Over the years Bairnsdale has seen some tough old school Police Officers that have kept the community in line. For the most part they were fair & just.

In recent times over the last 12-36 months we have seen the introduction of a select few ‘out of town’ new school Police Officers brought in to the Bairnsdale Community who have come from the city.

These officers have no idea how to integrate their policing skills into a regional country town and how to adjust their work habits to make a positive impact within the community rather than a negative impact which is what is currently happening.

Consistently targeting and fining locals for very minor issues or infractions such as; driving with fog lights on, not indicating for long enough and another instance where a local was travelling 10kmh under the speed limit and was threatened with a licence revision, all while it’s not uncommon for these 2 officers to block lanes of traffic and obstruct traffic while performing basic intercepts.

It is obvious these 2 officers are stereotyping and classifying people and vehicles in regard to how they appear/present and targeting them on this basis

These officers in question are causing unrest & angst in our community due to their constant intimidation & harassment of our local people of Bairnsdale.

It is a general consensus that locals were a lot happier before their arrival, and we now want them gone from the Victoria Police Highway Patrol or very least removed from our tight knit town.

One of the officers in question has also been the subject of racial inclusion with recent photos of him sporting a racial stubby cooler while drinking on a boat. The stubby holder refers to spraying the local indigenous people with VicPol pepper spray; Labelled the Bairnsdale Handshake.

They’re not fair or reasonable and show no discretion; the officers we (the community) would like to see removed are:

Singh 41565

Bowden 32823

And just to be clear for the people against this petition; this wouldn’t be a thing if these 2 weren’t so ‘gun ho’ and showed a bit of compassion when dealing with people instead of just raising revenue and boosting their numbers for personal promotion within VicPol. They’re not here FOR us they’re here AGAINST us!

They run a ‘do as I say, not as I do mentality it’s corrupt and they need to lead by example

This is not an attack on VicPol . It is directly intended to be a community voice to request there public servants stand down or be stood down from Highway Patrol & reassigned new duties; Reflecting their tyrant attitude towards the Bairnsdale Community in regard to road policing.