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The Associations' Page THE ASSOCIATIONS’ PAGE Federal Police Association Commonwealth Police Officers Association ▼ CRIMINAL HOW THE INVESTIGATION ASSOCIATIONS BILL: CAUSE SHOULD FOR CONCERN WORK The advent of the Australian Federal Police will I would first like to thank the Editor for inviting bring new dimensions to policing within Australia me, on behalf of the Commonwealth Police Officers' and more importantly to our members' careers. The Association, to participate in the first edition of the scene is set for an exciting and challenging period in Australian Federal Police Force — Inter-Force — which each member will play a part, nevertheless, Journal. one can foresee difficulties which will cause grave Perhaps it may be an appropriate time for me to concern especially should the Criminal Investigation outline in brief the history of our Organisation. Our Bill become law. This proposed legislation, even in a Organisation was originally formed on February 4, revised form, will no doubt further restrict police in 1942, and was registered pursuant to the Com­ their fight against crime and may. at the same time, monwealth Conciliation & Arbitration Act 1904 (as afford a wider form of protection to those who seek amended). In 1942 there were no Commonwealth to avoid justice. Police as we know them today, but members of the We, as an Association, concede that Police Organisation then were a group of people known as should be seen to be accountable for their actions the Commonwealth Peace Officer Guards, whose and society has every right to expect this. The good prime purpose was to protect the property of the order and conduct of the community is at risk when Commonwealth. legislation is introduced which effectively ties the In 1960 the Commonwealth Police Force was hands of those who are responsible for the protec­ created. In its creation it brought together approx­ tion of life and property and the prosecution of of­ imately 600 men, made up of Commonwealth In­ fenders. The Criminal Investigation Bill when it was vestigatory Service personnel and Commonwealth first introduced into Federal Parliament gave such Peace Officer Guards. The Commonwealth In­ cause for alarm that the Police Associations vestigatory Service was made up of members of the throughout Australia undertook an active publicity Third Division Public Service. These members were campaign to advise members of the public the responsible for the detection and investigation of of­ ramifications of this obnoxious piece of legislation. fences against the Laws of the Commonwealth. It Now we arc led to believe that a revised form of may be interesting to note that two years prior to the the Bill is forthcoming. existence of the Commonwealth Police Force, our Let there be no doubt that the Association will Organisation’s name was changed to the "Com­ be at the forefront in an effort to ensure that monwealth Police Officers’ Association". This year common sense prevails. we celebrate the 21st year of our existence as the As the result of a resolution passed unanim­ "Commonwealth Police Officers' Association", and ously at the Police Federation of Australia and New have a membership of just under 2,000. Zealand Bi-Annual Conference held in Darwin It seems ironic now. that on reaching earlier this year the following letter was received "adulthood", our Police Force is being merged with from the Attorney-General by Bob Page, Secretary of another to create an Australian Federal Police the Federation. Force. Continued on page 17 Continued on page IB incidence of violence between po officers and citizens has b> Women in policing significantly reduced since they ti to provoke less hostility than met As a direct result of their by Senior Constable Susan Beatty bringing many women tend to c tribute a compassionate, humaniz approach to their work. To work s cessfully with equal opportunity i The Australian Federal Police that women can bring to policing. police force need not mean tl Force has 195 female officers cover­ Coupled with the fact that women women lost their individual traits, ing most ranks, with expertise volunteer to take on police work as fact some of these traits could prt extending to a wide range of an occupation, management has to be just as valuable to policeme specialist duties including street become convinced that the assets of­ In simplistic terms it is more policing, criminal investigation, fered to law enforcement by women matter of male and female offict juvenile welfare, intelligence gather­ far outweigh any physical liabilities. learning to appreciate and use t ing and protective security policing. It has taken only a short number inherent talents and strengths of t As little as ten years ago, in the of years for Police Forces to realise other. traditionally male-dominated law en­ that policewomen are here to stay. Women's interest in police work forcement arena this involvement They are not in the force to be pro­ very real and understandable. It c would have been considered im­ tected by male officers any more provide benefits and challenges th possible. But dramatic changes have than one male partner would protect more traditionally female orient occurred in a profession where another male partner. They are jobs do not. It is a career, not mere women had never constituted more simply there to do the job, whatever a time filling gap between school ai than a small percentage of the total the job happens to be. marriage. On commencement it pi police workforce in any country. Another factor to be considered in vides equal training and salarf Australia can be justifiably proud favour of women playing an integral and the opportunity to meet ai of the fact that it was among the part in law enforcement is that just serve the community at large. It al: pioneers in the employment of over 50% of our population is offers security in today's growii women in law enforcement. In 1915 female. Therefore the presence of employment crisis, with attracth both the South Australian and the women police officers gives each holiday and sick leave benefits. 1 New South Wales Police Forces force a more balanced representa­ reality women are attracted i made their first female appoint­ tion of the public it serves. police work for similar valid reasor ments. In a survey conducted by the that men are. In the past few years attitudes American Police Foundation it was Very few studies have been coi toward the employment of found that women police officers ducted on the effect of women i policewomen have gone through two tend to defuse possible volatile situa­ policing. However, there have bee separate but major periods of tions (i.e. domestic disputes) and the an amazing number of unsupporte change. The first period brought the assumptions and statistics given i gradual acceptance of women into support of male officers as oppose police organisations because of their to female. originally specified role, that of deal­ Some of the more familiar an ing with the protection and care of often quoted include: society ha other women. However, the second reared women to be passive and nc stage has been the acceptance and active: men are rational and wome attempted integration of women in more emotional: men can hand! all aspects of policing, including crises but women fall apart: me routine general patrol work. have greater motivation to achiev Predictably, such changes must but women are not as ambitiou: bring barriers of resistance that men are capable of performing mor have had to be overcome. The difficult jobs but women are conter loudest protestations concerned the with repetitive tasks: men' traditional fear of women’s physical dominance commands respect an inabilities in circumstances where women by their passive motives cai partners are dependent on each not achieve leadership. other for their very lives. However, The Australian Capital Territor this could be well equated with the and Commonwealth Police Force physical capability of a slightly built that have now become th male officer, an officer nearing Senior Constable Susan Beat­ Australian Federal Police, have bot retirement age or an overweight and ty, 32, is a fourth generation been worthy of congratulations i out-of-condition male officer of any Australian police officer. In not being influenced by the trite e: age. 1966 she followed her father, pressions offered on women’s abilit It has only been since forward­ Sergeant 1st Class Norman to successfully perform law enforci thinking administrators have stop­ Beatty (ret.) into the NSW ment duties. ped worrying about their well-being Female officers comprised a| simply because they are women that Police Force. Constable Beatty proximately 11% of the totf it has been possible to examine the joined the A.C.T. Police in workforce of the Commonwealt inherent skills and unique benefits 1972. Police Force, deployed in both plai 16 clothes and uniform divisions: ability and not gender being the governing criteria. The Australian Capital Ter­ ritory Police, recognising the con­ tributions to be made by women in law enforcement, for some five years now has assigned women to general patrol duties and given female of­ ficers the opportunity to train as detectives. Given the opportunity to demonstrate the valuable contribu­ tions they can bring to their respec­ tive forces, the rest could depend on the women themselves. The indica­ tions are that women officers are just as capable of handling their duties as their male counterparts. As they continue to demonstrate that they can do the job. the previous negative attitudes and reactions will tend to disappear as they are ac­ cepted as full time police officers in their own right. be afforded for comment by the public including the ASSOCIATIONS’ PAGE Police Forces.
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