Passed out 1958 left police 1966 to become a Ordinance Inspector at Wollongong City Council later to become Administrative officer.
Worked in Wollongong General Duties, Highway Patrol and then Court Officer Wollongong Court.
PATMORE, Noel
of Keiraville ( NSW )
Passed away peacefully on January 29, 2015.
Beloved husband of Joan.
Dearly loved father of Ian.
Devoted Pa of Sam, Kip.
Son of the late Edna and Fred.
Loved brother and brother in law of Naomi (dec) and Alan Walton (dec).
Aged 78 Years
Always in our Hearts
Relatives and friends are invited to attend Noel’s funeral service to be held at Lakeside Memorial Park Chapel, Kanahooka Road Kanahooka on Monday at 10am.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family at this sad time.”
John Burton Gibbs # 9060 (right) riding Police cycle EV-915, with Noel Patmore, riding Police cycle ES-575, at Figtree Oval in 1961… the photo is captioned “Escorting Mr Maloney” to Wollongong.
John Burton GIBBS ( NSWPF # 9060 ) DoB: 20 June 1939, was a Probationary Constable on 30 June 1958 and a Constable 1/c on 22 September 1964 – working in the North East District.
Appears in the 1988 ‘Stud Book’ as a Sgt 3/c but does NOT appear in the 1989 issue.
Additional results of the final examinations conducted by the Wollongong Technical College at the close of the 1952 session are:
PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY AND TESTING
Distinction: Derek Lovell;
Credit: John Aldridge;
Pass: …….
BOILERMAKING Stage I
Pass: John Alfred Calcott, Charles Keith Campbell, . Noel John David, Terence Charles Denton, Brian Thomas Edwards, Ronald John Frith, Clifford Brian Guyatt, Geoffrey Norman Hancock, Barry Colin Hazelgrove, Edward John Holland, Ronald Vincent Hush, John Kershaw, John George McCauley, Donald James McCombie, Michael McPake, Kevin Edward Maloney, Robert Dudley Matley, James Joseph Micale, Robert David Mountford, John Oberon Murray, Noel Frederick Patmore, Frank William Peterson, Keith Phillips, Kenneth Keith Solomon, John Michael Splitt, Robert Trevethan, John Vaughan, Harold Stanley Wheatley.
Service: From 29 February 1960 to 29 March 1990= 30years, 1 month, 0 days Service
Time In Retirement: 26 years, 9 months, 25 days
Age at Retirement: 52 years, 11 months, 13 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 15 September 1980 ( Sgt )
1st Clasp to National Medal – granted 22 September 1987 ( Sgt 1/c )
* 2nd Clasp to National Medal – granted 22 September 1987 ( Sgt 1/c )
*The Govt. site – It’s An Honour has Garry receiving the National Medal twice. It would appear that the issue of the 2nd Clasp to the National Medal is not recorded correctly on their website and an email has been forwarded to them.
Born: Friday 16 April 1937 in Blayney, NSW
Died on: Monday 23 January 2017 @ Coffs Harbour
Age: 79 years, 9 months, 7 days
Cause: ?
Funeral date: Monday 30 January 2017 @ 10.30am
Funeral location: St Augustine’s Catholic Church, 12 Gordon St, Coffs Harbour
Wake: Coffs Harbour Golf Club, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Funeral Parlour: Keith Logue & Sons, Coffs Harbour 6652 1999
Buried at: Cremated
Memorial at: ?
5 March 2015 former Senior Sergeant at the Coffs Harbour Police Station Garry Clancy.
GARRY is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
Funeral location: [codepeople-post-map]
FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED ABOUT THIS PERSON, THEIR LIFE, THEIR CAREER AND THEIR DEATH.
FORMER New South Wales police officers have toured the newly opened state-of-the-art Coffs Harbour Police Station.
Past personnel put on their badges for this morning’s tour where they viewed the cutting edge resources available to today’s officers.
