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Qld Police Attacked in The Valley · The Slippery Slope

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OK. I really want to talk about this
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story with that regarding police and some there's been a couple
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of violent incidents toward police officers and I don't
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think these are, I don't think they're very good at all.
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I think it's a very well, it really shows the direction the
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attitude that the public have towards police officers at the
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moment. Police shouldn't have to.
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They shouldn't be subject to violence when they're simply
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doing their job. However, I just want to go into
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some of the what I believe the reasons behind it.
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This isn't condoning any of these actions at all.
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I think it's disgusting. However, I think police in
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general, and maybe not just the police on the ground, but the
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leadership within all of the jurisdiction, state and
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territory and the federal, they need to look at their own, their
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own efforts and how they've helped.
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You know, they've, they've really fertilised the ground,
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which has created this attitude that that possibly police can
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just be treated as as punching bags.
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They've allowed this to occur. They've helped it along.
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So we'll just get into the story.
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And coming up here, we've got some comments by the QPS union,
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Queensland Police Service union representative Shane Pryor.
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OK, so this actually happened a few days ago.
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So 3 Queensland Police officers assaulted were assaulted in
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Fortitude Valley. The violent assault of three
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officers in Brisbane's nightclub precinct is further evidence of
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growing hostility towards police.
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This is what the Queensland Police Union says.
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A man and two women have been charged over the alleged serious
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assault of three officers in Fortitude Valley on Friday
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morning. That's the other thing I've
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noticed that women, and I noticed this when I was when I
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was on the job still when I was in the police, that women in me
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actually sometimes you think I was a lot more weary of the
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women that were hanging around. I always felt like there was
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more of a threat from women just coming up and trying to clock
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you then some of the blokes that were standing around.
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Anyway, it's like women have a completely different attitude
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now towards fighting and towards punching.
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They don't mind swinging a couple of punches anyway.
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I said. Police will allege the officers
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were patrolling near Brunswick Street and Wickham Street at
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about 4:00 AM before responding to a disturbance and a nearby
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business. So upon arrival, officers were
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talking to those involved in the disturbance.
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When the men and two women not involved in the disturbance have
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nothing to do with it, just stuck their nose in, they've
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approached and allegedly assaulted them.
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So they've assaulted the police. That's what they've said in a
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statement. A 30 year old male Sergeant, a
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56 year old male semi Connie, and a 30 year old female
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constable sustained injuries and were taken to hospital.
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Wow. Three on three and two of those
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alleged attackers were women. Crikey, so a 23 year old
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Caboolture man, 19 year old, a Seven Hills woman 19 and and an
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18 year old Torquay woman have been charged with two counts
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each of seriously assaulting police.
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That's ridiculous. 19 and 18 these girls.
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So Queensland Police Union president Shane Pryor said it
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was not acceptable for frontline officers tasked with protecting
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the community to be injured at work.
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We are seeing people willing to engage with police in a violent
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way, increasing no two ways about it, he said Police and not
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punching bags, respect them, respect my authority.
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So that's Shane Pryor right there.
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He sat next to me while I was doing my interview, you know,
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when they were treating me like a criminal because I didn't take
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the jab. Good old Shane was sitting right
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next to me after the police union had already signed off on
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everything and agreed with the Katarina that, you know, they
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should be able to force us all to take the jab.
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So he sat there and as support very well knowing that he
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actually supported the other side and he was part of the
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cause of it. Anyway, so he goes on to say he
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said it was disgusting to see onlookers making light of the
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situation, describing mobile phone footage of the event as
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harrowing and absolutely sickening.
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The semi Connie who was making the arrest was actually punched
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in the back of the head by a female bystander.
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That's what I just said. I felt more uncomfortable with
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some of the ladies standing around.
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So he's making the arrest. Female 118 or 19 year old
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punches him in the back of the head.
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That's you're an idiot if you do that which has seen essentially
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rendered him unconscious and he hit the ground.
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Surprised that he went through the Academy with the seat with
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the senior Connie who was who's worked with the inner City beat
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for some time. He went back to work last night
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and that should show the Queensland community had
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dedicated. He is, he said one Sergeant
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suffered. Well, there's only one Sergeant
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there. So these Sergeant suffered
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abrasions from an eye gouge. Crikey, that's, that's
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disgusting. But all officers involved are
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expected to make a full recovery.
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OK, so look, as I said, it's disgusting behaviour.
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But unfortunately I think, and this isn't just Queensland
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police issue, I think Queensland, I think police all
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over our great land have actually caused this.
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The leadership anyway have caused this issue.
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For one, they have allowed the hiring of people who should not
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be on the job. And I'm not saying any of these
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people shouldn't be on the job, But and how I'm saying why I'm
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saying this, how I'll justify this line of thought is we see
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so many police officers who they can't handle the pressure.
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So many police officers have lashed out and assaulted like
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just the other day, the indigenous male in WA standing
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there, OK, whatever he was doing, but he's standing.
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It seemed like he could hardly even stand up himself.
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You know, he seemed intoxicated. He was, he was a fairly frail
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looking fella, a young police officer, a lot taller, a lot
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bigger, a lot more feet. And by the footage, just going
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by the footage, throws him, just sweeps his legs out from
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underneath him and tosses him to the ground, which if that was
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anyone else without a uniform that would, you'd be looking at
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an assault charge, You'd be investigating an assault charge.
