even though this isnt a transphobic incident its worth mentioning. I will be contacting the NSW Police Ombudsman on Monday.

I can't tell this story without exposing my weekness so go easy on me.

I have been suffering from clinical depression for a good part of my life, I have now been diagnosed as "maybe" being Bi Polar however I have to spend a day at the Blackdog Bi Polar clinic to confirm this diagnosis.

I am currently homeless and have been living in hotels on TA Temporary Accomodation through DOH now Human Services (<-1984?).

I have spent a few days sleeping in my car, I have been accepted into a new housing program and should be housed in the next few weeks.

yesterday I was struggling with suicidal thoughts which is a coomon theme for me, I have had several attempts and have self harmed.

I have done some psychology and understand and have some insight into my issues. So I do have an idea on what I should being doing to help myselff.

Anyway after a bad day yesterday i decided to call Lifeline as thats what I do when i get these awful thoughts. I had no credit on my phone and was not getting any saticfaction on the hotel phone so I called tripple 000 to see they could connect me to lifeline. This is where my trouble started. instead of linking me with life line they got some info from me and sent the police.

Actually the police were knocking at my door whilst i was on the phone. Anyway it was to young female cops (babies) there said they would take me to the kilo centre in randwick to talk to a psych there. I agreed. I sat in the back of the pig sedan for 5 minutes and asked them why we havent gone yet. The 2 children police persons informed me they had a paddy wagon on the way.

From that moment they lost me, I wont be picked up in public like that and treated like a criminal when i've done nothing wrong. I got out of the vehicle and said I'v had enough I'm just going to go to bed and sleep it all off.

From that moment on the paddy wagon turned up and they started physically restraining me and trying to put hand cuffs on me. 4 cops then led me out to the paddy wagon and slammed me up against the side of the van. I was holding on to my bag and they bent my wrist backwards until I let go. mind you there's 4 of them and they are all trying to restrain me but were hurting me physically. They had my arm behind my back and again tried to put cuffs on me, again a refused and reminded them that I'm not a criminal.

I spent like 20 minutes with a psych and she informed me that police do this all the time. They traumatise people. They are supposed to call the acute care team, I actually dont think they have one. After working in Welfare I saw them once. Its usually always the police.

Young, and I mean under 25 year old cops are so fucking brainless and punch happy.

All they did is scare me from calling anyone else again in fear of police assault.

Maroubra Police Constable Hayward I am coming for your badge you little shit.

sorry i needed to vent

An appalling account.
Cindi I am so very sorry to read this.
I am both devastated for you and sorry I am not closer to be able to reach out to you.

Whilst I have the utmost respect for our police forces there is always room for additional training in areas such as this.
I am certain out of this negative experience you will bring attention to this deficiency within the force via the ombudsmen's office.

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An appalling account.
Cindi I am so very sorry to read this.
I am both devastated for you and sorry I am not closer to be able to reach out to you.

Whilst I have the utmost respect for our police forces there is always room for additional training in areas such as this.
I am certain out of this negative experience you will bring attention to this deficiency within the force via the ombudsmen's office.

It shits me to say it as a tax payer, but, more than likely not.

Big hug. It all means shit here though.

We need a '74 again, but a realistic one that is about TOTAL, total honesty and diversity

NSWPF can learn a few things from their counterparts overseas.

I just don't know how long it is going to take for them to lose that boys club culture amongst themselves.

Yeah even with the women.

The NSW Police Farce

The Duty Commander from Maroubrah is coming out to speak to me personally. I told him i will be reporting this to the ombudsman on monday and will use facebook, youtube and the media if i have to.

I'm not going to let this go

dog with bone

My housemate was having a hissyfit and barricaded me in the laundry room.

The room happens not to have openable windows.

I was there for 5 minutes and realised I had my mobile and I rang Newtown Police Station.

The guy was pleasant and offered to send a patrol car down. I dithered and said no but yes but no and after about 4 sentences he offered to hand the phone over to the Station's GLBT officer. Like I say, he was pleasant and reassuring.

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The NSW Police Farce

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Good luck. Don't be afraid to contact right wing media either!

cc all!

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My housemate was having a hissyfit and barricaded me in the laundry room.

The room happens not to have openable windows.

I was there for 5 minutes and realised I had my mobile and I rang Newtown Police Station.

The guy was pleasant and offered to send a patrol car down. I dithered and said no but yes but no and after about 4 sentences he offered to hand the phone over to the Station's GLBT officer. Like I say, he was pleasant and reassuring.

Depends on your LAP and also their culture.

Somtimes you are lucky.

Sometimes you are not.

Lets all think back to the Wood Royal commission...

fmd if your call for a Dr and they send a plumber then the system is fucked.

I will never reach out like that again in fear of police assault.

these are bra cops, not much different from bra boys. Licensed thugs.

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these are bra cops, not much different from bra boys. Licensed thugs.

I think that the younger they are the cockier they are.

And the older they are the lazier they are.

Either way it's a no win situation.

Nah from my experience with them, the older cops know how far they can push the envelope but the younger ones are just arseholes...quite funny when we were being asked questions at an incident and one of them was resting his hand on his pistol, must get his cock hard. Bloody VicPol.

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… one of them was resting his hand on his pistol, must get his cock hard. …

It's comfortable, the same way that obese people rest their hands on their fat stomach

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It's comfortable, the same way that obese people rest their hands on their fat stomach

Ye remind me to rest my hands on my mate's shotty next time I go clay-pigeon shooting (it's been a while)...I will get back to you on that.