Garry Clancy, a former Coffs Harbour Police Senior Sergeant, was one of many past personnel who during the tour described the station as “an eye opener.”
“The technological changes in the past few decades have been enormous,” Mr Clancy said.
“Crime has advanced and technology has had to keep up with that.”
Mr Clancy joined the police force in 1960 and served for 30 years in stations including Sydney, Albury and Narrabri.
In 1983 he joined the Coffs Harbour Police Station under the rank of senior sergeant.
5 March 2015 Police Dog Unit handler Senior Constable Mark Baxter with former Senior Sergeant at the Coffs Harbour Police Station Garry Clancy and his wife Beverley.
“We only had around 40-50 officers here at the time – it was very different from today, that’s for sure,” Mr Clancy said.
As well as changes in staffing levels, differences also include the equipment available for forensic investigations.
“We had the “scientific man” and the “fingerprint man” – that was it,” Mr Clancy said.
He recalled highway patrol methods before the days of speeding cameras.
“We would follow a car, check their speed in the odometer and if they were above the limit we would stop them and give them a ticket.”
A similar “eye patrol” method was applied to drink driving before the introduction of breath tests.
The tour was facilitated by officers at the station and included a look at vehicles and forensic equipment.
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Sunday 3 August 1958 ( aged 21 years, 7 months, 26 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed 8 September 1958 ( aged 21 years, 9 months, 0 days )
Constable 1/c – appointed 8 September 1964
Senior Constable – appointed 8 September 1968
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 1 September 1974
Senior Sergeant – retirement
Secondary Training: Commenced Monday 6 April 1959. Finished Friday 15 May 1959
Stations: ?, Traffic with the Triumph Tiger Sidecar Outfits in the 1960’s – Blacktown, Auburn ( around 1979 / 1981 ), Parramatta ( 18 Division )- retirement
Service: From Sunday 3 August 1958to 13 April 1989 = 30 years, 8 months, 10 days Service
Age at Retirement: 52 years, 4 months, 5 days
Time in Retirement: 26 years, 5 months, 22 days
Awards: National Medal – granted 3 September 1985 ( Sgt 2/c )
1st Clasp to Nation Medal – granted 3 September 1985 ( Sgt 2/c )
Anniversary of National Service 1951 – 1972 Medal – granted 18 January 2002 ( Bombardi )
National Police Service Medal – posthumously awarded to his wife at Harold’s funeral – but Awarded on 23 June 2015 ( Sgt 2/c )
Born: Tuesday 8 December 1936
Died on: Monday 5 October 2015 about 4.30pm at home
Cause: ?
Age: 78 years, 9 months, 27 days
Nominal Roll of NASHOS:
Service: Army
Service #: 2.747613
Rank: Gunner
Date of Intake: 18 August 1955
NS Training: 12 NST Battalion
Follow up Training: 17th LAA & 32nd Heavy Regiment
Basic Training: Holsworthy, NSW
Medals: ADM ANSM
Funeral date: Thursday 15 October 2015 @ 2pm
Funeral, scheduled for the 13 October, is altered. New time / date is:
Thursday 15 October 2015 @ 2pm
Funeral location: North Chapel, Pinegrove Memorial Park, Kington Street, MINCHINBURY
Buried at: Pinegrove Memorial Park
Harold Alfred MORFOOT
His leather cap sits in pride of place in our lounge room. He loved bikes and even a year before he died about age 77, with replacement hips, knees and a shoulder he managed to throw his leg over onto my bike and sat there with a smile on his face for a while. Cheers Guys, Morf.
My Dad, Retired Sen Sgt Harry Morfoot. This pic is of him in 1960 when he rode the Triumph Tiger Sidecar outfits in Blacktown’s Patrol.
Memorial: a park bench seat. The seat is adjacent tothe Victoria Park Memorial and inscribed with a plaque in recognition of Harry and Tom. ( see article below )
HAROLD is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance *NEED MORE INFO
Funeral location: [codepeople-post-map]
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MAN, HIS SERVICE, LIFE AND DEATH ARE WELCOME.
