Police Inaction & Rhetoric

On December 8 2009, I went to a local 7/11 store at about 5.15PM to fill my car with Petrol. Out of the 7/11 store came a man and a woman and a young Child. The Man started waving his arms around and yelling at the woman and the Young Child, as I approached the store the man grabbed the woman by the Blouse in a very aggressive way and the woman began to cry, all this happened with the young child by their side. I Entered the Store and told the Attendant he should call the Police as this situation was becoming very serious, the Police were called and given the Registration Number of the Vehicle the People were driving. A woman who entered the Store said she knew the people involved and could give us the Address of Where the People Lived.

  I then Left The Store to attend a gym class after which I went to the Local Police Station to tell them I had witnessed the family Violence incident outside the 7/11 Store, I gave the Police my name and Phone Number to contact me so I Could give them information on the Assault.

 Later that day I got a call from a Policewoman saying that a van from a neighboring Police Station had attended the Store. I Then Rang that Police Station and told them I had witnessed The Incident and gave them my name and Phone Number.  The next day I went to the police station where the police car was dispatched from and spoke to a police woman at the Counter. She seemed very disinterested; I said to her that in these cases Police have the Power to apply for an Intervention order on behalf of the woman who was being threatened. The Police woman said she was unaware of this Police Power and said it was up to the Woman to apply for an Intervention Order from the Court.

The Police woman then said there were strict Guidelines that the Police had to follow to gain an Intervention Order; an Order wouldn't apply if the couple wasn't actually in a relationship, the Police Woman's attitude was one of  Complete Disinterest. Later that day I rang the Police Station again and this time spoke to a Police Officer who had actually attended the incident at the 7/11 store. I gave Him My name and Phone Number and told him I had witnessed the family Violence Incident out the Front of the 7/11 store. He thanked me and I have heard nothing from the Police since that Time.

   On The Morning of June The 1st 2010 I was again at The Gym and other members were saying that they had heard of a Fire at a Local Service Station. On The Way Home I called Into The Local Supermarket and saw what had happened at The Service Station Next to The Supermarket (Pictured Left).


A woman had been stabbed and set alight, It was not The Police who tried to come to the Woman's Aid but a number of Very Brave Members Of The Public. Tragically the Woman Died later that Night and Her Male Partner was Charged By Police With Her Murder.

 On The Television and in Local Newspapers a Senior Policeman said that they were taking a Zero Tolerance To Family Violence and The Force needed to take a Tough approach To Offenders.

Ironically The Police officer was from The Same Police Station that I approached the Police Woman at The Front Desk at, Over The Dec 9 2009 Family Violence Incident at the 7/11 Store. Somehow I Don't Think The Rhetoric Really Matched The Reality.