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Two Victorian boys who bashed a schoolmate and left him in a coma could face charges over the attack, which was recorded by other students on their mobile phones, police say.
Investigators said the 15-year-old year 9 student was viciously beaten at Brauer College in Warrnambool on Friday by a pair of fellow students. The footage has possibly been circulated among other students.
Detective Senior Constable Colin Ryan said the suspected attackers, one from year 9 and another from year 7, had been interviewed and could face charges of recklessly causing serious injury and assault in company.
‘‘The two offenders approached the victim. There was pushing, punching and then he got struck to the head and fell down,’’ Detective Senior Constable Ryan said.
The boy did not suffer any injuries from his head hitting the ground.
He said the footage clearly identified the offenders and would be used as an exhibit in the case.
The two offenders had been interviewed but there were other witnesses who would be spoken to throughout the week, Detective Senior Constable Ryan said.
But he said there was little police could do to suppress the distribution of the footage.
‘‘It’s a modern day thing, isn’t it? It can be flashed around the world in five seconds. The fact that it’s in the phone network, we can’t do anything about it,’’ he said.
Paramedics who arrived at the school rushed the victim to hospital where he was admitted to the intensive care unit and placed in an induced coma.
Detective Senior Constable Ryan said it was initially feared that the victim had suffered serious head injuries.
"It was thought it could be very serious and involve bleeding on the brain. Scans were done and it was found the victim had suffered severe concussion," he said.
"The victim was placed in an induced coma on Friday afternoon. He came out of intensive care on Sunday and is in a general ward."
It is understood the student was discharged from hospital yesterday and is recovering at home.
The Warrnambool Standard reported the victim was new to the school this year and had been the victim of bullying.
But Brauer College principal Julie Myers defended her school’s handling of conflict among its students, saying bad behaviour was not tolerated at the school.
"It is extremely disappointing when the actions of a few reflect on a school of more than 1200 students," she said.
"As soon as we became aware of this matter, we contacted the relevant authorities, organised immediate medical attention and the respective parents were promptly notified.
"Two students have been suspended in relation to the incident. The matter is being investigated by police and we are continuing to co-operate.
"We are in constant touch with the boy’s family and continue to offer any required support."
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Bikies may have been involved in club bashing
After a 3 week security training course security personnel are posted, more often than not at the frontline of violent and unacceptable social behaviour. It can be a very dangerous job – even for the most experienced. This danger is exacerbated with the fact that security personnel are not given any more powers (legal) than that of the general public and as you will see in the below article, there is no respect or any regard for ‘life’.
Police are investigating whether bikies were involved in a Melbourne nightclub bashing that left five staff members in hospital.
Police say five men entered the premises of the King Street club in Melbourne’s CBD sometime after 6am (AEDT) but the group was asked to leave as the bar was closing.
A fight broke out and several of the employees were assaulted.
Advertisement: Story continues below ‘‘We’re talking with witnesses and trying to see if a bikie gang was involved,’’ a police spokeswoman told AAP.
Five people were treated in hospital with minor injuries varying from cuts and bruises to a broken jaw.
Police are urging anyone who saw the assaults to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au
Police are investigating whether bikies were involved in a Melbourne nightclub bashing that left five staff members in hospital.
Police say five men entered the premises of the King Street club in Melbourne’s CBD sometime after 6am (AEDT) but the group was asked to leave as the bar was closing.
A fight broke out and several of the employees were assaulted.
Advertisement: Story continues below ‘‘We’re talking with witnesses and trying to see if a bikie gang was involved,’’ a police spokeswoman told AAP.
Five people were treated in hospital with minor injuries varying from cuts and bruises to a broken jaw.
Police are urging anyone who saw the assaults to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit crimestoppers.com.au
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Training fails police, report says
A SECRET police report has exposed failed training methods that have left officers without the skills to defuse violent and potentially fatal confrontations.
The report avoids specific cases but clearly relates to tragedies such as the fatal shooting of teenager Tyler Cassidy in 2008.
