David John MANSFIELD

aka  Dave

( late of Edgeworth )

New South Wales Police Force

Commenced with Goulburn Police Academy Class ???

Regd. #   43664

Rank:  Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 1 February 2007 ( aged 31 years, 4 months, 27 days )

Probationary Constable – appointed 28 August 2007 ( aged 31 years, 11 months, 23 days )

Constable – appointed ?

Constable 1st Class – appointed ?

Senior Constable – appointed ?

Final Rank:  Senior Constable

Stations:  ?, City Central, ?, Tuggerah Lakes

Service:  From 1 February 2007  to   7 September 2016 = 9 years, 7 months, 6 days Service

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Born:  Friday 5 September 1975

Died on:  Wednesday  7 September 2016

Cause:  Bowel Cancer – diagnosed early 2015

Age:  41 years, 0 months, 2 days

Funeral date:  Tuesday  13 September 2016 @ 2pm

Funeral location:  Macquarie Memorial Park Cemetery & Crematorium, 405 Cessnock Rd, Ryhope

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  Dave IS MENTIONED on the Sydney Police Centre memorial Wall of Remembrance.   Right Wall,  Plaque E16

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Dave IS MENTIONED on the Sydney Police Centre memorial Wall of Remembrance.   Right Wall,  Plaque E16

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Dave has lost his battle with Bowel Cancer and passed away on Wednesday 7 August 2016.

We pass on our deepest condolences to Dave’s wife and three children.

May you forever Rest In Peace Dave.

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The Funeral is at 2pm with the Service commencing at 2.30pm by Reverend Mark Watt, Police Chaplain, and the Service will be a full Police Funeral.

Those wishing to march in the Marching Escort Party are to be at the Memorial Park at 1.30pm for rehearsal in full uniform.

The family have invited all, after the service, to Central Leagues Club, Bula St, Charlestown to celebrate Dave’s life and it was on of Dave’s last wishes that those attending the funeral ( not in uniform ) wear a Hawaiian Shirt and bright colours to ‘celebrate his life’ and not mourn it.

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JumpforDave Tuggerah Lakes

• 22 Apr 2015
• Central Coast Express Advocate Wyong
• Emma Herd

Police leap to challenge of helping stricken mate

WHEN Senior Constable Dave Mansfield was diagnosed with bowel cancer at the start of the year, he had many colleagues willing to literally jump to his aid.

Posted By: newscadet May 29, 2015

http://wyongchronicle.com.au/2015/05/world-record-attempt-to-raise-funds-for-cancer-sufferer/

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COAST COPS SMASH WORLD RECORD FOR JUMPING CASTLE MARATHON

Samuel Djodan May 31, 2015

Finally tonight, a group of Central Coast police officers has set a new world record for the longest team marathon on a jumping castle, by bouncing for 43 hours and 25 minutes.

They smashed the previous mark by more than six hours.

It was all about raising money to support fellow Tuggerah Lakes officer, David Mansfield, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer in February.

“I… I truly am speechless. How do you thank so many people? I guess you keep fighting. This is the most humbling experience I think you could ever have.”

BOUNCING TO BEAT BOWEL CANCER AND RECORD BOOKS

Longest marathon on a bouncy castle (team)

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-marathon-on-a-bouncy-castle-(team)

Tourists saved from Sydney bus inferno

A quick-thinking driver and two alert off-duty police officers saved 32 foreign tourists from the smoke, flames and explosions of a burning tour bus in Sydney.

The group were travelling on the Gore Hill freeway at Artarmon about 6.30pm yesterday when the driver noticed an engine fire, prompting him to stop in a breakdown lane and quickly start evacuating his passengers.

Two off-duty police officers, Constable David Mansfield and Senior Constable Bryon Williams, happened to be travelling in a car nearby and decided to follow the bus after noticing smoke coming from its rear.

“As the bus pulled over we got out of the car,” Senior Constable Williams told reporters yesterday.

“The back of the bus was engulfed in flames and smoke.”

By the time the officers got to the front of the bus, passengers were scrambling to get off.

“Obviously there was a lot of chaos,” Senior Constable Williams said.

“Within minutes the whole bus was alight.

“There were numerous explosions … the windows on either side were blowing out with the heat.

“I thought, if we don’t get these people off there’s going to be a big fatality.”

None of the passengers were injured. The officers and the bus driver suffered smoke inhalation.

All that remains of the bus is a burnt shell.

The freeway at Artarmon was closed between Willoughby Road and Reserve Road for nearly an hour while firefighters fought the blaze, causing traffic problems.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/tourists-saved-from-sydney-bus-inferno-20100706-zza9.html

Tourists’ lucky escape from bus blaze

Updated 7 Jul 2010, 10:53am

Two off-duty police officers who had just seconds to save passengers from a burning bus on Sydney’s North Shore last night say they feared the bus would explode.

Senior Constable Bryon Williams and Constable David Mansfield were travelling behind the bus when it caught on fire while carrying 32 tourists on the Gore Hill Freeway in Artarmon about 6:00pm.

