ANOTHER POLICE BLUNDER AS THE TAX PAYERS PAY THESE BLUNDERS

 Have a look at this the tax payer is paying for these blunders

That's just bloody low !! Please keep a look out for this one Stolen from Lismore in Victoria last night

POLICE have slammed as "reckless" a magazine stunt that commissioned a foreign journalist to drive from Melbourne to Sydney above the speed limit police-slam-speed-stunt-melbourne-to-sydney-in-6.5-hours

In a campaign to increase the limit between the two capital cities, the latest issue of Wheels magazine boasts "we drove from Melbourne to Sydney at 130km/h, didn't die and didn't get booked".

Defending the stunt, Wheels editor Stephen Corby said: "We've been told for years drowsy drivers die, but increasing the speed limit would reduce fatigue.

"You're less likely to have a microsleep, less likely to wander off the road. We see it as a positive for road safety."

The magazine was prepared to pay for three speeding tickets before calling off the attempt, done on a Saturday, but was amazed to find it didn't once get stopped by police in Victoria or NSW.

Travelling 20km/h above the posted limit cut more than 70 minutes from the 800km journey between the northern outskirts of Melbourne and the south-western outskirts of Sydney on the Hume Highway, to just six hours and 23 minutes.

British journalist behind the wheel Ben Oliver slowed for more than a dozen speed cameras and stuck to the limit in all other speed zones except 110km/h sections.

"I've never arrived in a city with the sole intention of breaking the law before, but any sense of roguish glamour soon fades as I head out of Melbourne on the Hume Highway, flagrantly breaching Australian law by doing something that is considered perfectly safe and legal in other countries," wrote Oliver, even though he later admitted "I wouldn't advocate making the Hume 130km/h all the way".

Aside from speed-unlimited sections of German autobahn, most European countries have maximum speed limits of between 130km/h and 150km/h.

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Driver's body trapped in crushed truck this is a very old story that l came acrossMay 25, 2006 as this is just around the corner from sirslackcats place

It could take days to retrieve the body of a truck driver killed when the cabin of his semitrailer was crushed under a goods train in Victoria's south-west, police say.

Th truck and train collided at a level crossing on the Camperdown-Lismore Road near Lismore, 170 km south-west of Melbourne, occurred about 7.30am (AEST) today.

A spokeswoman for rail freight company Pacific National said the truck hit the side of the train and derailed two locomotives and 44 goods wagons.
The company and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are investigating, the spokeswoman said.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the wreckage of the semitrailer's cabin remained wedged under the train.

"It could possibly take days to retrieve the body," she said.

The train driver and his observer were not injured, and the driver phoned Colac police to alert them to the accident shortly before 7.30am (AEST), the spokeswoman said.

"The scene is currently being preserved until detectives arrive and diversions will be put in place to direct traffic around the scene for several hours," she said.

The rail line is a major freight route between Melbourne and Adelaide.
Police say the crossing has give way signs but no lights, bells or boom gates.

The accident is the second on an uncontrolled rural level crossing in a month.

Two train passengers died and dozens, including the train driver, were injured when their VLocity train struck a truck on a crossing at Trawalla, near Ararat in western Victoria on April 28.

The Pacific National spokeswoman said the train driver and observer in today's crash were receiving trauma counselling.

"This is a significant derailment for Pacific National with two locomotives and 44 wagons coming off the track," she said.

"The Pacific National train was travelling from Adelaide to Melbourne on the interstate track.

"The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau is conducting an independent investigation.

"Pacific National attended the scene immediately and will conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.

Ariel Castro found dead in jail cell yay so the tax payer doesnt have to foot the bill for this and minds at ease

Ariel Castro breaks down while talking about the child that he fathered with Amanda Berry as he addresses the court while seated between attorneys. Photo: Reuters

Ariel Castro, who held three women captive in his Cleveland home for nearly a decade, has been found dead at a state prison facility, US corrections officials say.

Spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said Castro, 53, was found in his cell about 9.20pm on Tuesday local time at the Correctional Reception Centre in Orient, Ohio.

Prison medical staff performed CPR before Castro was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Castro is believed to have killed himself.

Michelle Knight reads her statement to court during Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing. Photo: Reuters

An official statement said Castro was in protective custody, meaning "he was in a cell by himself and rounds are required every 30 minutes at staggered intervals".

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Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. They escaped on May 6, when one of the women broke part of a door and yelled to neighbours for help. Castro was arrested that evening.

Castro was sentenced on August 1 to life in prison plus 1000 years on his guilty plea to 937 counts including kidnapping and rape.

