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Mark Thomas is a down to earth, honest and unusually frank Policeman of over 2 decades.

In this episode Mark talks openly about his battle with PTSI but the difference with Mark is he is a still a serving/current Vicpol member. 

Mark was able to recover enough from his PTSI to be able to RTW but much of that was because of the unwavering support of his supervisors. His immediate supervisor understood more than many about how to deal with a member trying to manage psychological injuries, and the difference that has made in Mark’s recovery is to be honest, incredible. 

This is Marks story

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Dave Gleeson was a man’s man in 1987/88 when I first met him, both of us working at the Carlton Police Station. 

It was the days of Alfonz Gangitano and the Carlton Crew and they kept us very busy. The Pettingals lived around the corner as did many other old time crooks and career criminals.

Dave went on to become a decorated and dedicated high-ranking Detective within Victoria Police and then joined the Australian Federal Police to work overseas. This all formed part of 37 years in a variety of policing jurisdictions & capacity development missions in Timor Leste, Afghanistan & Papua New Guinea.

PNG exposed Dave to several traumatic incidents, as did his time in Timor Leste & Afghanistan. That extremely competent, confident, funny, Policeman became a shell of the man I worked with at Carlton. 

This is Dave’s Story

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Dave Gleeson was a man’s man in 1987/88 when I first met him, both of us working at the Carlton Police Station. 

It was the days of Alfonz Gangitano and the Carlton Crew and they kept us very busy. The Pettingals lived around the corner as did many other old time crooks and career criminals.

Dave went on to become a decorated and dedicated high-ranking Detective within Victoria Police and then joined the Australian Federal Police to work overseas. This all formed part of 37 years in a variety of policing jurisdictions & capacity development missions in Timor Leste, Afghanistan & Papua New Guinea.

PNG exposed Dave to several traumatic incidents, as did his time in Timor Leste & Afghanistan. That extremely competent, confident, funny, Policeman became a shell of the man I worked with at Carlton. 

This is Dave’s Story

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He has never told his story and is very nervous in doing so, but wants to encourage others to do what he is doing and free themselves, to a degree, of a darkness which has been within him since childhood. 

Today Ben is showing bravery and courage beyond words.

My interview with Ben is very raw and you can hear the pain and anger in his voice. The effects of childhood abuse cause so many difficulties and issues which is why I am so passionate about doing what I can. My wish is to have as many pedophiles as possible placed somewhere where they can’t abuse and damage any other children like Ben, ever again.

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Having attended a range of emergency incidents, examining major crime scenes, bombings, profile serial killings and a myriad of suspicious deaths, organised crime gangs etc, Gordon Drage was forced to leave QPS purely b/c he’d turned 60. That’s the rules.

Gordon loved his work & excelled in his field of forensic examinations. He was at the top of his game, with so much knowledge & insight into forensic examinations. 

What a waste….

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Having attended a range of emergency incidents, examining major crime scenes, bombings, profile serial killings and a myriad of suspicious deaths, organised crime gangs etc, Gordon Drage was forced to leave QPS purely b/c he’d turned 60. That’s the rules.

Gordon loved his work & excelled in his field of forensic examinations. He was at the top of his game, with so much knowledge & insight into forensic examinations. 

What a waste….

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Jeffrey Morgan is a proud Indigenous man, husband and father living on Gadigal land, Eora country, Sydney, Australia. He is an influential, motivating, inspiring mindset and lifestyle coach running coaching programs workshops and events, he’s a public speaker and an advocate to name just a few of the many strings he has to his bow, all with a common theme - helping others to live their best lives - maybe even yours.

But life hasn’t always been rosy for Jeffrey.  He was living on the streets of Redfern, Sydney at 12 which led to him spending 18 years in and out of the Australia’s maximum-security prisons from 1992 until 2010.

This is Jeffery's story.

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Dave Evans was a member of Victoria Police for 23 years until you guessed it, he was ill-health retired due to what Dave would prefer to call ‘a psychological injury’

Dave left Policing because he realised VicPol’s values and morals didn’t align with his own.

The impact of requiring a victim to explain the most intimate, often humiliating and embarrassing details of lets say a sexual offence in a statement took its toll on Dave as he was the one who had to pick up the victim’s broken pieces.

This is Dave's story.

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