The driver pulled over and the officers only had seconds to get the passengers off before flames engulfed the bus.

Senior Constable Williams says the officers’ first concern was the passengers.

“It was out of control. Within a minute, the whole bus was nearly alight. The windows on either side of the bus were blowing out with the heat and the amount of fire and that coming from the bus,” he said.

“It was close… I actually thought this thing’s going to blow up and if we don’t get these people off, there’s going to be a big fatality.

“It was very scary from my point of view, from the point of view of the people on the bus and the poor bus driver himself.”

The fire started in the engine bay of the bus.

The southbound lanes of the freeway were closed for more than an hour, causing traffic problems.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-07-07/tourists-lucky-escape-from-bus-blaze/894904

Trevor Lloyd MORRISON  BEM(C)  APM

aka  Lloyd

New South Wales Police Force

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Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 16 August 1965

Constable – appointed 16 August 1966

Constable 1st Class – appointed 16 August 1970

Senior Constable – appointed 16 August 1974

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 January 1982

Senior Sergeant – appointed 14 June 1989

Senior Sergeant – retirement

Stations:  Campsie ( 13 Division ), Belmore, Liverpool ( 22 Division ), Campbelltown ( 35 Division ) – retirement

Service:  From  ? ? ?pre August 1965  to  14 December 1995 = 30+ years Service

Awards:  *1  British Empire Medal (Civil ) – granted 18 July 1967 for Gallantry

National Medal – granted 15 April 1981

*2  Commissioner’s commendation – awarded on 24 October 1988 for actions on 10 September 1987

1st Clasp to the National Medal – granted 28 May 1992

*3  Australian Police Medal – granted 8 June1992

Born:  11 July 1944

Died on:  Wednesday  31 August 2016 @ 12.30am

Cause:  Motor Neurone Disease

Age:  72

Funeral date:  Monday  5 September 2016 @ 1.30pm

Funeral location: Uniting Church, Boolwey Street, Bowral

Buried at:   Cremated

 Memorial at:  ?

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January: Recipient of the British Empire Medal – Constable Trevor Lloyd Morrison. Lloyd’s medal was in recognition of his courage and fortitude displayed on the 16th September, 1966, when he and a Senior Constable Kevin. E. Cook arrested a man armed with a knife. During the violent struggle which ensued before his arrest was effected, both police were stabbed and very seriously wounded. In subsequent court proceedings, the presiding Judge commended Senior Constable Cook and Constable Morrison for their courage and tenacity displayed.

Annual Report of the Police Department of New South Wales for 1966.

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*2

During the financial year, former Liverpool Police Officer – Sergeant T. Lloyd. Morrison is awarded the Commissioner’s Commendation.

NSW Police Annual Report 1988-1989

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*3

June: Former Liverpool Police Officer – (Lloyd) Trevor Lloyd Morrison was awarded the Australian Police Medal.

Although he was attached to Campsie Police Station when he received the medal, he was later transferred to Liverpool Police Station where he worked on General Duties for a number of years. He later transferred to Campbelltown.

NSW Police Service Annual Report 1991-1992.

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Trevor Lloyd MORRISON  – Valedictory

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John Michael O’BRIEN 

New South Wales Police Force

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Academy Class 102

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 22 February 1965

Constable – appointed 22 February 1966

Senior Constable – appointed 22 February 1974

Final Rank = ?

Stations:  ?, Campbelltown ( 1960’s ), Gosford ( 30 Division ) GD’s ( 1972 ), then 30 Division HWP, B District Licencing Police,

Service:  From  ? ?pre February 1965 ?  to  ? ? early 1980’s = 18+? years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted either 14 July 1977 or 15 April 1981

Born:  2 February 1944

Died on:  Tuesday  30 August 2016

Cause:  Cancer – (type)

Age:  72

Event location:  Launceston, Tasmania

Funeral date:  Friday  9 September 2016 @ 1pm

Funeral location:  Church of the Apostles, 44 Margaret Street, LAUNCESTON, Tasmania

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  ?

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John died, from Cancer, the day he entered his new home in Launceston.

May you forever Rest In Peace

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Parliamentary Inquiry into Workers Compensation now accepting submissions

Dear friends,

The Law and Justice committee, of which David is a member, has just commenced a Parliamentary Inquiry into the operation of the workers compensation scheme.

The terms of this inquiry very much allow for an investigation of oppressive surveillance, the tactical and unethical use of so-called “independent medical examiners” and organisational responses to workplace injuries.

All of these matters are of very real concern to injured police and it is my intention to be seeking some time gets set aside specifically to deal with injured police in the course of this inquiry.