Chains found in a bedroom are shown during Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing. Photo: AP

Castro was alternately defiant and apologetic while showing no remorse in a rambling final statement to the court. Although he said he was sorry for his actions, he insisted "I am not a monster".

"If you asked my daughter she would say, my dad is the best dad in the world," Castro said.

"All the sex was consensual," Castro told the judge before sentencing. "The girls were not virgins. They had multiple sex partners before me."

Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo, describing Castro as suffering from "extreme narcissism," said the crimes were so extreme that the former school bus driver should never emerge from prison.

Castro had pleaded guilty to hundreds of charges including murder for beating and starving Ms Knight to force her to miscarry during pregnancy.

'Years turned into eternity'

Ms Knight made a dramatic appearance in court before the sentencing and read a written statement saying that Castro had persecuted her, beginning with her abduction in 2002 until she was freed.

"Days turned into nights, nights turned into days. Years turned into eternity. I knew nobody cared about me. He told me that my family didn't care," Ms Knight said, choking back tears at the time of Castro's sentencing.

"I spent 11 years of hell. Now your hell is just beginning," Ms Knight said of Castro.

Wearing leg shackles and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, Castro sparred with the judge over some of the charges and listened to the testimony and sentencing without expression.

Ms Berry, Ms DeJesus and Ms Knight all went missing from the west side of Cleveland. They were discovered on May 6 after neighbours heard Ms Berry's cries for help from Castro's home.

Ms Berry has a six-year-old daughter fathered by Castro in captivity, according to DNA evidence.

The child had a "normal" life, Castro said. In court, he described the little girl as his "miracle child." The only point at which he became at all emotional was when he spoke about her.

"I heard I can file for parental rights," Castro told the judge at one point. The judge responded that he would not be allowed any contact with the girl.

House of horrors

Earlier in Castro's court hearing, prosecutors presented graphic evidence of the crimes, including a dollhouse-size replica of the home where he imprisoned the women. There were also photos of the interior of the house showing chains, boarded up windows, numerous locks and curtains separating rooms.

To the casual observer, it was an ordinary suburban house, the exterior a little weathered and run down, the yard bordering on neglect.

But as police and forensic investigators discovered to their - and the world's - horror, it was a house that hid dark secrets; a house filled with the vile manifestations of a depraved man.

Police photographs showed two rooms in which Ms Berry and her child were sometimes kept, with Disney film posters tacked to the pink walls, stuffed animals lined up on the bed.

In horrifying contrast, rusted iron chains were found on the floor and the windows boarded with heavy wooden planks.

The women were rarely given access to the bathroom, instead having to relieve themselves in plastic buckets that were "emptied infrequently", according to prosecutors.

More than 45 kilograms of chain was found in total throughout the filthy, darkened house.

Prosecutors told the court how Castro kept a "significant amount of cash" in a basement washing machine, which he would then throw at the victims after raping them.

The women could then use the money to beg him for food and small personal items.

The three women were often chained up for days at a time and were fed just once a day.

Based on diary entries, police told of how the women were chained to poles in the basement, or to a bedroom heater, or kept in a van for days on end.

One woman, after she tried to escape, had a vacuum-cleaner cord wrapped around her neck, according to a prosecution memo.

Castro also kept a motorcycle helmet in the basement, which he would force the women to wear, to muffle their screams as he repeatedly raped them.

STATE TROOPER LETS OLD MAN OFF THE OLD THOUGHT THEY WERE TRYING TO RETURN HI X MISSES LOL

A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-94, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mp
h, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go."
The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife
ran off with a State trooper. I thought you were bringing her back."

"Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper.

Police shoot and kill dog at Wendouree home a police blunder taking matters in there own hands and gun happy mungrels

WENDOUREE residents are outraged today after the shooting of a pet Bullmastiff dog by police at a house in Willow Grove.

Police said two members attended a Wendouree West property at 8.55am this morning to make inquiries in regards to an investigation.

WARNING: This story contains photos readers may find disturbing

Ballarat North Sergeant Nathan Gardiner said the members went through the front gate and were half way up the Willow Grove driveway when the dog allegedly ran out the front door in a "threatening manner".

"A police member was forced to take protective action and fire one shot," Sergeant Gardiner said.

"The member was fearful of being attacked.

"Police are conducting an investigation into the circumstances in accordance with Victoria police policy and reasonable force provisions."

Sergeant Gardiner said that offers were made to move the dog's body out of sight, but were declined.

A blood stain indicates the dog was halfway down the driveway when it was shot. 

The dog's body has been viewed by The Courier and the bullet entered the back of it's neck. 

