Police officer killed in Melbourne

[Ghiadude]

Its been revealed today that the copper pulled this guy over twice on the same night(second time when the tragedy occured). No one deserves to die doing there job.

[sbutler]

I have 3 mates in the force up here in NSW, one is very high up,& safe, one just a regular copper, & one that comes out of Goulburn police training academy next week, we have spoken about this sort of thing many times. Just be safe guys, come home every night safe & well...
To the family of the fallen, our thoughts are with you....

[Amber]

I went to Mums in Montrose yesterday all morning and we were listening to it all on the scanner. They had 2 crime scenes. One in Launching Place, and one in Mount Evelyn. Warbie Hwy was blocked off, and they were letting nobody through. I heard on the news exactly what it was. My heart sank.

It was a true wake up call knowing something of this size can happen literally 5km up the road. It puts everything into perspective.

My condolences to all that knew the Constable, and to the shooters family.


Just quickly, does anyone know anything about the incident that happened outside Safeway on Canterbury Rd in Kilsyth on Thursday night between 5pm - 6pm? We had a copper chopper flying over our place all arvo, and then I witnessed a motorbike rider crash, 10 cop cars rock up and get him, then the SWAT team arrived.

Just trying to find out what the man did.

[Psycho Chicken]

Jesus that sucks, all over a speeding ticket.

SWAT team? You mean SOG? Unless it had SWAT all over the van, which I'd suspect is part of that movie they are filming.

[LuvinmyEB]

My condolences go out to his familyand friends, especially his wife and 2 year old son. It is a very sad sign of the times.

Apparently a taxi found the XR8, and the guy was not in the car when he shot himself but had wandered further into bushland. He 'apparently' also had a psychiatric background.

Still so needless.

[tickford2001]

From an OH&S point of view - Why the single patol?
I understand the Police Force dealing with budjet cuts but the cost is far too great here.
R.I.P Senior Constable Tony Clarke

[needfordspeed]

Originally Posted by Amber

I went to Mums in Montrose yesterday all morning and we were listening to it all on the scanner. They had 2 crime scenes. One in Launching Place, and one in Mount Evelyn. Warbie Hwy was blocked off, and they were letting nobody through. I heard on the news exactly what it was. My heart sank.

It was a true wake up call knowing something of this size can happen literally 5km up the road. It puts everything into perspective.

My condolences to all that knew the Constable, and to the shooters family.


Just quickly, does anyone know anything about the incident that happened outside Safeway on Canterbury Rd in Kilsyth on Thursday night between 5pm - 6pm? We had a copper chopper flying over our place all arvo, and then I witnessed a motorbike rider crash, 10 cop cars rock up and get him, then the SWAT team arrived.

Just trying to find out what the man did.

That's like one minute away from my house, I wonder what happened.

[Sundeep]

My condolences to the officers family as well.

The police car was a blue XR6 turbo from Knox TMU. I was followed by that car last year, it's got BMC cold air intake and Herrod stickers on it.

Sundeep

[Damo]

I heard about this last night, very sad indeed.

Condolences the the Family and friends of the officer.

[Amber]

I'm not sure if it was the SWAT team, but my passenger suggested so.

It was a big black van, and 5 men jumped out with little black helmets on, totally dressed in black, with a belt on that had heaps of accessories on it, and HUGE guns, pointing them down onto this motorbike rider.

Frtiends suggest a training operation. I find that hard to swallow. Just trying to see if anyone knows/heard what exactly went down

[needfordspeed]

Originally Posted by Sundeep

My condolences to the officers family as well.

The police car was a blue XR6 turbo from Knox TMU. I was followed by that car last year, it's got BMC cold air intake and Herrod stickers on it.

Sundeep

No it was an XR8. My scanner told me so, where did you get this info from?

[CAMS290]

Originally Posted by needfordspeed

No it was an XR8. My scanner told me so, where did you get this info from?

It was a blue XR6 Turbo, saw it on the news and it didnt have a bonnet bulge !

[AdzT3-146]

yeh saw pic of the car in the herald sun, it's an xr6 turbo

[SpoolMan]

Condolences to the family, no officer should be out on the job on there own...