This can only be done if we have the submissions, material and evidence that supports this as systemic issue. We would strongly encourage you to make a submission about your experience: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=2414

The inquiry will be accepting submissions until the 25^th September, please don’t hesitate to contact our office if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

David

Parliament House
Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
(02) 9230 3030
davidshoebridge.org.au

Placed on www.AustralianPolice.com.au on Wednesday  31 August 2016

Paul Edwin HAMPTON

aka  Hampo

New South Wales Police Force

Police Academy Class 211

[alert_yellow]Regd. #   22104[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 21 June 1985

Constable – appointed 21 June 1986

Detective Inspector – retired

Stations:  ?, Burwood ( 9 Division ), Petersham ( 11 Division ), Drug Enforcement Agency 1990, Cootamundra – Crime Manager – Retirement

Service:  From  ? ? ?pre June 1985  to  19 September 2007 = 22+ years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 4 September 2001

Born:  27 September 1964 in Grenfell, NSW

Died on:  Tuesday  23 August 2016

Cause:  Cancer

Age:  51

Funeral date: Tuesday  30 August 2016 @ 1.15pm

Funeral location: Macquarie Park Cemetery, cnr Delhi Rd & Plassey Rd, Macquarie Pk, NSW

Afterwards at the function centre at cemetery and onto The Ranch Hotel for refreshments

Buried at:  ?TBA. Not know at this stage whether a burial or cremation.

 Memorial at:  ?

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Information to hand is that Paul has passed away after a battle with cancer.

It appears that Paul, after leaving NSWPF, started a business of Hampton Investigations from Putney, NSW.

We send out condolences to the family and friends of Paul and hope that he is now Resting In Peace.

Further information will be updated on this memorial page as it becomes known.

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Leighton John McQUADE

( Late of Boro formerly of Blackbutt )

aka  Leigh

New South Wales Police Force

Academy Class  DPP 5

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Rank:  Senior Constable – Medical Discharge HOD – PTSD

Stations:  ?, Warilla ( Lake Illawarra / Oak Flats ) TAG Unit,

Service:  From  12 May 2000  to  6 January 2011 ( Medically retired 2013 ) = 13+ years Service

Awards:  Local Area Command Commendation – Lake Illawarra – 2008

No find on It’s An Honour

Born:  30 May 1973

Died on:  Thursday  18 August 2016

Cause:  PTSD – Suicide – overdose

Age:  43

Funeral date:  Monday  29 August 2016 @ 10am

Funeral location:  Hansen & Cole Funerals, 634 Northcliffe Dve, Kembla Grange ( cnr F6 )

Buried at:  Lakeside Memorial Park,  230 Kanahooka Rd, Kanahooka

 Memorial at:  ?

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Leigh, prior to joining NSW Police, worked at Appin Mine and later became a Senior Constable at Lake Illawarra ( Oak Flats ) Police Station for many years.

On the morning of Thursday 18 August 2016, he was found deceased at his property at Boro near Braidwood, NSW, resulting from an overdose.

Leigh had recently ‘sold up’ in the Illawarra and moved to his property to make a fresh start in life – but, sadly, the demons continued to follow him after a previous suicide attempt some years earlier.

May you forever Rest In Peace mate.  You were a good bloke.

http://tributes.illawarramercury.com.au/obituaries/illawarramercury-au/obituary.aspx?n=leighton-john-mcquade-leigh&pid=181173428

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Illawarra sisters speak out after cop dad’s suicide

Leigh McQuade had no trouble staring down the hardest of criminals and never thought twice about throwing himself in the line of fire.

His police academy training supplied him with the tools necessary to bring down the toughest of crooks and soothe the hearts of the most broken victims.

But no one taught Senior Constable McQuade how to tackle the black dog that terrorised him. The wild beast that has brought down far too many NSW cops, got him too.

Maddison and Taylah McQuade are now left wondering why no one could help their dad – the brave Illawarra cop who took his own life, aged 43.

‘’When dad began to get sick, I was quite young so I wasn’t entirely aware of what was going on but as I grew up I learnt what the basics were … his anxiety affected the daily things that he used to be able to do so carefreely,’’ Maddison said.

‘’It wasn’t until after his death that I actually researched what PTSD actually entails, and it just blew me away to believe how an individual can suffer so much.’’

Maddison said police officers entering the force should be better supported for the mental struggles they could face.

‘’They should sit them down and say ‘hey you might have to learn to fire this gun but you also need to learn how to mentally deal with seeing deceased bodies, by being able to save people and all the horrific things that are on the cards’.

‘’It’s pretty evident that there’s not much of that.’’

The McQuade girls are angry their family was ‘’kept in the dark’’ with no support or education on how to help their dad during his six year-struggle before he was medically retired in 2013.

‘’Everyone puts so much crap on cops … but they put up with some inhumane sights, they are suffering,’’ Maddison said.

‘’There is minimal awareness, support and education about PTSD and these types of diseases.

’’If any good can come of Dad’s death it would have to be to try and help those suffering before it’s too late because I could never wish this pain on anyone.

‘’It’s too horrific to lose someone you love to a disease that they didn’t deserve. There could be so much more support.’’

As the McQuade family struggles to move on without Leigh, they still feel the support is lacklustre.

‘’Even now we haven’t been provided much help, we were assisted with NSW Police Association counselling with only three appointments and as I’ve been  going through my HSC they ‘couldn’t’ help me with paperwork to explain why I need privileges,’’ Maddison said.

