife

Filomena felt so strongly about the

deceased newborn found in the

sand at South Maroubra Beach last

November, that they unofficially

adopted the child before giving her

a name and, with the approval of

the Coroner, a dignified farewell.

Lily Grace’s short life was

celebrated at a touching memorial

service earlier this year, where she

was farewelled by more than 100

people who had never met her

but will always remember her.

Eastern Beaches Commander,

Det Supt Gavin Dengate

commended the couple for their

generosity and overwhelming

gesture of love.

They were generously

supported by a number of

community members and

businesses, in particular Raine

& Horne Maroubra.

Investigations into the child’s

death are continuing.

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Nominations open - Commissioner’s Safety Awards The Commissioner’s Safety Awards recognise excellence and continuous improvement in work

health and safety, injury management and return to work, and are open to individuals or teams.

• Category 1: Best workplace health and safety management systemRecognises commitment to continuous improvement through integrated systems

• Category 2: Best solution to an identified workplace health and safety issueRecognises excellence in developing and implementing health and safety solutions

• Category 3: Best individual contribution to workplace health and safetyRecognises staff who have made an exceptional difference in their workplace

• Category 4: Excellence in return to work for commands (NEW CATEGORY)Recognises commands that have demonstrated successfully achieved durable return to work for injured staff

• Category 5: Return to work achievement award for workers (NEW CATEGORY)Recognises a worker’s outstanding achievements in returning to work following a workplace injury

How to nominateNomination forms are

available on the Human

Resources intranet site.

For more information,

contact your health &

safety coordinator, injury

management advisor or

Workforce Safety on ph: 53899 or email: #WHSSS.

Closing date: Friday

4 September 2015

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From Coppers to Diggers The stories behind the names

listed on the Roll of Honour in

the SPC foyer are finally being

told. From Coppers to Diggers

outlines the military service of

police who served in WWI as well

as in other conflicts between

1885 and 1976.

This is a sequel to Service in

Two Uniforms, which featured

the military service of police

during WWII. Now in his early

80s, author Brian Inman started

working for the NSWPF in 1951

when he was 15 and worked

with a number of officers listed

on the Roll of Honour.

Copies of From Coppers to

Diggers are available for $15

plus postage by contacting Brian

Inman on ph: 9634 5398. All

proceeds will go to Legacy.

PTC’s tunnel tours A tour of abandoned train

tunnels under the Sydney

CBD allowed a group of

sergeants from Police Transport

Command’s North Central Sector

to identify access points being

used by rail vandals.

Glenn Boyd from the Rail

Emergency Response Unit

guided the tour and explained

the history of the tunnels, which

date back to the early 1900s.

PTC North Central Sector

Commander, Supt Jason

Joyce said he welcomed the

opportunity to hear about both

the historical and contemporary

use of the tunnels.

BELOW Sgt Mark Phillips of PTC’s Morisset satellite

enters a tunnel

WIP lands in Newcastle The 100 Years of Women in

Policing baton touched down

at Newcastle’s Hunter Stadium

before an NRL game on 21 June.

Carrying the baton was Newcastle

City’s Insp Jennifer Lawton.

“This is a very important event

for women in the NSWPF and all

women over the past 100 years,”

she said.

Outside the ground, women

from a range of commands

worked on displays that

showcased the history of women

in the NSWPF.

IPROWD visits the PM IPROWD students met Prime

Minister Tony Abbott and several

ministers during a stopover at

Parliament House on their way to

the NSWPF Academy in May.

Participants described the

experience as empowering

and were accompanied by

members of the IPROWD team,

as well as IPROWD graduates,

Prb Csts Lorinda Saunders and

Tyson Cloos.

BELOW 2015’s IPROWD students and staff outside Parliament House

Koori cook off Shoalhaven police participated

in the Heart Foundation’s

Koori Cook Off at the annual

NAIDOC Family Fun Day at

Nowra Showground.

Up against several other local

Aboriginal groups, the police

team took out the competition

with their abalone stir fry and

salt and pepper squid.

The dishes were judged by local

Aboriginal Elders.

The Dog Unit, Marine Area

Command, Traffic & Highway

Patrol and the Mounted Police

Unit also ran displays at the event.