Police, pfft yeah they are always the same.
Most probably they had an acute care team but funding got cut and the job just fell on whom ever was available.

I have to say that the introduction of a paddy wagon to transprt you to Randwick is absolutely sickening. Paddy wagons are torturously uncomfortable, rattly fucking metal boxes, not to mention degrading and humiliating (fuck I should know I have been in the back of enough of them)...

You have a good case for complaint, mind you I wouldn't stress over it.

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… (f*ck I should know I have been in the back of enough of them)...

of IE, tell us about your experiences on those torturously uncomfortable wagons

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Paddy wagons are torturously uncomfortable, rattly fucking metal boxes, not to mention degrading and humiliating (fuck I should know I have been in the back of enough of them)...

Can't say I have been in them before but I can safely say that crowd control batons hurt like fuck.

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of IE, tell us about your experiences on those torturously uncomfortable wagons

I was a lot younger and got in trouble a few times.
They are very uncomfortable. and it is humiliating.
Not the way you would transport somone who was not arrested.

why paddy wagon for...blaeghhhhhh retorical question

dont get me started on the shitty police farce!

I hope you are ok Cindy

I was mugged a few years back off oxford st. I had my car nearby when it happened so I was able to run to it and get to surry hills police station in a few minutes from where I was.

Anyways as I was explaining to the rude cop what had happened he looked at me like I was an idiot and said bluntly why did you give them your phone/wallet for? I said because there were three huge guys who were going to punch me towering over me. still lookign at me in disgust He took liek 10mins to go in the back and 2 other police woman came out and walked slower than my grandmother to their car. The time we got back to the area and they drove around looking for the bastards who robbed me, they were gone.
They were so apathetic and rude and slow to respond. Then I was supposed to give a report to them which meant an hour or so of questions. I said forget it and left.
People wonder why no one bothers to report crimes when you are faced with these morons. Despite the fact they were so slow to respond, they also were rude and made me feel liek it was my fault. I was already traumatised from being mugged.

I am glad your complaining! Not enough people do!

Yep, NSW cops are the most violent and uneducated pigs in the country. Even worse then QLD!

The big problem is pure cowardice in cops. I have seen them harass a teenage boy playing a flute near central station, and then 15min later there was a bunch of Lebs causing aggro and what did the cops say to them?

'Please be mindful' 'no need to be upset' blah blah blah. They were talking all tough to a harmless schoolboy, but acted like they were at a country fair with a Leb gang. Sheer cowardice.

Dont even get me started on their lack of education and inability to speak the English language to a satisfactory level.

Also many of them are linked to criminal organisations themselves.

the nimbin raids last year were so badly done. it take 1/2 an hour to get from lismore to nimbin, and they came in big black SUVs, or something, in convoy, very recognisable. by the time they to go nimbin, everyone had been called or otherwise notified by friends that had seen them coming so anyone important was long gone, and the whole thing was pointless

just got back from the rally in Sydney, warm fuzzies allover.

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Also many of them are linked to criminal organisations themselves.

Yeah, it's called the state.

Big hugs.

Tell the Commander about the rough treatment etc but hold back on telling him anything personal about his young cops ie name calling etc. Will just get his back up.

Touch wood when I got broken into years ago the Police were really nice. The a taxi backed into my car last year and the officer at local Station was nice and the Officer
who got me for you know what 2 weeks ago was really nice/sense of humour. He was from Redfern Station. Even his mate was friendly/talkative when we walked back to my car.

Good luck !

Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police

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Police, pfft yeah they are always the same.
Most probably they had an acute care team but funding got cut and the job just fell on whom ever was available.

I have to say that the introduction of a paddy wagon to transprt you to Randwick is absolutely sickening. Paddy wagons are torturously uncomfortable, rattly fucking metal boxes, not to mention degrading and humiliating (fuck I should know I have been in the back of enough of them)...

You have a good case for complaint, mind you I wouldn't stress over it.

I suspect they use the paddy wagon because they don't know if somone who's having some sort of mental crisis is going to flip out completely. They probably reckon it's safer to put the person in the back of the wagon than have them suddenly decide to start attacking the driver or throwing themselves out of the moving car or something.

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Also many of them are linked to criminal organisations themselves.

Yeah, and all gays are pedophiles and all lesbians are built like Mack trucks

Actually thats what I thought Dsquare ie they dont know if the person in the
back is suddenly going to launch at the driver etc but the paddy wagon would
have been hideous Dat.

When my "incident" happened they offered to drive me around to back of showgrounds where I had parked my car at a friends so they could check my licence. I asked do I have a choice ? he looked at me and said the windows are tinted I asked do I have a choice ? and he said OK we will walk. Phew !

Sad to read about this. I hope you get some results.
On a side note, this week the Director of Public Prosecutions had to stand down having been stabbed in the back by the government (see link) and the Chief Justice announced he will he retiring in a few months. That means whoever forms government after next weekend will be appointing new people to the two most influencial legal positions in the state. Maybe, hopefully some improvement will filter down through the whole system.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...317-1byvz.html

huge hugs to you Dat. So sorry that happened.

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Sad to read about this. I hope you get some results.
On a side note, this week the Director of Public Prosecutions had to stand down having been stabbed in the back by the government (see link) and the Chief Justice announced he will he retiring in a few months. That means whoever forms government after next weekend will be appointing new people to the two most influencial legal positions in the state. Maybe, hopefully some improvement will filter down through the whole system.
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politi...317-1byvz.html

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Cowdery said on 02 Mar 2011 that personal use of you know what should be treated as a social problem not through the Courts