Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association to coincide with my resignation from SAPOL, my last day of service being February 2, 2005.
Regards
Darren Niblett
Det Snr Const 2822/8
Murray Bridge CIB
Dear Andy
I finally have time to advise the Police Association officially of my resignation from SAPOL. It was a very big decision and one not taken lightly, but I saw no other option, given that LWOP and LSL were not being approved.
I wish to thank the association for being there in the past and wish the staff and all SAPOL members well with their endeavours.
Who knows where the search for greener pastures will take me.
Regards
Glenn Shuttle
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association effective February 16, 2005.
In my 28 years’ service I have enjoyed both highs and lows and would not have traded most of those experiences. I leave with no regrets and grateful for my association with many individuals.
The association I thank for its support and assistance, as I feel that there is often little recognition of its efforts.
To those who remain, enjoy the experiences and look after the officer next to you, but don’t overstay your use-by date. I have come to realize there are vast opportunities out there and we often understate our own value.
Though I have departed the ranks, I will continue my association with SAPOL as I have taken on the role of senior OHS co-ordinator for SAPOL.
Please see this as an opportunity to utilize an ally with safety by using someone who has some understanding of the job.
I look forward to a continued association.
Marc Deer
Sergeant 745/0
Now Senior OHS Co-ordinator
Health Safety & Welfare Branch
Marc.Deer@police.sa.gov.au
Dear Andy
On March 9, 2005, I retired from the South Australian police department. I no longer have any association with the police department, or the need to be a member of the Police Association.
Please accept my resignation as of the receipt of this letter.
David William Norris
Ex-Police Constable
2968/7
Dear Sir
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association, my last day of service being March 13, 2005, completing 30 years’ service.
In December 2002, I contracted an illness which has left me unable to work.
Many thanks to Michael Hogg and staff of the Police Super Fund, and Trevor Haskell of Welfare Branch, for your support in the past two years. Thanks also to the Comms staff who have been there for me during my illness – you know who you are, and you are the ones who make the system work.
I am taking one day at a time, working to get my health improved to a stage where I can begin to enjoy what retirement truly offers.
Kind regards
Kerry Hodgens
Snr Const
Police Communications
Dear Andy
I hereby tender my resignation from the Police Association. My last day of service was March 16, 2005.
To all the men and women I have met, and worked and laughed with, I wished it could never end.
Would I do it all again? Yes, without hesitation.
Look after yourselves and enjoy the rest of your careers. It’s a jungle out there.
To Tom Scheffler and the Police Association, I will always be deeply indebted for your professional services.
Thanks for the memories
Kym Presgrave
Detective Sergeant
Major Crime
Dear Andy
Please arrange for cancellation of my membership with the Police Association effective March 17, 2005, as I resigned from SAPOL on the date.
Thank you
Ian Browne
Dear Andy
Please accept this letter of resignation from the Police Association of SA. My last day of active service in SAPOL was March 27, 2005.
I have monumental confidence in the association and its professionalism in relation to all members. Persevere with the extraordinary work.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the job, from day one (Course 128, April 27, 1978) to one month short of 27 years later.
I experienced work at Christies Beach, Darlington/Sturt, SIB, Drug Squad, MCIB, et al.
Having worked the majority of my career within the Intelligence portfolios, I identify that Intelligence personnel are, in fact, the spinal cord of the department. And, in my opinion, other uniform members are the backbone. Both areas merit supplementary acknowledgment.
My last seven years or so have been at Major Crime Investigation Branch, a great dedicated team of workers. I am grateful to all the personnel at MCIB for putting up with and supporting me for the period I was stationed there.
Notable appreciation to ex-DSSs Trevor Couch and Ritchie Baird, who were exceedingly helpful with family matters when I was overcome with a life-threatening illness in 2001-02. This illness (still unknown what it was) caused me to spend five weeks in intensive care and a further six months off work rehabilitating (not the best way to lose 14kg).
Exceptional affection to my wonderful wife, Jennifer, who was there with/for me throughout my ordeal.
I am still a bit dodgy in some health matters, but I am alive and enjoying life to the fullest.
This illness has influenced my decision to retire.
From the bottom of my heart, I also want to express gratitude to those top-quality members who accomplished the house clean-up and other working bees during my convalescence.
For all, and in particular MCIB: it is 1500, and the clock will always be stuck on 1500 – time for me to hang up my profiles and CRIs and go home.
Jenny and I have relocated permanently to Tasmania to enjoy some idyllic serenity.
Just think about it: kookaburras for alarm clocks and freshly cooked trout for breakfast.
You are most welcome to visit our little piece of Tassie.
To the members and associates whom I consider to be good friends, you all know who you are so I won’t name names. I care deeply for each and every one of you.
I sincerely hope all current and former members realize their aspirations in the job and in life.
Dave “Scarbs” Scarborough
Snr Const, 3382/8
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association effective March 30, 2005, my last day of service with SAPOL.
