Being a Cop in Australia

[icyfroth]

Vision has been released of an “appalling” alleged attack on two NSW Police officers including a female senior constable who was punched and dragged to the ground by her hair before a clump was ripped from her scalp.

The officers were called to a home in Buff Point on the Central Coast late on Tuesday night after reports of a domestic incident.

William Peter Kershaw, 35, allegedly became increasingly violent and resisted arrest after police arrived at the scene.

“A struggle ensued when the officers attempted to arrest the man; the man allegedly spat in the male officer’s face,” police said in a statement on Wednesday.

“The female officer was punched in the face several times before being dragged to the ground by her hair. A clump of hair was ripped from her scalp during the arrest.

“The female officer became increasingly distressed when she was grabbed around the neck and choked.

“The male officer was then allegedly elbowed in the face and had his genitals twisted by the man before additional police assisted and released him.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/central-coast-police-body-cam-captures-alleged-attack...

Just another day at the office for our police officers.

I would take the knee for these men and women that put their safety and lives on the (blue) line to protect the general public, many of whom wish to visit violence on them.

[not_for_sale2025]

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@viewmont1071 wrote:

you too..don't get too befuddled......... you'll drop a stitch

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Oh I won't, I don't drink Morgan's. 

[rogespeed]

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@domino-710 wrote:

It's just a question.

Do you have difficutly - in normal conversation - with anyone.

I mean - face to face.

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I have to be concise to enable those that count to clearly understand me

[domino-710]

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@rogespeed wrote:

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@domino-710 wrote:

It's just a question.

Do you have difficutly - in normal conversation - with anyone.

I mean - face to face.

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I have to be concise to enable those that count to clearly understand me

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Just when - I mean ' when ' - have you ever been ' concise '.

[viewmont1071]

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@not_for_sale2025 wrote:

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@viewmont1071 wrote:

you too..don't get too befuddled......... you'll drop a stitch

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Oh I won't, I don't drink Morgan's. 

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for the record I concede that from the outside police officers jobs do appear extrememly stressful but for many that stress is like water off a ducks back.

Their current poor reputation in certain parts of the community is by and large unwarranted and a brickbot that they should notneed to deal with

In my circle of close friends are retired and serving police officers and privately some of the biggest stress moments they talk about is refraining from giving somebody the flogging they deserved and remaining diplomatic often copping flak in domestic situations from not only the perpetrator but also the person that initially mde the call..... it's a job that I definitely could not do....

btw when possible I drink Morgans spiced rum by the bucketful

[not_for_sale2025]

I have two young nephews who both became police officers. One lasted a few years, took up legal studies, quit and is now a lawyer. He said the stress and worry was not worth it and he had to consider his children. The younger one is now a detective, but is definitely a changed man. He is getting married later this year but is worried that the current attitude towards the police has increased the danger, and he is having unwanted thoughts about his future. Like so many things, it is relative and depends upon who you know.

BTW Bundy rules, especially red.

[rogespeed]

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@viewmont1071 wrote:

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@not_for_sale2025 wrote:

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@viewmont1071 wrote:

you too..don't get too befuddled......... you'll drop a stitch

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Oh I won't, I don't drink Morgan's. 

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for the record I concede that from the outside police officers jobs do appear extrememly stressful but for many that stress is like water off a ducks back.

Their current poor reputation in certain parts of the community is by and large unwarranted and a brickbot that they should notneed to deal with

In my circle of close friends are retired and serving police officers and privately some of the biggest stress moments they talk about is refraining from giving somebody the flogging they deserved and remaining diplomatic often copping flak in domestic situations from not only the perpetrator but also the person that initially mde the call..... it's a job that I definitely could not do....

btw when possible I drink Morgans spiced rum by the bucketful

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Community sentiment towards police is a bit of a relic culture influence from the old time Irish-Catholic , fresh from potato famine and general historic Anglo disparagement from the times of Henry vIII  , and general riff-raff of early modern Australia - the coppers being mainly Anglo-Protestant and no doubt condescending   

[viewmont1071]

I had the unfortunate experience  when renewing my advanced first aid at thel surf club. Most of the attendess were surf club members.

The trainer was the most senior paramedic  at the local ambulance station.  It was wintertime there had been a  couple canoodling on the beach who had been drinking alcohol all morning we all had a crack at trying to get them off the beach or at least not going into the water and for the most part they stayed on the edge.

We did theory all morning and the afternoon was set aside for practical resucitation CPR and defribrillation training

At lunchtime we were lolling about sunning ourselves in a sheltered corner and a womans scream broke the air.  Her boyfriend was lying face down in about 6 inches of water. the paramedic and a team of us worked on the guy for about 25 minutes until the ambulance arrived.

They worked on him for another period and conveyed him to Hospital. He did not survive.

We sat in that club for  about 15 minutes almost  silently consoling each other staring at half a dozen training dummies. Hardly a word was spoken but I know we all felt inadequate

The trainer called off the rest of the day and subsequently left the Ambulance service as he had had enough death and trauma confrontation at accident scenes and the like and this was the final straw.

Two of the attendees never did another patrol.

The trainer went back to school and retrained and is now a head nurse in the local hospitals accident trauma unit. A place where although death for some was imminent but a place where he believed he had a better chance of sustaining some persons life. ie he could do more good

He sent a letter out about two weeks later after the course, going over the days incident in detail and informed as that we all had passed the course and offered an avenue for professional trauma counselling which I believe a few took up.

It was a sobering but terrible lesson that alcohol and water definitely do not mix and also a lesson in the stress that confronts most emrgency workers every day.. and like I said above it's a job that I could not do and take my hat off to those that can.

[not_for_sale2025]

If only more people would think a little deeper about the experiences some workers have, they might better understand and be less likely to go for the throat when something negative about the profession appears in the media. I have worked closely with ambulance workers, seen them attacked and witnessed their sadness and exhilaration. They are quiet achievers and underappreciated IMO.

[icyfroth]

Three NSW police officers were attacked after a routine traffic stop on Sunday night that left one with a fractured eye socket.

Police said the first assault happened when a lone police sergeant pulled over a man who appeared to be driving in a dangerous manner in a silver Ford hatchback in Telarah, a suburb in Maitland, in New South Wales' Hunter Valley.

After the car stopped, police said the driver, Tyrone Fernando, and another man got out and one pushed the sergeant in the chest.

The sergeant called for backup as both men then allegedly fled the scene on foot.

Mr Fernando was soon spotted at a nearby railway corridor trying to jump a fence and two officers attempted to restrain him.

During the melee, he allegedly punched the officers before he was arrested.

The Curlewis-based Mr Fernando was taken to Maitland Police Station and charged with driving without a licence, driving a vehicle under influence of alcohol, assaulting a police officer in execution of duty causing actual bodily harm, escaping police custody, two counts of resisting an officer in execution of duty, and two counts of assaulting a police officer in execution of duty without actual bodily harm.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/no-bail-after-traffic-stop-attack-left-nsw-police-officer-w...

[davidc4430]

Footage shows man tasered by police in Sydney's eastern suburbs

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-23/footage-shows-man-tasered-by-police-in-sydneys-eastern-suburb...

i'm surprised he didnt shoot the guy seeing he was such a threat.

warning to all bad cops, there are cameras everywhere just waiting for ya to act stupid