It reveals that Victorian police were not properly taught how to "cordon and contain" an armed and violent person, when to call on specially trained officers for help and how to deal with the mentally ill.
The findings are likely to be examined at several coronial inquests into police shootings, including next week's inquest into the Tyler Cassidy shooting in December 2008.
The report has been released to the Federation of Community Legal Centres under freedom of information laws. Revelation of its contents follows several controversial incidents involving police use of Tasers and capsicum spray nationwide, including two cases in Victoria in which police were forced to defend using capsicum spray on a girl, 13, and a boy, 12, in separate incidents. Both teenagers were armed and aggressive.
The report, which Superintendent Mick Williams prepared in July last year, is being used as part of an overhaul of police training in Victoria.
In a list of damning findings, it criticises a "training void" that has left some inspectors, senior sergeants and sergeants "abrogating their responsibility'' by failing to take charge or ''effectively monitor'' incidents involving confrontations between police and violent people.
As recently as early 2009, police training had a "disproportionate focus" on the use of guns, batons and capsicum spray instead of conflict resolution and better communication, the report states. Before July 2009, "there was far too great an emphasis placed on firearms and other defensive tactics", Superintendent Williams found.
"In effect, there has been over a decade of policing in Victoria where operational police have not been exposed to the fundamentals underpinning police operational safety training,'' the report says.
"Although most of the research concerning the nature of training has been completed, there are still incomplete matters regarding the appropriateness of staff selection and instructors [who train police]."
The report also notes "lack of cohesion between middle-level management and [more senior staff]'' at the force's operational training facility.
Mr Williams's findings, made after his earlier review of recent police shootings, avoids specific cases but is relevant to the circumstances of some shootings.
The slightly-built Tyler Cassidy was allegedly distressed, aggressive, armed with two knives and taunting police to kill him when officers chased him into a park and sprayed him twice with capsicum spray.
Police shot him after he allegedly advanced on them.
A sergeant at a nearby police station had issued a "cordon and contain" order shortly before the shooting. The report says that until police training was revised in July last year, police often had a poor understanding of how a ''cordon and contain'' operation could buy time and defuse a confrontation.
"On the available evidence, it seems the term 'containment' has been taken literally by some members, which resulted in impulsive actions that 'box' in the subject. This is particularly evident when dealing with a vulnerable person in open space," the report found.
Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said force command backed Superintendent Williams's findings and that the revised training program included lessons on communicating, conflict resolution and identifying and managing vulnerable people.
"Police tell me they are far better equipped to deal with situations than they were before,'' Mr Walshe said.
''They believe that the training around verbal communication, the awareness package around mental health, has better prepared them.''
Mr Walshe also said the force had moved to address the report's finding that an "absence" of training had left some senior police unable to assume effective "command and control" of an incident.
Superintendent Williams's report says many supervisors ''have either not received refresher training or, for that matter, any command and control training at all''.
The report avoids specific cases but clearly relates to tragedies such as the fatal shooting of teenager Tyler Cassidy in 2008.
It reveals that Victorian police were not properly taught how to "cordon and contain" an armed and violent person, when to call on specially trained officers for help and how to deal with the mentally ill.
The findings are likely to be examined at several coronial inquests into police shootings, including next week's inquest into the Tyler Cassidy shooting in December 2008.
The report has been released to the Federation of Community Legal Centres under freedom of information laws. Revelation of its contents follows several controversial incidents involving police use of Tasers and capsicum spray nationwide, including two cases in Victoria in which police were forced to defend using capsicum spray on a girl, 13, and a boy, 12, in separate incidents. Both teenagers were armed and aggressive.
The report, which Superintendent Mick Williams prepared in July last year, is being used as part of an overhaul of police training in Victoria.
In a list of damning findings, it criticises a "training void" that has left some inspectors, senior sergeants and sergeants "abrogating their responsibility'' by failing to take charge or ''effectively monitor'' incidents involving confrontations between police and violent people.
