Police recruitment crisis putting officers and community 'at risk' | 7.30

They mention briefly that police are leaving in droves but don't really mention it again. This is the most important thing they should have focused on in their investigation. What is the point of hiring new police if they are going to continue leaving. The cycle will continue until they plug the leak.

Start policing yourselves then you’ll regain public trust and it will make your job easier…then people will be more likely to consider the police department as a viable job prospect. That and pay them more(like teachers).

Maybe it's just not appealing to be a bully anymore, or to deal with workplace bullying, either.

I always cringe a little whenever I hear about soldiers and police officers being transferred from overseas, effectively turning the military and police into a kind of mercenary force. I especially hope they don't bring in any American police, since they generally lack professional standards and integrity.

I dont know. When people are getting fined for a mental lapse while driving yet there are drug dealers going unpunnished nearby (for 10 years)... people lose respect for the police. I dont know anyone who respects the police any more. I assume that would get some officers down - being unvalued, hated or when people are flat out scared of you... frenzle rhomb said it best - who'd be a cop?

How about governments create a society where crime reduces?

defund VICPOL

transparency = TRUST

I live in Canada and I saw a recruitment ad on Facebook enticing Canadians to go work as police officers in Queensland. I was surprised to see it, but this explains why.

Yeah bullies aren’t popular.

People know how awful qps is. I have personally been a victim of police brutality at the hands of qps. I think people would go in with good intentions and become wrapped up in an awful culture. Why would anyone want to ruin their life being hated by everyone and having to harrass people.

I wonder why the government treat them as political pawns

No one wants to sign up to be a tyrant - absolute shocker

Why does she have bullets in her house ? does she have the correct license ?

Low pay, huge workload which has only gotten higher with the standard expected with issues which as domestic violence, missing persons etc, much higher population with no additional police positions (so higher population to police ratio which is never spoken about when compared to nurse to patient patio), extremely poor supervision who do no assist in workload, no flexible work conditions, little prospect of climbing the ranks, highway patrol officers giving low end offending infringements to potential police or potential members of a jury, But most of all the response during the pandemic. Why would anyone want to be a police officer?

Who would want to be a cop in Victoria ? ,No one wants to be one of comrade Dans storm troopers,or tax agent .Maybe go back to police work not harassing the public and handing out bogus fines.

A few guys I have spoken to, who were police in WA, simply got sick of not seeing their efforts translate to a safer society. E.g. there is a huge issue with indigenous crime rates and nothing being done to prevent it or to punish it. The police basically just generate paperwork and watch social decay.

We do what we're told... Yeah they said that at Nuremberg to mate...

it costs Victorian taxpayers *4 billion dollars a year to run Victoria Police Corporation - let that sink in for a bit.... *edit/correction

Many police officers are now realising what this Country has become.