Harry Morfoot:An enduring legacy The work of a 40-year veteran police officer and national serviceman has been recognised with the unveiling of a distinctive tribute in western Sydney.
Harry Morfoot was a member of NSW Police Force from1959 to 1989, attaining the rank of Senior Sergeant. But Mr Morfoot’s life of service didn’t end there. In retirement, he set about forming the Penrith City Sub-Branch of the Australian National Servicemen’s Association,assisted military veterans and was also a tireless workerfor charity.
In 2015, he received the Seniors Week Local AchievementAward for the Mulgoa Electorate. Presenting the award,Ms Tania Davies MP, Member for Mulgoa said, “Harry dedicateda large portion of his time to serving, supporting, and caringfor the welfare of community members who served our nationand their families”.
“I feel very humbled and grateful for the special recognition”,Mr Morfoot said at the presentation of the Seniors Week award.
Sadly, Harry Morfoot passed away later in 2015 at age 78,but that’s still not the end of the story. Earlier this year, Harrywas commemorated by Penrith City Council with a specialtribute – a bench seat in Victoria Park, St Marys.
Graham Larkham ( NSWPF # 13428 ) is a retired Sergeant and was a friend andcolleague of Harry and a fellow National Serviceman (Nasho).
He takes up the story: A FITTING TRIBUTE
On 23 May 2021, the Penrith Australian National Servicemen’sAssociation held its 15th Anniversary Memorial and TributeLaying Ceremony in Victoria Park, St Marys.
The ceremony was attended by Federal and State Membersof Parliament, dignitaries from returned services organisations,the Nepean PAC, and members of the public.
During the Memorial, the Mayor of Penrith City, KarenMcKeown OAM, unveiled a tribute to former Senior SergeantHarry Morfoot and sub-branch co-founder, Mr Tom Kelly,in the form of a park bench seat. The seat is adjacent tothe Victoria Park Memorial and inscribed with a plaque in recognition of Harry and Tom.
A lot of young men including Harold Alfred Morfoot wereconscripted into National Service. In August 1955 Harry startedhis National Servicemen’s duties at 12NST Battalion. Afterinitial training, he continued training with the Royal AustralianArtillery.
After retiring from a 40 year career with NSW Police, heformed the Penrith Sub-Branch, (Penrith City AustralianNational Servicemen’s Association Inc.) in 2002 and maintainedmembership up until his passing in 2015.
Harry was of a generation that rolled their own cigarettes.His habit of flapping his elbows whilst simultaneously rolling acigarette and talking, earned him the nickname ‘Flaps Morfoot’.
Upon his passing in October 2015, a joint NationalServicemen’s Association – NSW Police Funeral was held, andtributes flowed from Federal and State Members of Parliament.
The Penrith Australian National Servicemen’s Associationcarries on the legacy of Harry Morfoot’s work. Our 2022parade will be held on 22 May. All National Servicemen arewelcome.
Harry Morfoot’s memory and legacy lives on at Victoria Park, St Marys.
On Police memorial sites The bench seat remembering Harry Morfoot is the latest publictribute to those who served the people of NSW.
The locations of some memorials are well known.
For example, Glen McEnallay Reserve near Mascot, and theJim Affleck Bridge near Campbelltown mark the locationswhere these NSW Police Officers made the ultimate sacrificein the protection of the community.
Other public tributes may not be as widely known.Sometimes, the Police Association is contacted about alocal memorial. When this happens, it is usually becausethe memorial has fallen into disrepair or requires vegetationcontrol. We are aware of several Facebook pages with devotedadministrators keeping track of grave sites and memorials.In the lead up to Police Remembrance Day on 29 September2021, we’re keen to profile some of these and also invitecurrent serving members and associate members to send usphotos of memorials in your area to policenews@pansw.org.au Please include information about who the memorial isdedicated to, key dates on the memorial and its exact location.