Jessica Williams, who lives across the road, was walking out of her front door to take her young children to school about 8.58 am when the shooting occurred.

"I saw the coppers walk up and the dog hadn't even left the yard," Ms Williams said.

"They didn't say 'put the dog away' or anything. We just heard a bang and then we saw the dog just lying on the ground."

"They didn't say 'put the dog away' or anything.
We just heard a bang"

Owner Caroline Elliott has mental health issues and said she was dependent on six-year-old Bruiser's company. 

"I got nothing now, he was everything to me," a teary Ms Elliott said.

"I can't understand, in the whole time he has been here he has never bitten anyone. They shot him in my own driveway."

Renee Fraser, who is the partner of Mrs Elliott's son Craig, said Bruiser was registered and had never been aggressive in the past.

"It's wrong. They just shot him," Ms Fraser said.

Mrs Elliott's daughter Nyleakah said she and her father, who has recently had a heart attack, were left to move Bruiser from the driveway to the front garden and cover him with a blanket to avoid further upset to her mother and children in the house.

"Everyone in this street knows our dog. That's got to say something," Ms Elliott said, pointing to the crowd who had gathered outside their house to mourn Bruiser.

"He was so docile. There was no reason to kill him."

Ms Elliott held grave concerns for her mother's welfare.

"When my mum feels like killing herself, Bruiser isn't going to be there for her."

When police returned to the house, both Ms Fraser and Ms Elliott demanded answers as to why Bruiser had been shot.

When police said Bruiser had attacked a member, Ms Fraser said: "You can protect them but we've got a dead dog."

Ms Elliott said her father had asked police why Bruiser had been shot and was told: "It scared me.""He's never attacked anyone. He'd lick you to death first."Bruiser had to have been turned away to be shot like that and when I felt his body, he wasn't tense at all," Ms Elliott said.

"He growls and barks and that but that's all he would do."

Starving, neglected pets find no safety with the RSPCA

On Friday 30 November 2012, RSPCA NSW Inspectors and Shoalhaven Rangers attended a property in Terara in response to complaints of animal cruelty.

While on site, RSPCA inspectors seized;

- four Poodle crossbreeds
- two Poodle crossbreed pups
- four Cattle crossbreed pups
- a Silky Terrier crossbreed pup
- and a Maltese crossbreed pup

A total of 12 dogs. Inspectors also seized eight cats.

From the RSPCA NSW media release:

“Veterinary examination of the seized animals found several of them to be severely underweight and six tested positive for hookworm.”

Skinny, wormy pets entering RSPCA NSW care. Should have been a chance for some fantastic happy endings, no?

What happened next?

The pets were held, until an interim order was granted and the RSPCA took ownership of the pets in May 2013.

Another six kittens were born while in care.

During their six months in RSPCA custody, these pets clocked up $83,243 in animal care charges (this amount was awarded back to the RSPCA in Nowra Local Court this week).

Each of these dogs and cats needed vet treatment and assessment. They needed to be groomed, wormed and vaccinated. They will have been kept in kennels at the RSPCA, and maybe for the first time in their lives they will have had a warm bed and to have been given regular meals.

But what they needed most of all – as all dogs and cats from abuse, puppy farming or neglectful situations do – was the behavioural rehabilitation that would have allowed them to be placed with new families at the end of their time in care.

They could have received this from experienced foster carers specialising in dogs and cats who need extra care. They could have been passed on to a community rescue group known for rehabilitating ex-puppy farm or neglect cases. They could have even been put into a comprehensive shelter-based rehabilitation program.

Let’s face it – the RSPCA NSW had six months to take assertive, proactive action on behalf of these guys, to get them if not ready for a new family, ready for a halfway home in rescue or foster.

What actually happened after six months of RSPCA NSW ‘care’ at a cost of over $83,000 once ownership was transferred legally to the organisation?

8 of the 12 dogs, and 3 of the 8 cats were killed as ‘unadoptable’.

What the hell kind of ‘rescue’ is that?

Eight of the dogs were described in the RSPCA media release as ‘pups’ – meaning they were likely under a year old. They had their whole lives ahead of them. Most of these dogs were small and popular breeds.

Despite this, being killed was the most likely outcome of being ‘rescued’ by the RSPCA NSW.

‘unadoptable?’

The cats did fare a little better, with five cats adopted. The six kittens are currently still in care.

The culture of killing continues

People donate to the RSPCA because they want to see our most vulnerable animals protected. Yet time and time again, we see animals taken from places where they were not safe, to the RSPCA where they are even less safe – and that is where their lives are taken.

We must reject killing as an appropriate way to treat or manage our companion animals. We must demand better.