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Moorabbin Kingston Leader
16 April 2008
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Moorabbin police out in force
MOORABBIN police say they are struggling to protect the community because of "chronic under-resourcing" and "draconian" policies.
The Police Association released figures last week showing staff were down 26 per cent at Moorabbin station and 21 per cent at nearby Chelsea.
Police from Kingston and Glen Eira joined about 2000 state police in a rally at Rod Laver Arena last Tuesday.
On his way to the rally, union delegate and Moorabbin Sgt Alan Wroblewski told Leader staff shortages meant police could not give the community what they needed to be safe.
"There are situations where a divisional van isn't able to be put on the road because there are no personnel," Sgt Wroblewski said.
"The fact is, our members are overworked because there aren't enough staff."
Mordialloc officer and assistant union delegate Leading Sen-Constable Tim Barrett said the union wanted a full audit to assess the placement and allocation of police resources.
"The most frustrating thing is that you can't provide a basic service to the community," Sen-Constable Barrett said.
Other constraints, such as police moving from one station to another, also made working as an officer harder. "We've got wives and families who have jobs and go to school and we want to have some form of stability," Sen-Constable Barrett said.
At the rally, union members voted to pursue industrial action if a meeting with Premier John Brumby was not satisfactorily resolved. Issues to be discussed included resourcing, the Office of Police Integrity and the "draconian" improper associations policy.
In a radio interview, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said the union made "false claims" over powers to move officers anywhere in the state.
Alex Twomey, a spokesman for Police Minister Bob Cameron, said that the police had a record budget of $1.6 billion and had received 1400 extra frontline police since 1999.
Mr Twomey said issues raised by the union had either already been agreed to or were the subject of talks at present
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