TRAUMATISED BY THE JOB

摘要

I had an amazing career in the NSW Police Force. I worked in undercover policing, homicide investigation and hostage negotiation trained to Counter Terrorist Level. Prior to retiring I was working at St George Local Area Command in NSW as a Duty Officer/Inspector in charge of the daily operations of the local area command with 170 staff. I saw many horrific crimes scenes and was involved in over 150 High Risk Negotiation situations including one where a man ran at me with a carving knife and got to within 30 cm before he was arrested by tactical police. I was eventually diagnosed with PTSD and medically retired after 18 years. The murder of Kim Meredith, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in Albury. Her throat was cut, like an animal in an abattoir, and her clothes apart from her socks removed. She was left sitting under a light in a carpark.