Sydney Police Centre Surry HillsHow are shopkeepers and service staff going to feel today knowing police are vulnerable to be attacked while serving customers at the counter of a police station?
Police stabbing prompts security review but Moroney needs to take responsibility for the sad social state of communication and conflict resolution skills available to police.
This is how people get shot, killed, and chased to their death in high-speed pursuits and domestic violence issues because police don't have social skills. Terms like shifting gears. How to lower a persons emotional level by listening to them in order to raise their thinking level so that they may then be able to communicate is so important.
But if your hell bent on just being the boss you take grave risks because these types of offenders don't see the penalty or the risk.
Senior police will review security procedures at the Sydney police centre after the stabbing of an officer on security duty.
But the review needs to be about the resources the police have to deal with the public. For God sake you can't get much more secure in the foyer of the Police Centre can you? Perhaps customers should move into a holding cage before being forced?
A 34-year-old special constable is in a critical condition in St Vincent's Hospital after being stabbed in the chest and neck. A 32-year-old man was arrested after running from the police centre.
Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden says changes to security arrangements at the Police Centre will have to be considered.
"We have been undergoing a security review or a risk assessment of our security arrangements for the last two months, and we will now expedite that inquiry to establish what else we can do to help protect officers and members of the organisation," he said.
The 34-year-old officer, who was manning the security counter in the foyer of the police centre at Surry Hills, was attacked by an apparent stranger who walked in off the street wielding a kitchen knife.The 30-centimetre-long knife severed a major artery just below the officer's left collarbone.
"All we know is that there were some words exchanged between the two - we don't know exactly what - then a scream," said police spokeswoman Jenny Havilah.
The wounded officer is the father of three young children.
He remained in a critical condition last night in the intensive care unit of St Vincent's Hospital after undergoing almost four hours of surgery. His name has not been released.
The attack in the Goulburn Street centre, which occurred at 2.50pm, yesterday prompted Commissioner Ken Moroney to expedite a review of security at 11 major police and government premises. After visiting the officer's wife at St Vincent's, Commissioner Moroney said he was angry about what had happened.
He said the attacked man was one of 120 special constables employed by the NSW Police Security Management Branch.
As members of the police but performing limited functions, the officers are armed with pistols and batons and have powers of arrest."Any incident involving any of our police officers is always of concern to me. Yes, I am angry, but I have to push that anger aside and [try] and understand why that happened," Commissioner Moroney said.
"My officers are out there doing their job every day of the week, 365 days a year ... I don't expect them to be attacked."
Police said the wounded officer had joined the Security Management Branch in August 2001 after serving almost 12 years in the army.
He was one of two special constables guarding the police centre entrance, which has a network of security gates and a metal detector but no security screen on their desk.
Mr Moroney praised three officers who arrested the attacker.The officers had chased the man 100 metres from the centre before wrestling him to the ground at the corner of Riley and Goulburn Streets.
A 34-year-old man was charged last night with attempted murder.
By Service With Asmile 11 March 03
THE DAISY: These are sad times when people are not safe serving at the counter of a police station, let alone a bank. The possibility this issue has to do with Service V's Force is a huge indication of the dysfunction of the NSW Police Force.
That is unless this person was stark raving mad. I can't wait to find out what the conversation was about, can you?
Of course I can tell you how I was forced whilst visiting Surry Hills police station trying to report an assault.
So perhaps when I became locked outside the Police Station at 3AM in the morning to face my attackers because I refused to be safely escorted home in the back of a paddy wagon, like a dog, the investigation may have prevented this officers demise? But there was no investigation! And that's another story!
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This is not how you eat 'antisocial behaviour'
Process corruption, perjury, planting of evidence, verbals, fabricated confessions, denial of suspects rights, a solicitor to induce confessions, tampering with electronic recording equipment, framing. Generally green lighting crime, and I say Murder, including the kids who overdosed on heroin. No doubt.
Black Knight - Long way to go home
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Bob down and sniff my arse
These are serious invasions of privacy and draconian laws? Where are our democratic soldiers, the lawyers and the barristers who need to take on the government in the courts? Are they plastic? Or to busy feathering their nests? Or have they been cleverly purchased by this black government. Drug test police and politicians, and have the tests independently accessed.
Come in spinner? Or Come in sinner?
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Deeds
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Truth
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Honesty
What is happening between the Police Service and politics is quite extraordinary at the moment. If stand over tactics don't work tell half the truth honestly and follow the example of sheep. Another word for it is sleaze, yeah. Another word for it is workplace harassment. Another word for it is bribing a Police Officer. Another word for it is misleading Parliament.
Tele Tales
Most people I know don't buy the Daily Telegraph. Why? Because of the lies and propaganda purported by them.
Lord Denning
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Corrosive
Clive Small is Bob Carr's choice for the new Police Commissioner. It could only be the case considering his, Small's special appointment into Parliament House. Small who suffers from the little person syndrome is the ideal bend over boy who gets shuffled through his corrupt actions. Rolling the legal system for him after the fact, just like his predecessor Roger the dodger Rogerson.
Black Nexus
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Same boat
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Good Cop
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Dangerous
I refer to the Daily Telegraph article 22 March 2002 under the heading Priest quits advisory job.
Partners in crime - history!
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