BELOW The Shoalhaven team included (from left) Snr Cst Sarah

Nicolaides, IPROWD graduate Greg Seymour, Snr Cst Nathan Ward and Insp Steve Johnson

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vacancies) on ph: 73574.

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RBT sparks drug bust At a mobile RBT late in June,

Deniliquin LAC officers stopped a

man in a ute on the Sturt Highway

in Hay. Sharp-eyed police decided

to search the vehicle and located

155g of cannabis leaf and several

firecrackers.

The driver was issued a

court attendance notice for the

cannabis and a fine for possessing

the fireworks.

50kg of ice seized Following a tip-off, Drug Squad

detectives began investigating a

criminal group allegedly importing

ice from Asia. After further

investigations, detectives searched

a Toyota Kluger after it left a

property in Burwood.

Inside they found a suitcase

allegedly containing 10kg of ice

sealed in a number of packages.

A 33-year-old Canterbury man

and a 41-year-old Ashfield man

were both charged with large

commercial drug supply.

Police seized a further 24kg of

ice concealed within boxes of tiles

as well as more than $300,000 in

cash at two properties in Burwood

and one in Canterbury. Further

investigations led to police locating

a further 16kg of ice concealed

within boxes of tiles from the back

of a truck in Campsie.

Farewell Max After 40 years of service, one of

our three Sgt Madgwicks has been

farewelled in style. Polair 3

performed a flyover for Sgt Max

Madgwick on his final day of

service at Macquarie Fields last

month. By his side were his wife

Julie and two of his sons, Sgt

Michael Madgwick of Cootamundra

LAC and Sgt Brendan Madgwick of

Tamworth Radio Operations.



More drug tests in the West Traffic & Highway Patrol

Commander, Assistant

Commissioner John Hartley

toured the state’s west in June

to discuss drug driving and

road safety in the Mudgee and

Canobolas areas.

During random drug tests

over one June weekend, one in

every six drivers tested positive

in Mudgee, while one in three

tested positive in Orange – the

worst result in the state.

“Obviously people don’t think

they can get caught out here,

that central western NSW is

not getting attention,” Assistant

Commissioner Hartley said.

“We’ve increased our drug tests

from 30,000 to 65,000 a year, and

that will increase to 100,000.”

The drug tests detect whether

a driver has cannabis, ecstasy

or methylamphetamines in

their system.

Dalai Lama visits the mountainsA practising Buddhist, Blue

Mountains LAC’s Insp Ken

Schack-Evans said it was a great

honour to be asked to support the

security operation for the recent

visit of His Holiness the 14th Dalai

Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.

The spiritual leader of Tibet’s

stay in the Blue Mountains was

part of his 10th tour of Australia.

The Counter Terrorism & Special

Tactics Command’s Protection

Operations Unit coordinated

the Dalai Lama’s visit to NSW in

consultation with the Department

of Premier & Cabinet and the

Australian Federal Police.

BELOW Blue Mountains LAC’s Insp Ken Schack-Evans

greeted the Dalai Lama during his visit to Sydney in June

Raptor strikes at OMCGs The Gangs Squad’s Strike Force

Raptor is continuing its crack

down on outlaw motorcycle gangs

with both the Rebels and Finks in

their sights.

A 34-year-old Rebels member

was arrested at a Wallacia home

in Sydney’s west and taken to

Penrith Police Station after officers

attached to SF Raptor executed a

search warrant in June.

Police located cannabis and

methylamphetamine (ice),

suspected steroids, ammunition,

handcuffs, a prohibited knife and

other items. The man was charged

with four counts of possess

prohibited drug, two counts of

possess prohibited weapon and

possess ammunition without

a permit.

In another June sting, police

arrested a senior member of the

Finks for consorting. SF Raptor

officers arrested the national

office bearer at his home in the

Hawkesbury. The 37-year-old man

had continued to associate with

convicted criminals after receiving

warnings from police.

Both men faced court in July.

BELOW A Rebels member faces drug and weapons charges after

his arrest in Sydney’s west in June

Bravery in Binalong Almost 2000 people descended

on the village of Binalong earlier

this year as the local community

remembered the bravery of police

150 years ago, during the shootout

that killed bushranger Johnny

Gilbert in 1865.

The main street was abuzz with

street stalls, horses, stagecoaches,

period costumes, music and

poetry. There was also a street

parade, a re-enactment of the

shootout that ended the Hall

Gang’s reign of terror, a wild

colonial dance at the local hall and

‘Gilbert’s Wake’ at the Binalong

Hotel on Sunday morning.