As recently as early 2009, police training had a "disproportionate focus" on the use of guns, batons and capsicum spray instead of conflict resolution and better communication, the report states. Before July 2009, "there was far too great an emphasis placed on firearms and other defensive tactics", Superintendent Williams found.
"In effect, there has been over a decade of policing in Victoria where operational police have not been exposed to the fundamentals underpinning police operational safety training,'' the report says.
"Although most of the research concerning the nature of training has been completed, there are still incomplete matters regarding the appropriateness of staff selection and instructors [who train police]."
The report also notes "lack of cohesion between middle-level management and [more senior staff]'' at the force's operational training facility.
Mr Williams's findings, made after his earlier review of recent police shootings, avoids specific cases but is relevant to the circumstances of some shootings.
The slightly-built Tyler Cassidy was allegedly distressed, aggressive, armed with two knives and taunting police to kill him when officers chased him into a park and sprayed him twice with capsicum spray.
Police shot him after he allegedly advanced on them.
A sergeant at a nearby police station had issued a "cordon and contain" order shortly before the shooting. The report says that until police training was revised in July last year, police often had a poor understanding of how a ''cordon and contain'' operation could buy time and defuse a confrontation.
"On the available evidence, it seems the term 'containment' has been taken literally by some members, which resulted in impulsive actions that 'box' in the subject. This is particularly evident when dealing with a vulnerable person in open space," the report found.
Deputy Commissioner Kieran Walshe said force command backed Superintendent Williams's findings and that the revised training program included lessons on communicating, conflict resolution and identifying and managing vulnerable people.
"Police tell me they are far better equipped to deal with situations than they were before,'' Mr Walshe said.
''They believe that the training around verbal communication, the awareness package around mental health, has better prepared them.''
Mr Walshe also said the force had moved to address the report's finding that an "absence" of training had left some senior police unable to assume effective "command and control" of an incident.
Superintendent Williams's report says many supervisors ''have either not received refresher training or, for that matter, any command and control training at all''.
Yet another study shows CPR is better without mouth-to-mouth
Yet another study shows CPR is better without mouth-to-mouth - October 05, 2010
Yet another study has shown that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by lay people that does not include mouth-to-mouth breathing yields a better chance of survival for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital. But even with the technique, which improves the odds of survival by as much as 60%, a person's chances of survival are still "dismal," less than about 15%, Arizona researchers reported Tuesday. Among the reasons for poor survival are delays in getting resuscitation started, the unwillingness of lay people to use CPR, and lack of knowledge about how to do it.
There are many reasons why mouth-to-mouth may not be advisable for lay people, beyond the fact that many simply do not want to perform it. Among other things, there is a rapid deterioration of blood flow that occurs during even brief disruptions of chest pumping, the long ramp-up time for resumption of normal flow when compressions are begun again after a pause, the significant amount of time necessary to perform breathing and the critical importance of keeping blood flow to the brain going during a heart attack. Moreover, most heart attack victims gasp for air every 15 to 20 seconds, and that provides more oxygen than mouth-to-mouth, experts said.
About 300,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year. Survival rates are highly variable, but are consistently low.
In 2007, a Japanese study showed that compression-only CPR could nearly double the survival rate among patients who had a witnessed cardiac arrest. In July, two studies, one in Washington and one in Sweden, found similar results.
In 2005, health authorities in Arizona began a campaign to increase the use of CPR by bystanders, emphasizing the use of compression-only CPR for those who were reluctant to touch lips. In Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Assn., Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow of the Arizona Department of Health Services and his colleagues reported results from that effort. The team analyzed data on 4,415 adults in the state who suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrests between January 2005 and December 2009. Emergency responders were trained to determine whether a patient had been given CPR by a bystander and, if so, what form it took.
The team found that survival to hospital discharge occurred in only 5.2% of those who received no bystander CPR, 7.8% of those who received conventional CPR and 13.3% of those who received compression-only CPR. During the period, the proportion of cardiac arrest victims who received bystander CPR rose from 28.2% to 39.9%, presumable because of the public awareness campaign. Among those who received CPR, the proportion receiving compression-only CPR rose from 19.6% to 75.9%.
