Is this Tyler Cassidy’s Legacy

July 31st 2009

Tyler Cassidy's Funeral

Is this the Tyler Cassidy legacy?
SCATHING criticism of Victoria Police’s weapons training could delay the planned issue of semi-automatic guns to every officer.

Office of Police Integrity [OPI] director Michael Strong accused the force of woefully neglecting training to stop officers relying too heavily on guns and other weapons.

Mr Strong said Victoria Police urgently needed to improve training to ensure it became a priority to try to resolve incidents without resorting to weapons.

WHAT THE OPI REPORT FOUND

THERE could be up to 70 per cent more incidents of police using force than the just below 5000 a year figure Victoria Police admits to.

IT is not possible to say how often police use force because the official recording system is antiquated and under-resourced.

TRAINING is geared to teach officers how to use weapons rather than teaching communication skills to reduce the use of force.

THERE has been no police training to handle people with mental disorders since 2006, despite this being a factor in 11 police shootings from 2005-08.

A RECENT review of shootings found officers had a communication style that tended to inflame situations rather than defuse them.

The West Australian Police Union has vehemently defended the use of stun guns after an Aboriginal man caught fire after being tasered in the state’s far east.

Police Internal Affairs is investigating a recent incident involving 36-year-old Ronald Mitchell in the Goldfields town of Warburton.

It is alleged Mr Mitchell was threatening officers with a container of fuel and a cigarette lighter when he was tasered.

Mr Mitchell burst into flames and suffered third degree burns to his face, arms and chest. He remains in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital’s burns unit.

Now that really is smart policing; tasering someone whilst they allegedly threaten you with highly flammable fluid….!!!

The question is, ‘will police in this country heed the warning signs or simply ignore them?’

We already know young offenders whether guilty or not are unable to get bail conditions and are locked away for 18 hours a day in detention centres. Poorly managed and sadly lacking staff.

Kids are trapped in a downward spiral with no hope of help. The result. A life of crime.

This is especially true in NSW where the state government can hardly afford to pay for its cafe latte’s in MacQuarie Street. Check out ‘kids doing time’ Are politicians more concerned with votes than rights?

What is it about tolerating fools?

The cretins at 2Day FM

How dumb are they?

A storm has erupted, and quite rightly so, at the idotic antics of an overweight, overpaid cretin and his dumb blonde sidekick [seen pictured]. After forcing a 14 yr old girl to take some stupid on air lie detector game; she revealed she had been raped two years earlier. Click here for audio.

Interviewing children and seeking a lie detector test to discover publicly whether or not they have experienced sex is in itself close to insanity on behalf of the perpetrators. How it got broadcast is beyond understanding.

A press release was issued recently to all media by 2DayFM’s General Manager stating that The Kyle and Jackie O Show is in recess. [Recess!!!! what the hell is that, some schoolground terminology!!!]

The press release reads as follows:

Kyle Sandilands’ management has advised Austereo that he is unable to perform his duties on-air at this time. Further, following a great deal of consideration and having consulted Jackie O and all stakeholders, Austereo has formed the view that it is in the interest of all parties, for the Kyle & Jackie O Show to go into recess until we have completed an across-the-networks review of the principles and protocols of our interaction with our audience.
Jenny Parkes
Austereo Sydney General Manager

This review commenced last Wednesday 29 July 2009.

Austereo will not make any further comment until the review is completed.

Well that says nothing really does it. This guy, Sandilands, is not very well liked in Australia and how he keeps his position as a shock jock is beyond me. As for the blonde sidekick, Jackie O [for oaf] at least sounded sympathetic to the girls revelation. The mother of the girl is equally stupid and pity the girl for having her as a mother. No doubt, as kids do, probably loves her mother. It might be doubtful though she will forgive her for such an ordeal.

Its not the first time this fool Sandilands has been scorned. Check out media watch for some truth on the cretin. At least TCN 9 has pissed him off from Idol….

Of course voting with your feet is the best way to treat 2Day FM, tune in to another dumb commercial station. Talk back radio is so yesterday, yet still continues its popularity amongst the plebs in our society. Laws [almost deceased] and Jones regularly entertain the rednecks and racists and openly incite reaction to their on air rants. Cmon ACMA [Australian Communication and Media Authority] sharpen your teeth, if you have any.

Both Qantas and Optus should consider spending their advertising dollar somewhere else.

Quantum Images

Well not quite quantum but the tiny world that surrounds us is not always invisible to the naked eye. It just takes a little visual patience and more importantly, opening our eyes!

I did not take these images, although I do have some examples of macro shots in my portfolio. These shown here are much better than the ones I have attempted, no doubt this photographer had a better macro lens. The colours are vibrant and the story is with the viewer. I looked at some and saw the beauty of water portrayed as diamonds, glittering brightly in the early morning sun.

Often we see images of the bigger picture, you know, galaxies, nebula etc etc. But if we took time to look inward there are many amazing shots to have. These are but a few examples.

Have you ever tried macro photography? If not why not?  Have you ever considered getting in real close? Has it never occured to you to step in rather than step back? If you have not got in close next time you wander out and about with camera in hand take a few close ups. It matters little if you screw up, ’cause next time you will be smarter than the first time. There is a whole new world out there just waiting for your lens to point at it. Get out there and try.