How about spending some of this cash on programs to assist Police with further training for dealing with mental health cases for example? If they put more effort in here, they wouldn’t need to cram 8 SOG officers with sub-machine guns into a 139 to head to the next siege and then do nothing when they arrive.
Just a few days ago such an incident occurred locally when an unfortunate lad, not old enough to drive, barricaded himself in his room in a rural town.
The incident was resolved without arrest or harm. The initial SOG response has had locals reeling.
The boys in black appeared to arrive by road.
Good to see the Victorian Police commissioner appear to make inroads this week to improve mental health care for first responders, that should extend to civvy pilots working in govt role, including aerial fire fighting IMHO.
Mjb