The American Heart Assn. and other groups now recommend that bystanders who do not wish to perform mouth-to-mouth be encouraged to give compression-only CPR. New guidelines for CPR are expected to be issued later this month and they will most likely give greater emphasis to compression-only CPR.
-- Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times
Yet another study has shown that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) by lay people that does not include mouth-to-mouth breathing yields a better chance of survival for people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital. But even with the technique, which improves the odds of survival by as much as 60%, a person's chances of survival are still "dismal," less than about 15%, Arizona researchers reported Tuesday. Among the reasons for poor survival are delays in getting resuscitation started, the unwillingness of lay people to use CPR, and lack of knowledge about how to do it.
There are many reasons why mouth-to-mouth may not be advisable for lay people, beyond the fact that many simply do not want to perform it. Among other things, there is a rapid deterioration of blood flow that occurs during even brief disruptions of chest pumping, the long ramp-up time for resumption of normal flow when compressions are begun again after a pause, the significant amount of time necessary to perform breathing and the critical importance of keeping blood flow to the brain going during a heart attack. Moreover, most heart attack victims gasp for air every 15 to 20 seconds, and that provides more oxygen than mouth-to-mouth, experts said.
About 300,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year. Survival rates are highly variable, but are consistently low.
In 2007, a Japanese study showed that compression-only CPR could nearly double the survival rate among patients who had a witnessed cardiac arrest. In July, two studies, one in Washington and one in Sweden, found similar results.
In 2005, health authorities in Arizona began a campaign to increase the use of CPR by bystanders, emphasizing the use of compression-only CPR for those who were reluctant to touch lips. In Tuesday's Journal of the American Medical Assn., Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow of the Arizona Department of Health Services and his colleagues reported results from that effort. The team analyzed data on 4,415 adults in the state who suffered out-of-hospital cardiac arrests between January 2005 and December 2009. Emergency responders were trained to determine whether a patient had been given CPR by a bystander and, if so, what form it took.
The team found that survival to hospital discharge occurred in only 5.2% of those who received no bystander CPR, 7.8% of those who received conventional CPR and 13.3% of those who received compression-only CPR. During the period, the proportion of cardiac arrest victims who received bystander CPR rose from 28.2% to 39.9%, presumable because of the public awareness campaign. Among those who received CPR, the proportion receiving compression-only CPR rose from 19.6% to 75.9%.
The American Heart Assn. and other groups now recommend that bystanders who do not wish to perform mouth-to-mouth be encouraged to give compression-only CPR. New guidelines for CPR are expected to be issued later this month and they will most likely give greater emphasis to compression-only CPR.
-- Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times
Friday, September 10, 2010
Police to take back the streets - Good news for security
THOUSANDS of extra police will be deployed over the weekend as part of a trans-Tasman blitz on alcohol abuse and violence.
Senior police say it's time to curb a culture of excessive alcohol consumption which is costing Australia $36 billion a year.
"We've actually got to start saying no to excessive drinking, drunken violence and anti-social behaviour," NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
Officers in every state and territory, as well as in New Zealand, will take part in Operation Unite from Friday to Sunday, deliberately targeting licensed premises and known trouble spots, targeting drunks, criminal and anti-social behaviour. .
In Victoria tonight and tomorrow, hundreds of police will take to the streets of Melbourne’s CBD, as well as Moonee Ponds, Hawthorn, Prahran and St Kilda areas.
Transit police will be targeting alcohol-related offences on city trains and trams as well as major CBD stations.
Licensing police will be visiting bars, pubs and nightclubs to ensure patron safety, and the State Highway Patrol will be flooding roads to crack down on drink-driving and poor driver behaviour.
Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said Operation Unite aims to demonstrate the united resolve of police commissioners to change Australia and New Zealand’s culture of binge drinking in public places.