‘’It was horrible, all the stuffing around and telling stories to people who claimed they were there to help but never did.’’

Brave cop ill-equipped to battle his demons

The death of an Illawarra police officer has again highlighted the dire need for better support for emergency service workers suffering mental health issues, Greens Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge said.

The MP is taking their fight to Parliament on Monday.

Lake Illawarra Senior Constable Leigh McQuade took his own life in August after years of battling debilitating symptoms of PTSD. He went from a loving, happy dad with a close-knit group of friends, to an isolated, withdrawn man who drank excessively to ‘’coat the pain’’.

His daughters Maddison and Taylah remember feeling helpless and on ‘’high alert’’ for a trigger that could end in a bad episode for their dad.

‘’I understand in the job there’s tragedies of deaths with accidents, murders, drug busts … but criminals get assistance and the opportunity to rehabilitate,’’ Maddison said.

‘’No assistance is given to these police officers that suffer PTSD and other mental illnesses and diseases. Their only escape from it is to end it, usually with suicide.’’

Mr Shoebridge said the story was all too familiar. ‘’First responders, whether police, firefighters or paramedics, see things and deal with trauma that is almost unthinkable for most of us, and it happens to them on a daily basis’’.

“For police in particular the lack of organisational support while they are in the force is then magnified by the complete absence of support once a psychologically injured officer leaves the force,’’ Mr Shoebridge said. “The fact is once an injured officer leaves it is their family, their spouse and children, who take on the burden and suffer the impacts of the injury. Theirs is an often unspoken need and it is well past time it was addressed.’’

Berrick Boland, a former police officer who runs a support page for injured police officers and the families of those who have died, says the issue of suicide is hidden from public view.’’

In NSW you are better positioned if you are a dead greyhound than an injured or deceased policeman or emergency services government employee,’’ Mr Bolland, the administrator of the Forgotten 000s Facebook page says.

A NSW Police Association spokeswoman said a new Police Legacy program was available to officers and families called BACKUP for Life. The Government has committed $500,000 annually over the next four years for the program to ‘’design, implement and manage post service support strategies for former NSW police officers and immediate families’’.

The Association runs a CARE Program and promotes Beyondblue’s ‘‘Good Practice Framework for Mental Health and Wellbeing in First Responder Organisations’’.

Illawarra cops pay tribute to struggling friend

The NSW Police Force can hold themselves responsible for Leigh’s death, an unnamed colleague said.

‘’He left there with a messed-up head and not any kind of support. He had so much anger and hurt in his heart, this wouldn’t have come as no surprise to anyone who knew him. And as a police officer he managed to have care and respect for the people he was forced to arrest.

‘’More than any police officer EVER he cared for the families and genuinely wanted to see positive change in people and always done his absolute best to give people a second chance.

‘’No police officer will ever live up to his standards. R.I.P mate save that beer for us when we see you again.’’

Another colleague said:  ‘’Leigh worked in the Lake Illawarra TAG Unit, now it’s called the proactive crime unit. It was very busy, non stop.

‘’Work involved drug raids, DNA hits targeting high-risk offenders … ,’’ the officer said.

‘’He was in the face of crooks, searching people, brawls … he was a great bloke with a good heart.’’

Anyone needing support can call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyondblue on 1300 224 636.

http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/4273677/no-one-was-there-for-him-illawarra-sisters-speak-out-after-cop-dads-suicide/?cs=12

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Peter S. BALL

Western Australia Police Force

Regd. #   9734

Rank:  Constable

Stations:  ?, Cannington, Gosnells

Service:  From  18 December 1995  to  7 August 1998 = 2+ years Service

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Born:  15 March 1969

Event date:  5? August

Died on:  Thursday  6 August 1998

Event location:  Crawford St, Cannington

Cause:  Motor Vehicle Accident – pedestrian ( during an arrest )

Age:  24

Funeral date:  Wednesday 12 August 1998

Funeral location:  ?

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  1 / Memorial Rose Gardens at both Gosnells & Cannington Police Stations

2/ The Safe City Constable peter Ball memorial Award, Gosnells Council, WA

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Constable Peter Ball Memorial Youth Award

Constable Peter Ball was stationed at Gosnells Police Station and was on duty on 6 August 1998 when he was run down by a car while chasing a suspected car thief in Cannington. Peter died in hospital the next day, leaving behind a young wife and his 18 month old daughter.

Tributes and support from police and the public followed. Peter was given a State Funeral and memorial services are held each year to commemorate him.  Memorial rose gardens were also established at the Gosnells and Cannington Police Stations, where he had worked.

Constable Peter Ball Memorial Youth Award

The award aims to recognise young people, youth groups or organisations that have:

• Improved safety or promoted the prevention of crime
• Enhanced the profile of young people
• Increased opportunities for young people

Who is Eligible?

Youths or a group of young people aged 12 to 25, living in the City or not-for-profit organisations or groups supporting youth activities in the City.

Prize: $1000 + plaque

Nominations

Entries can be submitted any time during the year with submissions closing at the end of September. Award presentations will take place at the Australia Day Ceremony on 26 January each year.