I have accepted a solicitor/ prosecutor position – commencing April 11, 2005 – with the DPP.
I wish to thank all at the association for the fine work that has been done on my behalf over my career.
I leave SAPOL with fond memories, many adventures (and some misadventures) and many life-long friendships. After 21 years of service it was a difficult decision to leave, but at the end of the day, in the words of Voltaire: “We must all cultivate our own garden.”
To all I have worked with, good luck in the future with your careers in SAPOL and I am sure our paths again will cross.
Robert Trevarrow
SCIG 309/2
Holden Hill Criminal Justice
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association as my last day of service within SAPOL was April 8, 2005. I am retiring on invalidity.
I thank the association for its financial assistance it gave in relation to civil litigation I instigated as a result of my injury some 12 years ago. We have now reached an out-of-court settlement with the defendants and, as part of that settlement, I have to retire from SAPOL.
Thank you to the many people I have met through the job over the past 27 years. To my former partners and team mates, it has been awesome and I leave with many fond memories. For the past 12 years, a huge thank you to Elizabeth police station personnel.
Had it not been for your support, words of encouragement and camaraderie, I would not be here now. It has been a huge strain on me and my family, not only physically but also mentally.
Special thanks to Sgt Chris Gill and Sen Sgt John Newton, with whom I shared an office. Both of you were always there for me – to listen; a shoulder to cry on, literally. Your support is and was certainly appreciated.
To OHS manager, Jeff Lord, thank you. You had my best interests at heart.
To Michael Hogg of Police Superannuation, thank you for all your assistance in gaining me all my entitlements, some of which were not expected.
To Ian Hutchinson, my private rehab officer, thank you – you are genuine and caring.
To my solicitors at Johnston Withers, thank you – it has been a learning experience.
To all my friends, the job is getting busier and harder. Good luck in the future and, one day, may you all retire healthy and happy.
To one and all
Goodbye
Mark Benz
Det Snr Const
Elizabeth Investigations
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association. Due to invalidity, my last day of service with SAPOL is April 14, 2005.
To Peter and all the gang at the association, thank you for all the hard work you have done over the years.
To all the members that I have come in contact with over the past 34 years, it’s been a pleasure to have worked with you. The good times have outweighed the bad 10,000 to one.
One chapter ends and another starts. A trip around Australia is about to begin.
All the best for the future
TD Ebert
Sgt 2063/5
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association of South Australia, effective April 14, 2005, which was my last day with SAPOL.
I thank everyone I have worked with during my time in the job, particularly those at Victor Harbor police station.
I just hope that, one day, the department will realize the need for extra officers in the Victor Harbor area to reduce the amount of stress and demand on these hard-working officers.
Unfortunately, I was in the wrong place at the wrong time and wish things had worked out differently for me but, hey, that’s life.
I thank the Police Association for all of its help – it really is a worthwhile organization.
To all of those in course 23, thanks for the memories. Those short six months back in 2000 truly were some of the best times of my life.
I have taken up a full-time position – which was too good to pass up – as a wife and mother of two.
Take care and good luck to all in the future.
Yours sincerely
Trudy Fischer (née Kerr)
Constable 4896/1
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association effective April 27, 2005, as this is the date of my resignation from SAPOL.
After some 18-and-a-half years, my heart is no longer in the job so I am moving on. My postings over the years have been diverse but the majority was spent in the country. For those of you who have never worked in the bush, I highly recommend it.
I leave with a touch of sadness but have enough war stories stored away in the brain to fill more than a book and cause a laugh over a beer or three. Not only was it comical taskings but the range of characters that I have worked with throughout my career that never ceased to amaze or confuse me.
I thank you at the association for all your efforts with pay rises and the improvement of conditions over the years – also for that little gem downstairs known as the Police Club. Many a drink and good time were had down there, and I only hope it returns to its glory days of the ’80s and ’90s, when the pay-night disco was the place to be.
When I joined, we were a police force. This changed to police department and then went on to become the police service. Now we are SAPOL.
Well, I checked the dictionary and I couldn’t find what a SAPOL was. As a last resort, I asked a manager and he assured me that SAPOL was our corporate identity.
My point is that I left a corporation to join the police, not some politically correct corporate identity. If you have any doubts, please read section 6 of the SOA, which simply says: “…assaulted…a member of the police force.”
Maybe a return to some of our core roots wouldn’t be such a bad thing.
Take care all. I will miss you, along with the job.
John Holdrich
Senior Constable
1725/7
Dear Andy
Please accept my resignation from the Police Association in conjunction with my resignation from SAPOL, effective May 4, 2005.
Garran Donnellan
8358/2
Murray Bridge Police
Dear Andy
Please be advised that I am retiring from SAPOL with my last day of service being May 20, 2005.
Graham D Hill
Snr Const, 3309/9
Crime Scene Investigator
NELSA Crime Scene
Port Pirie
