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I have...but it was to put down a severely injured kangaroo

I had to attend the death of a 4 hour old baby which was probably the hardest thing I'll ever have to do, especially dealing with parents that were distraught beyond words. But we just got on with it. A few weeks later my boss called me in to the office to show me a letter the father had written to the station thanking me and my partner for our compassion and understanding. That was definitely a great moment, terrible circumstances but it's rare to get acknowledgement especially in those circumstances

Unfortunately we've all been too busy getting those tickets to reach our apparent quotas to investigate.

In all seriousness that's shit beyond belief....have they not heard of pick-a-part? Realistically there's only so far you can take investigations and if there's no witnesses, cctv, physical evidence then there's not much else we can do to link an offender to a crime. To paraphrase one of my favourite movies: "if he'd ejaculated, then stolen your steering wheel and back seat, we'd have a really good shot at catching him"

I often jokingly say to my friends that I now understand....people suck.

The reality is that 95% of people sre good people. Unfortunately we come in to contact with the 5% more than we do with the 95% so that definitely skews my view of the "general public". And yes absolutely we are viewed differently. We are supposed to be the be all and know all of all aspects of the law (including aspects we would never usually come across), expected to solve everyone's issues no matter how trivial, we are stared at everywhere we go. We are under scrutiny from everyone, our peers, our superiors, the general public, the media, the legal world.

To quote an article from a NSWPOL member "we exist to preserve the bubble between what you think the world is like and what the world is actually like".

I hope I've answered your questions. Feel free to ask for further detail or clarification

Bikie tension: there's always going to be struggles for control of the black market stuff (drugs mainly), but I'll hand it to them, they keep it mainly in house.

Mercs: I dont believe so! Very well could be though.

The worst problem drug is without doubt ice. Don't believe what the media reports to you (conversation for another day) but most crooks are on ice and will be committing offences in order to fund their habit and/or will be on ice (and other substances) while offending, that includes people involved in family violence incidents.

Now that's an interesting and divisive question- I believe every group of people have their problem children. In my experience the youths/adolescents of Maori/Pacific Islander backgrounds and those of African backgrounds tend to come under our radar more frequently....I honestly can't tell you why. Possibly once they learn that the justice system is very forgiving for child offenders.

And finally anywhere out west...sunshine, werribee, Wyndham...take your pick!!

Hope that answers your questions!