Nominations should be no more than two A4 pages and where appropriate, include supporting material such as photos, media clippings, pamphlets etc.

Applications will only be eligible for one category per program. A separate Application Form is required for each entry. Previous winners are not eligible to nominate the same project for a period of 3 years effective 2016.

Send to:

The Safe City Constable Peter Ball Memorial Award
City of Gosnells
PO Box 662
Gosnells WA 6990

For more information please contact the Safe City Initiative 9391 6022 or Email Safe City.

http://www.gosnells.wa.gov.au/Your_property/Community_safety/Safe_City_initiative/Safe_City_Awards/Constable_Peter_Ball_Memorial_Youth_Award

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Plans for new medal to recognise slain, seriously injured WA police

EXCLUSIVE

Every slain and seriously injured WA police officer would be automatically honoured with a special commendation medal to mark their selfless community sacrifice, under a new plan to be mooted at the WA Police Union conference today.

The idea, which is modelled on an award offered by Victoria Police, has been raised by outgoing union deputy vice-president Jon Groves and has won support from the state opposition and families of officers killed in the line of duty.

Opposition Leader Mark McGowan will unveil a proposal at the police union’s annual conference on Monday for a WA medal, similar to the Victoria Police Star and the US military decoration the Purple Heart, to acknowledge officers killed or seriously injured while on duty.

Under the concept, fallen officers including Constable Damien Murphy, who was run down and killed by a drunk and drugged driver in Craigie in 2007, would be posthumously awarded the medal, along with those who sustain life-changing injuries – like Senior Constable Matt Butcher, who was left partially paralysed by a “flying headbutt” during a brawl in Joondalup in February 2008.

It would apply to all work-related injuries, including psychological illnesses, regardless of whether the conditions first manifested on or off-duty.

“The Victorian Government has struck a medal for police officers who are seriously injured or killed in the line of duty and it recognises the sacrifice, valour and contribution of those police officers,” Mr McGowan told Fairfax Media.

“It’s only awarded rarely, but it is an appropriate recognition and certainly gives families of those who have died in the line of duty some additional recognition of their mother or father, husband or wife.

“It’s also for those who are seriously injured in the line of duty – so officers who put their lives on the line and get injured as a consequence…that they are appropriately recognised for that.

“It is rare recognition, but appropriate recognition and I think that should happen here in WA.”

Mr Groves said a medal that acknowledged officers killed and maimed in the line of duty –  and not only acts of bravery – was needed to highlight their community sacrifice and the risks that police officers come up against every day of their working lives.

“We need a medal that recognises the police officers in this state who have paid the ultimate price – either with their lives or their health – in serving the community,” he said.

“It’s something tangible for those who have been kicked out the door of WA Police, due to work-related illness or injury, to have in their hands to remind them of the good times and the good work they did for the community.”

WA policeman Simon Bowen was five years old when his father WA Detective Sergeant Geoff Bowen was killed by a parcel bomb at the National Crime Authority in Adelaide in 1994.

Detective First Class Constable Bowen, who has served with WA Police for seven years, welcomed the idea saying a special medal would validate the ultimate sacrifice his father made.

“I think it’s a great concept in not only is it a keepsake, but it’s something else in the present that will identify the sacrifice and the memory,” he said.

“It’s a small token that you can just marvel at and look at it and say, for my situation, the memory of Dad is never going to be forgotten not only by me but by the blokes that he used to work with and generations to come.

“It’s a small bit of recognition. It would be humbling.”

Tracey Ball, who was widowed when her husband Constable Peter Ball was run down by a car and killed while chasing a suspected car thief in Cannington in August 1998, welcomed the police medal proposal.

The couple’s daughter, Brianna, now 17, was only 18 months old when her father died in the line of duty.

“Brianna was just 18 months old so she really has no memories of her dad,” Ms Ball said.

“She’s very proud of him but she never really knew him, she never got the chance. So to have something physical and tangible that links who he was as a police officer, I think would be extremely important to her.

“My granddad served in World War I and we have his medals. Having those medals, we used to do the Anzac Day parade and we were so proud and patriotic. To have chance to have that for someone in the police force, I think would be awesome.

“I know the defence forces award medals posthumously and with Legacy the kids go on camps with the armed forces kids who talk about their dads’ medals whereas the police kids don’t have that, they don’t have anything.”

A WA Police spokesman said the force already offered several Police Commissioner’s awards for bravery and conduct including the Cross for Bravery, commendations and a group citation for conduct.

In addition, there is also the WA Police Medal for diligent and ethical service, service medals, the Commissioner’s Medal for Excellence, a Certificate of Outstanding Performance and a WA Police Cadet Medal.

The spokesman said the Western Australia Police Cross for Bravery could be awarded to officers killed or seriously injured after a specific act of bravery and members killed in the line of duty were also recognised on the WA Police Memorial Honour Roll and the National Memorial Honour Roll.

He said the “existing awards and medals are quite comprehensive” but declined to comment about the proposal for a medal for officers killed or seriously injured in the line of duty.