Gilbert, who was buried in the

local police horse paddock, was

involved in the murder of two

police, the largest gold robbery in

Australia’s history and more than

630 hold-ups.

BELOW The Hume LAC’s Snr Cst Wes Leseberg helped celebrate the bravery of Snr Cst Charles Hales and Csts Michael

King, John Bright and Henry Hall

RES seizes $2m of ice Police from the Redfern Region

Enforcement Squad raided a

home in Glebe last month and

seized more than $2 million

worth of ice and $25,000 in cash.

A 59-year-old man, who was

carrying more than $7000 in

cash, was arrested and charged

with supply commercial quantity

of prohibited drugs and deal in

proceeds of crime.

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Ride the Ferris wheel Get in quick to secure your seat

at the 100 Years of Women in

Policing Gala Dinner at Luna Park

on Thursday 3 September.

The night will feature music

from the Police Band, a fashion

parade and, for the child in all of

us, free rides on the Ferris wheel.

You could even win a brand new

Subaru Impreza valued at $22,990,

which has been kindly provided

by the event’s major sponsor AHG.

Proceeds from the raffle will be

donated to NSW Police Legacy.

The black tie event will be held

under the Big Top at Luna Park

from 6pm to 11pm.

Tickets for the night cost

$100 each. They have

been heavily subsidised and are

selling fast. Get your ticket at

www.trybooking.com/hzsa. Sales

close on 21 August 2015.

For more information, visit the

100WIP Gala Dinner intranet page,

or email #100WIPdinner.

A special thank you to our

sponsors AHG, the exclusive

telecommunications sponsor

Telstra, and Police Bank for

supporting this special event.

Ask GavCst Liz asks “I am in trouble for allegedly sending an email to another

officer. I was on that day but certainly didn’t send the email.

I can only guess that my access was open and I was away

from the computer.”

Gavin’s reply “The fact is, you are responsible for maintaining the security

of your access profile and everything that is generated on it.

You will have to account for this matter but learn from the

experience and never leave your access open for others

to use. A fast path to locking your computer is hitting the

Microsoft Windows key along with the ‘L’ key.”

Ask Gav questions are based on matters which have been raised in the field and are provided in this format for information. Any questions can be directed to #PSCMPU.

Murder charge for OMCG president The president of the Windsor

chapter of the Rebels OMCG has

been charged with murder.

In July last year, 29-year-old West

Gosford man Laurie Starling was

shot at his business and died at

the scene. Detectives from the

Homicide Squad and Brisbane

Water LAC formed Strike Force

Zeitz to investigate.

Supported by the Tactical

Operations Unit, detectives

entered a home in Kingswood

at dawn on Friday 19 June 2015

and arrested the 35-year-old

Rebels president. They seized

steroids and other items from the

Kingswood home, as well as

from a home in Quakers Hill.

This followed the arrest earlier

this year of a 29-year-old man

at a property in South Windsor

who was also charged with

Mr Starling’s murder.

BELOW Homicide Squad’s Det Snr Cst Sara Lye arrests the

Rebels Windsor president

Fishing for the future Shoalhaven LAC recently gave a

number of local kids the chance

to wet a line with local police, as

part of the two-day program.

Funded by our Crime

Prevention Grants Program

under the Aboriginal Strategic

Direction, the event was primarily

open to Indigenous children aged

12 to 16 who show the potential

to be a young leader.

In the Welcome to Country,

Uncle Willy Dickson spoke

about the importance of fishing

to the Aboriginal way of life.

This was followed by talks

on leadership and respect.

More than 120 fish were

caught including snapper,

morwong and flathead. Program

Coordinator, Insp Steve Johnson

said one of the kids said the

fishing trip was the best day

of his life.

The program would not have

been possible without help from

the NSW Department of Primary

Industries, the Nowra Youth

Centre, Fishing World magazine,

South Nowra BCF, McGlashan

Media, Shimano Fishing Australia,

McCallum’s Tackleworld and

Escape Fishing Charters.

http://www.trybooking.com/hzsa



A/Sgt Miles Burden snapped Polair 1 and EUG25 during a person search in the Nangar National Park in the Canobolas LAC.

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