The Police Association Journal november 2009

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Your Letters
The gift of life
The September issue of The Police
Association Journal featured the
moving story of Peter Gray, Steve
Karandaglidis and Darren
Anderson, three men who have
been touched by liver disease.
It has been a pleasure to work
with these families. They have
individually and collectively shown
great strength and resilience in
facing some very challenging
experiences. I know they have
been assisted by the support of
their colleagues and the wider
police community. There are
others in the Force about to face
the same challenges and who also
need the life saving gift of a liver.
Australia has one of the lowest
organ donation rates in the world.
It is through knowing personal
experiences of transplantation that
prompts most people to register as
donors. We are grateful for these
families in their willingness to
share their stories and to help raise
awareness of the need for more
people to register as organ donors.
Cath Bradley,
Social Worker,
Liver Transplant Unit
Retirement
I wish to notify you of my retirement
from Victoria Police to take effect
from 30/9/09; this of course also
means my resignation as a member
of The Police Association.
The Police Association has been
very kind to me with each of my
sons having been fortunate enough
to receive a secondary school
scholarship and me having sought
and been given advice for a myriad
of work related issues.
The service/advice that I have
received has always been prompt,
professional and delivered in
a friendly many. My thanks to
Kaye Murphy and Tony Walsh for
their forthright, no-nonsense and
professional advice whenever it has
been sought.
My only gripe over a long career
is that a more equitable salary scale
cannot be found to reward the
accountability and responsibility
of the members who share the
dubious honour of being called
‘middle-management’, i.e. the
sergeant and senior sergeant rank.
When you consider the
accountability and responsibility
that are entrusted to a leading
senior constable and then look
at the accountabilities and
responsibilities of the sergeant
and senior sergeant (particularly
the members who discharge
the 251 and 265 role) a more
equitable salary structure must
be put in place.
Having said that, I wish all
members of the Association best
wishes for the future and I cannot
imagine a fair and equitable
workplace without an organisation
such as The Police Association being
there to fight for the rights and
justice of each and every member.
Yours sincerely
Paul Gunning APM
Senior Sergeant 17096
I am writing to inform you that
I am resigning from Victoria Police
effective 12/9/2009. As a result
I am tendering my resignation
as a member of The Police
Association from that date. I also
wish to tender my resignation as
the OH&S deputy representative
for Bendigo Work Group E.
I would like to take this
opportunity to thank The Police
Association for their support and
guidance, particularly during my
time as an OH&S rep. Although
during my 20 years service, I only
called on the Association a couple
of times for minor assistance, just
knowing that they were there was
a huge comfort to me. I would
also like to thank the Association
reps for the great job, (often
unrecognised), they are performing
for the members and wish them
and the Executive all the best for
the future.
Finally I would like to thank my
friends and colleagues whom have
supported me and shared the good
and bad times over the last 20 years.
Sincerely
Terry Davies
Leading Senior Constable 29079
Sporting thanks
Just a quick note to thank you
for being a sponsor of the 2009
Balmoral Police and Patrons Golf
Day held at the Balmoral Gold Club
on Monday the 20 th July, 2009.
The day was a great success with
fantastic weather. This annual
event is organised as a community
fund raiser, this year benefiting the
Balmoral Family Day Care Centre.
Your kind donation was used
to provide trophies for players
and other fundraising activities.
Your support year after year is
greatly appreciated, if it wasn’t for
generous people like you this event
could not be held.
It would be nice if we could rely
on your continued sponsorship
for next year’s event. Once again,
I would like to sincerely thank you
on behalf of the children and staff
at the Balmoral Family Day Care
Centre for your kind assistance.
Yours faithfully
Peter Mailes
Leading Senior Constable 27473
Officer in Charge
Balmoral Police Station
The Victoria Police Netball Club
would like to thank you for your
support and contribution to the
Victoria Police Amateur Sports
& Welfare Society. The funding
that we received from the society
has been of great assistance to the
club and its members.
The 2008/2009 season saw
the club participate in three
local tournaments and the 2009
Australasian Police & Emergency
Service Games, Coffs Harbour.
The club had great success at these
tournaments, in particular in Coffs
Harbour with the VPNC Vipers
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