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And there's these things going on you had in Victoria, you had
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from years ago. There's been a heap of things in
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Victoria. But I said the other day there
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was that police officer walks up behind a guy, I think he was in
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a railway station, just grabs him and throws him, holds him
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onto the ground, cracks his head.
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And in the end, I didn't think he even got charged.
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You know, in Queensland, you had the officer Alistair N gets,
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there's an attempt, there's a, there's someone who's trying to
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do some, some crime in the area, Alistair N he's the description
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of the person. Of course he goes and picks
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someone up who doesn't fit the description because you know,
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that's what you do. Someone's got to trying to break
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into vehicles and he's got a car and wearing a black, sorry, not
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got a car, got a push bike and wearing a black hoodie.
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So according to Alastair N, you pick up the guy who's not
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pushing a push bike and not wearing a black hoodie.
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That's his intelligence. So you've got incidents like
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this that go on all the time. You've got incidents where the,
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the police officer who was caught, it seems like he's
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called drink driving, but then police screw up the charges.
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They don't do the investigation properly and they have to drop
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the charges. You have all these little
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incidents, all the, all the, the NSW cop who tases the old lady
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and she ends up dying. All these little things when
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they brought together, they're all sitting in the mind, in the
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public eye, in the, in the memory of the public.
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And police don't, sorry, the public don't look at police
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anymore and think authority and respect.
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They just look at police and think we've got thugs, we've got
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thugs. They're all thugs.
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They can't be trusted. They're just violence.
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And when they, you know, we, we don't need to respect them.
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And this has been because different hierarchies, different
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leadership have allowed, they've, they've dropped the
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standards for the people that they've allowed in because
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they're so adamant that they wanted a 5050 ratio.
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They've dropped the they've dropped the the standards and
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they get a lower class of officer officers that think it's
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OK to deal with, like the Queensland officer the other day
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dealing in stolen goods. What the heck?
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Dealing in stolen goods. You're seeing economy and you're
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dealing in stolen goods here. These kinds of things erode
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confidence in our police services nationwide.
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But leadership have allowed the erosion because they have gone
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they, they have, they have lowered standards constantly
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there instead of having a higher standard and holding out and
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making sure that we have the police that can handle the
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stresses of the jobs, Making sure they don't have officers
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who are swayed by criminal elements and making sure they
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don't have police who are just looking for what was it money
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and lifestyle. Remember, this is what
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Queensland Police Service, the union they identified.
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Well, if we want to find new people, if we want to get all
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these young people in, they're interested in money and
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lifestyle. The the problem is if you're
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just getting, if you're recruiting people, young people
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who are just interested in money and lifestyle, they're not
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serving the community, they're just serving their own selfish
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ambitions. If you want to be a police
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officer, you need to be somewhat community orientated.
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And I'm not saying that you can't be looking out for your
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own career and your own career advancement, but you also need
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to be looking out for the community and wanting to help
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people and not just chasing after things because you're
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going to be making more money. Because just because you're
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looking for the next promotion, not be going out and just, you
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know, someone getting on your nerves because they're a bit
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drunk and they're standing there.
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So you just go and knock them to the ground and drive off.
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These kinds of things all chip away at public confidence in our
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police. And This is why we have nafties
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getting in and attacking good police officers who are just
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trying to deal with the situation at 4:00 in the morning
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in the Valley in Brisbane. So Shane Pryor, OK, And all the
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other leadership, all the unions and the leadership teams, this
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has been on you, Shane Pryor. You were you were a part of the
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erosion. You're the one that you you
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mightn't have led the attack on good police officers who just
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didn't want to get the jab, but you were definitely there in the
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background sorting things out, making sure that Katarina and
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and her little cohort were able to do that job, were able to go
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in and stab people in the back. You were part of the problem.
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You lost a heap of good officers and you're part of the erosion
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of confidence. You've instigated some of these
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measures that have been brought in.
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This is just, I'm, I'm sorry, but this is what I think police
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have brought this, not police on the ground necessarily, but the
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leadership and the people that make the decisions on, on
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recruitment. They have brought this upon
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themselves by hiring people that shouldn't be in the job,
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allowing people to continue people like the LSD North to go
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and do just absolutely stupid things and then allow them in
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And then and then other good officers who, you know, might
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maybe they just don't want to get the jab or something shoving
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them out. People who actually want to
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think about things, they'll go and shove them out.
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They they will embrace officers who will do, you know, assault
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officers, like let's see what happens with this guy in Wawa
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police. Are they going to actually go
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after and investigate this properly?
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Or is this just going to be swept under the rug?
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Because that's the problem when they don't follow, when they
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don't face up to their own hypocrisy, the public just don't
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take kindly to it all and and just lose respect.
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And then the public idiot 181923 year olds are out there thinking
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that they have the right, they're justified to attack
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police because police don't respect the public.
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So the public no longer respect the police.
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And Shane Prowl, while you are right in some instances, I think
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you can also bear some of the blame.
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That's just my opinion. I'm Jay Fallon, please let me
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know what you think. Thanks for listening to the
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slippery slope. They just feel.