Born: ?
Died on: 20 January 2015
Cause: ?
Age: 75
Funeral date: 28 January 2015 @ 10am
Funeral location: St Andrews Uniting Church, Kenneth St, Loungueville
Buried at: ?
Doreen is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
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Constable David John Donnelly 24/3/71 – 13/1/15
Registered Number 48748 – attached to Lachlan Local Area Command
It is with deep regret that we advise that Constable Dave Donnelly lost his battle with cancer and passed away in Condobolin yesterday evening. Our thoughts go out to Stephanie, Jake, Amelia and Jemima, and his extended family.
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David was also a member of this websites Policing Forum, the Thin Blue Line and was known as Dave2877 and “The Duck” .
He joined our Forum on the 13 June 2011 as a Civilian. On 26 July 2011 he was upgraded to the Wannabe Blue Group and on 31 August 2012 upgraded to Blue Group – being stationed at Parkes.
On the 5 June 2014 he changed his Username from Dave2877 to The Duck.
May David forever Rest In Peace
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NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class 272J
Rank: Senior Constable
Stations: Flemington, Queanbeyan – Death
Service: From ? ? ? to 7 January 2015 = ? years Service
Awards: No find on It’s An Honour
Born: Friday 1 September 1967
Died on: Wednesday 7 January 2015 at home
Cause: Accidental Drug Overdose
Age: 47
Funeral date: Tuesday 20 January 2015 @ 11.30am
Funeral location: Norwoods, 65 Sandford St, Mitchell, ACT
Buried at: Cremated
Lauren is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
A special young lady who was part of our Police “Family”. She had a good heart and was very special to many of us!
Rest in Peace Lauren Johnstone!
Lauren Johnstone was excited about the future: she had a new partner and was counting down the days until her daughter’s wedding.
A former police officer, she had long battled with post traumatic stress disorder but she seemed to be turning her life around.
She was still on a number of strong prescription medications but had an agreement with her GP, which she was following diligently.
On January 7, 2015, her daughter, Ariarne Bunyan came home from work to find her dead, just a day after being discharged from a cosmetic surgery clinic.
ACT Chief Coroner Lorraine Walker recently determined Ms Johnstone’s death was an accidental overdose as a result of taking her prescribed medication as instructed, and aggravated by over-the-counter medication her doctors were not aware of.
She recommended changes to the ACT’s recently introduced prescription monitoring system, DORA, which, even if it was operational in 2015, would not have raised any red flags for many of the drugs Ms Johnstone was taking.
Ms Johnstone’s daughters, Ms Bunyan and Tamara Farrell, say their mother’s death showed the at-times blasé approach to scheduled medications, including over-the-counter drugs.
Crucially, one of the drugs Ms Johnstone took that could have played a major part in her death was an easily acquired over-the-counter sleeping pill called restavit.
Her family doesn’t believe Ms Johnston would have had any idea of the risk she was taking by combining the drugs she did.
On January 5, 2015, Ms Johnstone was admitted to a clinic where she underwent a planned facial surgery.
She was discharged after one night and prescribed endone for pain.
On her request, she was also prescribed her regular medications: imovane, valdoxan, tramadol and valium.
While the doctor called Ms Johnstone’s regular GP to consult, he was advised her GP was on vacation.
His only warning to Ms Johnstone about the drugs was the risk of increased drowsiness as a result of combining the medications with endone.
At the time, and not known to her doctors, she had also obtained the over-the-counter sleeping pill doxylamine and codeine.
While the cause of her death was determined to be the combined effect of prescription and non-prescription medication, it was not possible to determine which drugs were more significant contributors to her death.
Her family believe Ms Johnstone should not have been prescribed the drugs after surgery and, considering her history and health, should not have been deemed fit for it. They also believe she was discharged too soon.
“People have to start taking all drugs more seriously, including over-the-counter medication,” Ms Bunyan said.
“Instead of the warnings being on a tiny pamphlet with the tiny spot down the bottom that no one reads, it should be in bright red on the packaging.
“You can just go to your doctor and ask for certain medications – a lot of the time they’ll just do it.”
The current DORA system – introduced earlier this year – covers strong opioids like oxycodone, but not drugs like diazepam.
As a result of Ms Johnstone’s death, the coroner recommended the ACT Health Minister declare tramadol, sleeping pill doxylamine and diazepam to be monitored drugs.
She also suggested widening the scope of monitored medicines to include all schedule 3 and 4 drugs, or, alternatively certain prescription and over-the-counter medications that may have significant sedating effects when taken in combination with opioids or benzodiazepines.
Other recommendations included the clinics altering pre-admission forms for patients to list all over-the-counter medications they were taking.
The family welcomed the coroner’s recommendations.
They said considering drugs like pseudoephedrine were monitored closely across the country, those much more dangerous to people should be as well.
Even though such a system would be too late to save their mother, they believe it would save many others.
Former health minister Meegan Fitzharris said the government was considering the recommendations and would formally respond.
“Prescription monitoring is a challenge faced by all states and territories and it is an area where the ACT government has continued to make progress,” she said.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6272710/how-an-over-the-counter-pill-may-have-contributed-to-canberra-womans-death/
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Regd. # 31???
Class 267 ( PREP ) at Goulburn Police Academy
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 18 August 1996 ( aged 24 years, 5 months, 13 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 14 February 1997 ( aged 24 years, 11 months, 9 days ))
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: Senior Constable
Stations: Campbelltown, Campbelltown Transit Police, Talbingo – Lock Up Keeper
Service: From 18 August 1996 to ? 2005 – Resigned & joined NSW Fire Brigades
Awards: ?
Born: Sunday 5 March 1972
Died on: Tuesday 6 January 2015
Cause: Suicide – Albury – where he was stationed with Fire Brigades.
Age: 42 years, 10 months, 1 day
Funeral date: Friday 16 January 2015 @ 3pm
Funeral location: Sacred Heart Church, Beechworth Rd, Wodonga, Victoria
Dress request: Hawaiian shirt & thongs or Safari Suit from the 1980’s.
Buried at: Cremated at Glenmorus Gardens Albury
Shaun is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON THIS MAN / INCIDENT.
**** NOTE: This is Shaun SCANLON – NOT Sean Scanlon who was attached to Liverpool area.
Shaun SCANLON left the New South Wales Police Force around 2005 and joined the New South Wales Fire Brigades – being stationed at Albury.
http://tributes.bordermail.com.au/obituaries/bordermail-au/obituary.aspx?pid=173872578
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
SIRU Junior Rugby advises all clubs and players of the sudden passing of Shaun Scanlon from the Albury Junior Rugby Club. Shaun has been a coach and an active member of the Albury Junior Rugby Club and was the assistant coach of the SIRU Juniors under 13 side in 2014.
On behalf of the SIRU Seniors and Juniors Clubs we offer our deepest sympathy to Shaun’s family and the Albury Junior Rugby Club.
Tom Murphy
President Southern Inland Junior Rugby
http://alburyjuniors.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=208253
Take care Kiwi!
From The Sunde family.
Heather Farrell