"This is the second time police have come together for a weekend of action on alcohol-related violence and behaviour and we are doing this to send a clear message – we have had enough," Mr Overland said.
"Police will not put up with drunken, anti-social behaviour and related violence. We are committed to tackling this issue and we are committed to tackling a culture that permits drunken behaviour.
"But we can’t do this alone – to make a change we need to act as a community.
"We all must take responsibility. Friends must take responsibility for the behaviour of their friends– family members must take responsibility for sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. And most importantly, individuals must take responsibility for their alcohol intake and behaviour.
"What we want is to create safe cities for everyone to enjoy at all times of day and night."
Victoria Police arrested almost 400 people for drunkenness as part of Operation Unite in December last year. Police visited 1563 licensed venues across the state and detected 83 liquor licensing offences, with 23 of those found in Melbourne. More than 110 people were issued with banning notices, excluding them from pubs and clubs in the designated CBD for 48 hours.
Marine police and highway patrol officers will also carry out additional breath tests.
But Australian police commissioners say communities need to play their own part in helping change Australia's entrenched binge-drinking culture.
"Certainly we're committed to tackling the effects of alcohol misuse but I've got to say, we can't do it alone," Mr Scipione told reporters.
"We're looking to the community to also make a stand and push for a change in culture and acceptable standards of behaviour in this area.
Mr Scipione pointed to a report published recently by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation that says the total cost of alcohol misuse to Australian communities is $36 billion.
Part of that includes the cost to emergency service personnel.
Senior police say it's time to curb a culture of excessive alcohol consumption which is costing Australia $36 billion a year.
"We've actually got to start saying no to excessive drinking, drunken violence and anti-social behaviour," NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
Officers in every state and territory, as well as in New Zealand, will take part in Operation Unite from Friday to Sunday, deliberately targeting licensed premises and known trouble spots, targeting drunks, criminal and anti-social behaviour. .
In Victoria tonight and tomorrow, hundreds of police will take to the streets of Melbourne’s CBD, as well as Moonee Ponds, Hawthorn, Prahran and St Kilda areas.
Transit police will be targeting alcohol-related offences on city trains and trams as well as major CBD stations.
Licensing police will be visiting bars, pubs and nightclubs to ensure patron safety, and the State Highway Patrol will be flooding roads to crack down on drink-driving and poor driver behaviour.
Chief Commissioner Simon Overland said Operation Unite aims to demonstrate the united resolve of police commissioners to change Australia and New Zealand’s culture of binge drinking in public places.
"This is the second time police have come together for a weekend of action on alcohol-related violence and behaviour and we are doing this to send a clear message – we have had enough," Mr Overland said.
"Police will not put up with drunken, anti-social behaviour and related violence. We are committed to tackling this issue and we are committed to tackling a culture that permits drunken behaviour.
"But we can’t do this alone – to make a change we need to act as a community.
"We all must take responsibility. Friends must take responsibility for the behaviour of their friends– family members must take responsibility for sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. And most importantly, individuals must take responsibility for their alcohol intake and behaviour.
"What we want is to create safe cities for everyone to enjoy at all times of day and night."
Victoria Police arrested almost 400 people for drunkenness as part of Operation Unite in December last year. Police visited 1563 licensed venues across the state and detected 83 liquor licensing offences, with 23 of those found in Melbourne. More than 110 people were issued with banning notices, excluding them from pubs and clubs in the designated CBD for 48 hours.
Marine police and highway patrol officers will also carry out additional breath tests.
But Australian police commissioners say communities need to play their own part in helping change Australia's entrenched binge-drinking culture.
"Certainly we're committed to tackling the effects of alcohol misuse but I've got to say, we can't do it alone," Mr Scipione told reporters.
"We're looking to the community to also make a stand and push for a change in culture and acceptable standards of behaviour in this area.
Mr Scipione pointed to a report published recently by the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation that says the total cost of alcohol misuse to Australian communities is $36 billion.
Part of that includes the cost to emergency service personnel.
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