328:. Beaches were talked about as being an important place for police officers to show their presence in the aim of warning off people from breaching social distancing and attaining a fine. Particularly at a time where being outside is deemed at being dangerous and only for essential purposes. Some of the social distancing rules that were put in place were confusing to some. Many of the police officers were learning of these changes by finding out through the media. The Chief Executive Officer of the PFA, Scott Weber highlighted that the situation in the community was "a moving feast every day". Weber then further stated, "When the restrictions were out in place, it was quite clear it was extremely urgent and extremely necessary, and police were very clear with regards to being black and white in enforcing those restrictions". Due to the role that the police had, the restrictions were regarded to have started to work. Scott Weber also stated that "at the start it was very prescriptive, it was health orientated, and on top of that – people didn’t know where we were heading". The union backed their officers by taking the situation very seriously and were following the measures put in place for the safety of the community.
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is the issue of professionalism within the police force. This issue has been very much at the forefront of the PFA's agenda in being reached. The promotion of professionalism is currently occurring within the PFA and the PFA is actively involved in a number of these activities. These activities include; the establishment of an
Australian police service delivery code of conduct, the development of strategies and processes for the transition of training and education delivery from the vocational to the tertiary sector as well as the identification of a model and enabling mechanisms to facilitate inter-jurisdictional mobility at rank. The PFA is also undertaking the notion of untying the link between police pay and police promotion. The idea behind this movement is for police to be paid for what they do rather than officers chasing promotions, much like other sections of the workforce where rank doesn't play an important part such as the police force. This is aiming to retain experienced police officers in the force who are not promoted. It is also viewed by the union as a means of rewarding and encouraging those who are experienced and operational police officers to work in locations and jobs which are hard to fill.
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2004 survey found that 93% of police officers stated that 'caring for people with a mental illness is affecting their ability to do core work responsibilities.' Furthermore, this involvement by police with mental health in the community extends to further boundaries. There is evidence to suggest that officers spend substantial amounts of time across numerous hospitals in the emergency departments in so-called caretaker mode. This effect upon police to wait is due to having to wait for these persons of interest to be properly admitted to a health specialist who can gauged whether they are to be experiencing mental illness or a mental health crisis. These frustrations have been expressed by the Police
Federation of Australia and that they impede upon the work of many of the police officers they represent nationally.
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symptoms of mental health disorders within the community. The complexity of these issues has generated a stretch in police resources. This also includes their own mental health when it comes to dealing with these extreme and disturbing signs. Some of these extreme examples include police involved shootings of mentally ill individuals. There has been increased commentary regarding issues that officers face and their mental health. In response to this trend, many officers nationally have expressed their concerns over feeling there is a lack of necessary skills, knowledge and resources to respond and assess appropriately to individuals with mental illness. The consensus amongst officers is that this lack of resources stems from deficient
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redundancies for example, or other incidents that may implicate an officers job or livelihood, the use of the union will be necessary in defending those members and employees, should they need the services of the union. The importance of the Union is based upon the role of the federation and how important it is. The PFA has the potential to be a powerful, industrial and political influence in the field of law enforcement. While most Unions appear to have the idea of industrial unionism as the main function, this would not be the case for the
Federation as a national entity.
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Rather, the main purpose of the PFA was that of a professional association for police and law enforcement personnel. While the industrial activities were more left to the autonomous branches and/or the individuals State and territories Police Unions. An issue that has been of importance for the PFA
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