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Oct 2006

20 articles from this issue, separated by section for easier browsing.

Features

  • National Police Memorial Dedication 2006 Brett Williams was on the scene in Canberra to catch all the grandeur and emotion of the moving twilight ceremony that marked the memorial-s opening (Children reveal the agony behind lost police lives). He also looks at one officer-s tribute to his murdered workmate (Honouring a lost partner) and reports on a special gesture by a police unionist from abroad (Gift from US friend and supporter).
  • First step toward choice of accoutrement belts The Police Association of NSW says a redesigned version of the Gel Belt (now called the Loadmaster Belt) might bring relief to officers struggling with the police-issue accoutrement belt.
  • SA detective immortalized in Beatles book Police always work at high-profile events, but rarely do they wind up in pictures with the world-famous entertainers who feature in them.
  • Master of the airwaves, expert in treasury Most in the police community will remember Senior Sergeant Peter Mason for his near unsurpassable expertise in police communications.
  • -Mad-drunk- assault on fair-minded policeman Few, if any, of today-s police officers ever receive apologies from offenders who assault them. But, 1893, one assailant wept as he not only apologized but also promised to give up drinking.

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