“I am unaware of any proposals for new medals and the department does not make a habit of commenting on speculation or possible proposals,” he said.

Comments:

• les bassednean,  Nov 24 2014 at 9:41am

  that is all well and good, but what do those officers who put their body on the line for their state, and then get arrested, interrogated, humiliated, insulted and shamed get?

• Mrs Elliott Watt (9038)  Nov 24 2014 at 11:37am

  I wonder if the medal will be awarded to officers with psychological injuries who have died from these injuries like PTSD, depression and anxiety? My husband died on duty from depression after 15+ years service….surely he, and other officers like him deserve to be recognized too?

• Long overdue   Perth,  Nov 24 2014 at 9:40pm

  This issues has been raised for quite literally decades that I have been aware of, and yet the Dep’t has chosen to ignore the injured in the hope they will leave. It is only if you suddenly become high-profile media interest then they cannot ignore you.
  The embarrassing fact is as things stand, all the officers who came to Matt Butcher’s aid can be recognised, but there is literally nothing that can be given in acknowledgement to Matt himself as there was no “clever act” they can use for a special commendation. And not even Toxic Tony could spin a believable one for the actions of an unconscious man. This has been raised at the highest levels in emails that were ignored and not replied to.
  If they finally come to the table on this one, great! Allow retrospectivity, even better. The men and women who put their life on the line so you can be safe deserve nothing less!

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/plans-for-new-medal-to-recognise-slain-seriously-injured-wa-police-20141123-11sgts.html

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Parliament.wa.gov.au   Wednesday  12 August 1998

Mr DAY: ……….

We must also acknowledge that violence in the community as a whole is greater these days. That is not something for which the Government or the Police Service can take responsibility; it is a problem for society as a whole. For whatever reason, more and more people in the community are likely to display acts of extreme violence. We have seen tragic examples of that within the past few years. It is a deep-seated problem for the community. In part, it relates to the amount of violence shown on television which is resulting in much more normalisation of levels of violence in the community. We must tackle that problem from a fundamental perspective if we are to be successful in fighting it.

I touched earlier on the issue of young offenders in the community. We have seen tragic examples recently of young offenders who, in many respects, cannot be expected to take full responsibility for their actions. One example is the absolute tragedy of the death of Constable Peter Ball last week, whose funeral was held today, and who was allegedly killed as a result of the activities in part of a 13 year old offender.

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/hansard/hans35.nsf/16ab30a0303e54f448256bf7002049e8/921ef0f19887e8df4825668e001084c9?OpenDocument

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard confirmed today that she will travel to the holiday island to attend a memorial service on October 12 and will offer victims of the attack free flights to commemorate the day.

The assistance package will include airfares, ground transport, accommodation, travel insurance and visa costs, in line with the package provided for the first anniversary.

Assistance will be granted to family members of the 88 Australians who died.

Those seriously injured are also eligible and will be able to take a partner, child or a close relative and a support person if required for medical reasons.

But, the definition of “serious injury” has sparked concerns by survivors such as Peter Hughes and Tracey Ball, as well as Kingsley Football Club president Keith Pearce.

Mr Hughes, who sustained burns to more than 50 per cent of his body, said he was worried some people may miss out on assistance because their pain will not be deemed serious enough.

“I am happy they are offering what was offered for the first anniversary,” he said. “But I don’t think they should be singling out people. I just want everyone to be able to go back and pay their respects.”

Government sources said the definition would include psychological injuries.

Mr Hughes said he had asked the Prime Minister several weeks ago about the funding package and then wrote to her this week.

Tracey Ball, widow of Constable Peter Ball who died chasing a suspected car thief in August 1998, was also injured in the bombings along with her sister Melinda Kemp.

The pair, who were on a family holiday at the time, are concerned the assistance package will not extend to their mum and dad.

Mrs Kemp said while their father was not injured, he was left scarred by the event.

She said he had the grim task of searching makeshift morgues looking for them, a task no father wanted to endure.

Last night the Kingsley Football Club, which lost seven players in the horrific attack, held a legends match to commemorate the 10th anniversary as well as help raise money for anyone who wanted to go back.

Mr Pearce, whose son Duane was one of the players who did come home, said the club had been inquiring for months about government financial assistance and in the end decided to organise their own fundraiser to help those who couldn’t afford the travel costs.

“What is meant by seriously injured?” he said. “Is that physically or mentally, what does it mean? And how serious is serious? It should be available to everyone.”

Services will be held in both Bali and Canberra on October 12, with Governor-General Quentin Bryce to lead the service in the nation’s capital.

“It was a moment of horror that had a profound effect on Australia as a nation and on the lives of survivors and the family and loved ones of those who died,” Ms Gillard said in a statement on Sunday.

“Time has healed many of the physical wounds caused by the bombings but it can never diminish the sense of wrong we feel at this act of terror.

“Forgetting would be the ultimate injustice – and we will never forget.”