[needfordspeed]

Originally Posted by ef_classic

yeh saw pic of the car in the herald sun, it's an xr6 turbo

LOL that means the police stuffed up :P All the cops were looking for an xr8 that night.

I must look like a fag now :P I hate it how you get false info.

[Dez]

maybe a discussion about the car etc shouldnt really be in a thread dedicated to the officer.....

Im suprised this kind of thing hasn't happend before, because Australia is so big public transport doesn't go everywhere. Some people can't afford to lose their license, it means they have no job and they lose their home and car. Considering how unfair speed enforcement is in Victoria stuff like this is going to keep happening in my opinion.

[SpoolMan]

Originally Posted by lizardmech

Im suprised this kind of thing hasn't happend before, because Australia is so big public transport doesn't go everywhere. Some people can't afford to lose their license, it means they have no job and they lose their home and car. Considering how unfair speed enforcement is in Victoria stuff like this is going to keep happening in my opinion.

Mate you don’t get it, you can’t kill someone because you dislike speed enforcement, its voluntary don’t speed and you don’t get booked and you dont loose your licence, quite simple it’s up to you.
Now leave this thread for the Police officer who was just doing his job.

[Laminge]

Originally Posted by Dez

maybe a discussion about the car etc shouldnt really be in a thread dedicated to the officer.....

Could not agree more

For gods sake people a human life has been taken, friend of some our members, father and husband, and someone willing to put his life on the line to protect us.

People who think otherwise have no place on these forums, simple.

[XA-Coupe]

Those who know me will know this sort of thing hits me pretty hard so I will set it out plain and simple: Keep this thread about condolences now that we have found out the major details.
Anything off topic will be deleted immediately and the poster's future on the site will be discussed. It's not hard, if you don't like police that's fine by me but do not foul up a thread with these thoughts. Already we have two people who are under discussion, I do not want to make it more as that's not what we are about. Think before posting.

RIP Tony CLARKE.
To the rest of the police out there doing their job, be bloody careful !!

[rodderz]

My condolences go out to Tony, his circle of family, friends and workmates who will miss him dearly

Having a brother & sister in law pretty high up in the force involved with some pretty nasty activities and people is a bit worrying to us and to those who think Vic police need some help with issues..... remember you only get told what the media releases, there's a lot more than meets the eye. Theres 1000's of officers doing what they they want to do and it's a bad part of society that this happens to some and denies their family and friends the pleasure of the rest of their lives

[conordec]

Give the boys in blue glocks.
More power, and absolute zero tolerance.
From where I stand, (live) Australia is getting worse and worse. In china and hong kong, people actually RESPECT the police, for fear of the results of breaking the law = no breaking the law!
I am not saying the situation for Chinese is "good" but there are very few incidents that occur, and it's simply because you don't just get a slap on the wrist.
I have a few friends in the force and have a huge respect for them all.
It's a hard, underpaid, misunderstood profession that takes big b.lls to do.
This is just wrong.

Condolences all round.

Our sympathy and condolences to the family and friends of the officer killed. Having had friends and family in the police force who work tirelessly to protect and serve, yes, it is a damn hard job, with gruelling hours, crap money and can destroy families, as in this case.

[LTDHO]

I only heard about this on the news this morning and what I have read here.

There hasn't been a police shooting in ages.

So, did was the gun the officers? How did the criminal steal it?

Very sad to hear something done that is so senseless. Also the fact the crim took the cowards way out just shows what sort of guy he is!

Also, I didn't know the police pulled you over unless there were two (one at your window and one in police car).

[Amber]

He was by himself, and he had pulled the guy over 2 hours before. When he pulled him over at 1am for a breath test, there was a struggle, the shooter got ahold of the Sen Const's gun, made him lay on the ground, and shot him in the back of the head. The gunman had been at a 21st hours before (so was a chance he was over)
He was only one hour away from finishing his shift, in a job he loved that he'd being doing for 11 years. It's just such a waste, and it's not fair. They are out there putting their lives on the line, and this is how they're shown appreciation. It's downright disgusting.

I cannot imagine what his Widow must be going through. I wish all families involved the strength they need to get through this hard time.