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Queensland Police Officer Drink Driving · The Slippery Slope

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  OK, another police officer charged with drink driving.
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  There's been, as I've spoken about before, has been quite a
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  few this year. There's a spate of them very
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  early on in the year. It seemed like before I go any
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  further, I will. I'll tell you that I think I've
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  actually met this guy before. Sounds name.
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  His face looks very familiar. Name sounds very familiar.
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  But yeah, so I think I have met him before.
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  But, and anyway, let's have a look at what's been going on.
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  Okay. So this.
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  This headline here, this came out a few days ago.
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  Actually had to buy the paper because it was all the story.
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  Didn't get a lot of a lot of coverage, a lot of media
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  coverage at all. But yeah, it was hidden, hidden
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  in one of those pay-per-view things.
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  Anyway headline officer on drink drive Sergeant drove police car
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  well four times over limit four times.
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  That is huge Queensland cop. Has been suspended from duty
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  after allegedly driving a police car drunk while on shift.
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  It's not in his own time on shift Towns.
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  Sergeant David Lynch was stood down on Monday and has since
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  been charged with driving under the influence, speeding and
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  driving dangerously. Police Will Allegedge Sergeant
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  Lynch was 56, was on duty. When he drove a police car while
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  almost four times over the limit.
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  Four times that is huge. So police will allege Sergeant
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  Lynch drove dangerously and was caught speeding.
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  Towns of Bulletin understands Sergeant Lynch was driving to
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  conduct a precious a wide load escort when the incident
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  happened earlier this year. It's understood he was taken to
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  hospital on arrival at the job OK.
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  The officer returned a blood alcohol concentration of 0.199%
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  wow, almost four times over the legal driving standard.
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  The Ethical Standards Command investigated the incident and
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  revealed on Monday Sergeant Lynch had been suspended from
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  duty and charged over the incident.
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  Now he is facing charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle
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  or adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, a
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  driving was it driving under the influence of liquor and
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  disobeying the speed limit. Sergeant Links primarily worked
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  at Townsville station and in the police Communication center.
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  He also occasionally relieved as district duty officer during the
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  later years of his career. The Ethical Standards Command
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  were contacted but said it was unable to comment as the matter
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  was before before the courts. In keeping with our commitment
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  to high standards of behavior, transparency and accountability,
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  we have undertaken to inform the public when a member of the
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  service faces serious allegations of misconduct, A
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  spokesman said. Sergeant Lynch will face court
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  on April 20. Sorry, August 22nd look.
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  As usual, a little disappointing, very
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  disappointing. I hesitated on looking on,
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  actually talking about the story because I would.
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  I'll bet you Sergeant Lynch, not to.
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  Not to make excuses for the guy, but someone with his experience,
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  I would bet you he is probably suffering from some PTSD issues.
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  Like I I did an episode talking about my own issues with PDSD
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  that I had that came from being on the job.
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  And once it all, once I realized what it was talking to the
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  psychologist and you know, they give you the diagnosis and
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  explain what it is. I'm sitting there thinking, wow,
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  so many of the guys I know sitting thinking of all the the
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  things that tell you this is what this is what happens with
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  PDSD. And I I kind of realized.
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  So many of the people I've worked with over the years, I'm
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  looking back thinking, high probability, they're got a few
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  issues with PDSD, someone with Sergeant Lynch's experience.
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  You're out there on duty, you know, and you're going to a job,
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  and yet you still take this kind of reckless, reckless behavior.
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  Not to make excuses for him, but.
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  Lynchy, you need to seek some help mate.
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  I would bet bet you that you're suffering.
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  I bet you've got some issues. OK, like I said, not to try and
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  make excuses for him, but I'd bet you've got some issues.
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  What I found is we try and not that I did this kind of stuff on
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  duty or that, but I did in my life.
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  Try and try and cover up or try and drown out.
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  The things that were bothering me, the things that were keeping
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  me awake at night, Things that kept waking me up at 2:30 nearly
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  every day for like years anyway. A couple of years.
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  The things that brought on the claustrophobia, the constant
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  memories. I would bet you he is trying to
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  drown out some of the memories, some of the things that have
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  been haunting him that he's seen on the job.
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  Get some help bro. That's all I can say.
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  And hopefully, I mean hopefully, Qps are actually supporting,
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  like I said, not to try and brush it under the carpet,
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  ridiculous thing to do, absolutely ridiculous.
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  But to me it's an obvious. It's just seems like a massive
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  cry for help and hopefully Qps are not going to let you down.
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  And I'm not saying that you shouldn't be disciplined.
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  I'm not saying you shouldn't go through the the core process or
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  anything like that. You shouldn't answer for what
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  you've done. But hopefully Qps are helping
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  helping you get the proper support that you need.
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  You've just got to realize that you need help.
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  I'm betting it's PDSD, but anyway, that's my opinion.
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  Let me know what you think. Thanks for listening to the
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  slippery slope.