The memorial service in Bali will be held at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park and the Canberra service will be held in the Great Hall of Parliament House.

http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/costs-a-concern-for-bali-survivors/story-fndo4e3y-1226453308922

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John Ernest DAVEY

aka  Jack

Husband to Norma Joyce DAVEY   – Died 4 June 2018

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. #   8751[/alert_yellow]

Rank:  Probationary Constable – appointed 8 July 1957

Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 14 June 1976

Stations:  ?, Liverpool HWP – 22 Division ( early 1970’s ), Fairfield GD’s – 34 Division – I District

Service:  From  ? ? ?pre July 1957  to  ? ? sometime between 1986 – 89 = ? years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 18 November 1982

Born:  4 April 1930

Died on:  Tuesday  30 July 2016

Cause:  Cancer

Age:  86

Funeral date:  Monday  8 August 2016 @ 1pm

Funeral location:  Shoalhaven Memorial Gardens, 349 Worrigee Road, WORRIGEE

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  ?

[alert_blue]JACK is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_blue]

* NOT JOB RELATED

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FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.

PLEASE SEND PHOTOS AND INFORMATION TO Cal

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May you forever Rest In Peace.

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‘ Jack ‘ DAVEY who was a Sgt 3/c at Fairfield in late 1976.

Jack being a common alternative to the name John.

I ran into ‘ Jack ‘ DAVEY in the mid to late 1990’s in Nowra – which is where this funeral service is being held.

Cal

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Jack Davey, worked at Liverpool ( 22 Division ) on the STP ( HWP ) around 1970’s and was living at Green Valley at the time.

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Erwin HODIKIN

aka  Hoddo

New South Wales Police Force

[alert_yellow]Regd. #   16974[/alert_yellow]

Rank: Probationary Constable – appointed 5 May 1975

Constable – appointed 5 May 1976

Senior Constable – appointed 26 August 1984

Final Rank = ?

Stations:  ?, 13 Division – Lakemba, Coffs Harbour Water Police – retirement

Service:  From  ? ? ?  to  ? ? ? = ? years Service

Awards:  National Medal – granted 29 June 1984

1st Clasp to National Medal – 28 May 1992

Born:  8 December 1947

Died on:  Friday  5 August 2016 @ 5.10pm

Cause:  Stroke

Age:  69

Funeral date:  Friday  12 August 2016 @ 1.30pm

Funeral location:  Salvation Army Corps, 40 Mastracolas Road, COFFS HARBOUR

Buried at:  ?TBA

 Memorial at:  ?

[alert_yellow]ERWIN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_yellow]  *NEED MORE INFO

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This week, Erwin and his best mate, Paul Craggs, had a great time together delivering a boat from Gold Coast to Hamilton Island.

Following Erwin’s return to Coffs Harbour and first bout of chemotherapy, he suffered a massive stroke.

May he forever Rest In Peace.

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 Mark Anthony BATEMAN

Victoria Police Force

Regd. #   30810

Rank:  Senior Constable

Stations:  ?, Northcote – death

Service:  From  ? ? ?  to  20 May 2000 = ? years Service

Awards:  No find on It’s An Honour

Born:  ? ? 1970

Died on:  Saturday 20 May 2000 @ 2.20am

Cause:  Motor Vehicle Accident – killed instantly

Age:  30

Funeral date:  ? ? ?

Funeral location:  ?

Buried at:  ?

 Memorial at:  Blue Ribbon Foundation Portland District Health Emergency Helipad

[alert_green]MARK IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance[/alert_green]

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At approximately 2.20am on Saturday 20th May, 2000 Senior Constable Fiona Robinson and Senior Constable Mark Bateman were travelling along High Street, Northcote with emergency lights activated in response to an emergency call. At the intersection of Dennis & High Streets the divisional van they were driving collided with another vehicle before coming to rest against a traffic control signal and electricity pole. Both members were killed instantly. Fiona was 30 years of age.

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Debra Bateman is the face of Blue Ribbon Day … a wonderful choice, as I will explain, and a job well done by the organisers.

I say job, because Debra, sorry Dr Bateman, is not the sort of person who has ever sought the spotlight so I’m guessing they had to work hard to convince her.

It’s perhaps why she never aimed for the stars as a child. Dr Bateman says she begrudgingly finished high school before qualifying as a hairdresser.

Yet, she is now a senior lecturer in higher education research at Deakin University and recently has been honoured with two national teaching awards for excellence, the Pearson ATEA Australia Teacher Educator of the Year and the Australian Learning and Teaching Council award.

She has also been cited for her outstanding contribution to student learning.

“Who’d have thought!” Dr Bateman, 43, says with a laugh.

And, yet, just a little more 10 years ago, things were so different, so despairing.

At 32, Dr Bateman became a widow, but don’t call her that, especially if it makes you feel sorry for her or you are tempted to plant a consoling kiss on her cheek. Because people, Dr Bateman says, do that when you are a widow. You can see the pity work across their faces, she says. The assumptions registered.

Perhaps she is more conscious of the emotional baggage the name carries because of the sudden and shocking way Dr Bateman became a widow on a Saturday night in May 2000.

Her husband, Sen-Constable Mark Bateman, was on night patrol with newly married Sen-Constable Fiona Robinson.

They were answering a call to attend a reported holdup at a bakery in Northcote, when their van was clipped by another vehicle, became airborne and crashed into a power pole.

Both officers were killed.

Dr Bateman was at home with children, Jack, 17 months, and Daisy, who was nine weeks old.

She has never spoken publicly about her 29-year-old husband’s death until now and only because she is the face of the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Day. So why now?

“I feel it is appropriate for me to step up,” she told me.

“I have a few runs on the board, successes in my life.”

She also spoke to children Daisy, now 11, and Jack, who is 12, about going public and said the family agreed it was a privilege to do it and a positive thing to do and they all wanted to give something back.

Dr Bateman will feature in an advertising campaign promoting the Victoria Police Blue Ribbon Day on September 29. It is a day when Victorians wear blue and white ribbons as a mark of respect for the sacrifice and memory of 157 police men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty in Victoria.

Money raised – $5.5 million to date – goes to pay for new lifesaving equipment in Victoria’s public hospitals.

Mark Bateman was, his wife says, a very proud policeman who also loved his football club. He wasn’t a complicated bloke. They met when he was 16, she was 18, and they married eight years later, when Dr Bateman had completed a teaching diploma.

There were a few hurdles along the way. A kilometre from the site of the accident that would claim Mark’s life, the couple had a horrific car accident. Mark, then 19, suffered broken ribs, but Dr Bateman, 21, suffered a brain injury that would keep her in hospital and rehabilitation for a year.

She said the accident was a major transition for both of them.

Mark would emerge an incredibly committed person, Dr Bateman a young woman heading in a new direction.

She was a qualified hairdresser, but a vocational therapist told her she could not do that any more, because she wouldn’t be able to stand on her feet all day.

Dr Bateman was told she would make a great teacher. The therapist was spot on. She was a born teacher.

When Mark died, Dr Bateman became a single mother and was forced to think about what she wanted to do, “because I really had grown up”.

Juggling children, she completed a doctorate and now works in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof Jane Den Hollander. Previously, she worked in the School of Education.

Prof Den Hollander said Dr Bateman was a shining example of what could be achieved through dogged determination, perseverance and a love of lifelong learning. She doesn’t tell anyone she is a police widow, because Dr Bateman does not want to be defined by it and she wants her children to know they are special, but not because their father died.

It was also important to her to maintain her integrity and independence.

“I’m a very self-contained unit, that’s how I describe myself,” Dr Bateman said.

A good teacher is also a good learner. Four weeks after Mark’s death, Dr Bateman was invited to a lunch attended by several police widows. She said: “I was still very raw. (But) I could see women around the tables who had made choices. Some stuck with the very moment of losing their partners. Others were amazing women who were resilient and robust. They had incredible integrity and pride in who they were.”

Dr Bateman said her parents, Alan and Joy, had taught her to never give up and she had two babies who required her to make some serious choices.

“I chose to be strident and strong,” she said.

“I’ve proven that widows can do anything they want to do and I have proven to myself that stuff I never dared dream was possible.”

Like I said, she is a wonderful role model for us all, not just widows, and her story is a lesson in how to not be burdened by a catastrophic tragedy, but rather be inspired by it. It’s a story of a woman who stayed strong and a family which helped each other through the sadness and despair.

And for those who believe that Mark Bateman is looking down on them, well, he’d be looking down with pride.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/standing-up-for-widows/story-fn6bn88w-1226123536654

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A coroner has found the deaths of two policemen in a car accident in Melbourne were not influenced by the van in which they were travelling.

Senior Constable MARK BATEMAN, aged 30, and 31-year-old Senior Constable FIONA ROBINSON died from multiple injuries after their divisional van rolled when it side-swiped another car in suburban Northcote on May 20 last year.

Coroner PHILLIP GOLDBERG said the two police officers were en route to a burglary in progress and were trying to overtake the slower moving car.

He said a subsequent police investigation revealed that the Holden Commodore in which they were travelling had a higher potential to roll over than the previous model Ford.

The Commodore divisional vans are no longer used by police.

But Mr GOLDBERG says the Commodore’s greater risk of rolling did not aggravate the circumstances of the two police officers deaths.

http://gmac-financce.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/vic-police-car-type-did-not-contribute.html

Gone but not forgotten

Opening of Emergency Helipad and Dedication of Mark Bateman Memorial

 

 

Blue Ribbon Day at Scotch

December 2011

WORDS: Mr Tim Shearer

National Police Remembrance Day, or Blue Ribbon Day as it is better known in Victoria, occurs every September, and this year’s Blue Ribbon Day was Thursday 29 September ( 2011 ).

This year Scotch ( Scotch College, Melbourne ) was nominated as the ambassador school for Blue Ribbon Day, and on Wednesday 14 September Mr Neil Soullier OAM, the CEO of the Blue Ribbon Foundation, attended assembly and presented a flag of remembrance to the Principal. The flag was flown at Scotch until Blue Ribbon Day, Thursday 29 September.