Secondary Training at Police Training Centre, Redfern. Class 60 Intake. Commenced training on 3 August 1958. Commenced Secondary training 6 April 1959. Completed 15 May 1959. Photo taken April 1959 Back Row ( L-R ) F. STEWART, P. JONAS, Harry MORFOOT, A. HOLLAND, R. BROWNE, Thomas Gordon CUTHBERT, K. HUNTER, A. PETRIE, K. MURPHY, A. DAWSON, R. MANSFIELD, B. NEAVES, B. RASSMUSSEN, Arthur Edward GROCH 3rd ROW: B. MARTIN, M. TUMETH, B. JARRATT, P. SLETTEN, D. SMITH, M. McDONALD, G. IVANOFF, J. ELSWORTHY, C. SWALES, V. RIDDOCH, J. CHAPMAN, J. McDONALD, Roy James SECKOLD, B. MILWARD 2nd ROW: E. WHITE, S. ELVINS, D. MacDONALD, R. HILL, W. CULLEN, R. SMITH, F. DELAMARE, W. PEARCE, N. HUNTER, Warren SKINNER, S. MERTON, C. TREMBATH 1st ROW: Sgt HALL, A. MILLBANK, B. LYONS, V. DAVIS, B. SHOOBERT, J. JENSON, N. HOBART ( P/W ), Sgt BARKER, Sgt STIGOR, Sgt Ernie PORCH, J HARRISON ( P/W ), G. YOUNG, B. PETERSON, E. HOPTON, R. GIBSON Absent: B.H. OAKLEY # 9104 It was noticed, on 11 Feb 2025, that Alfred John EDWARDS # 9112 is not in this photo for some reason. He also did not appear in the Class list for Class 060.
Rear of Class 060 photo
Harry Morfoot, past President of the Penrith City Nashos National Servicemen’s Association.
Harry, a National Service veteran was 78.
Harry had been President of the Penrith City Nashos for more than a decade, when he resigned earlier this year due to poor health. He will always be remembered for his role in developing the Nashos in the Penrith area.
In 2002 Harry and Tom Kelly were members of the Blue Mountains Nasho Sub-Branch, when they thought it was time to form a branch in Penrith. From humble beginnings, the Penrith City Nashos today has around 150 members.
Harry was a tireless worker for charity and through the Nashos he was one of the figures who spearheaded fundraising drives for bodies including the Cancer Council, Salvation Army, the burns and cancer units at Concord Hospital, St John Ambulance, Defence Care and Legacy.
My sympathies go to Harry’s wife Dorothy, children and grandchildren.
Your cigarette holder has been remembered and the fact that you also stood up for your Constables within the NSW Police Force.
THANK YOU TO POLICE LEGACY, W2W COMMITTEE AND RIDERS. ( Wall toWall )
I would like to say this to you all as a retired NSW Police Officer and Wall to Wall Rider since 2012.
Like all of us, I participate in the Wall to Wall to honour fallen mates, raise much needed funds for Police Legacy and enjoy the comradery that this important event brings. Since late last year I have have been experiencing the vital work Police Legacy do first hand after the death of my father.
I was a second generation Police Officer, my dear Dad, Retired Snr Sgt Harold Morfoot (Harry or ‘H’ as he was known to his mates) passed away at home late last year at the age of 78. Dad was in the job for 30 years working the City and Western Suburbs. He was also Branch Secretary of the NSW Police Association for many years and strong advocate for Police Legacy, as he, like a lot of us also lost mates in the job. Dad also loved motorcycles and did a tenure in Traffic with the Triumph Tiger Sidecar Outfits in the 1960’s.
Dad was more than a great father, he was a close mate to me and I miss him more than I can ever explain.
As you can imagine, my mother Dorothy, his wife of 60 years was devastated by his passing and has had difficulty adjusting to life without him and we had been extremely concerned for her.
Recently a NSW Police Legacy Package was delivered to Mum. Included in the package was a Welcome letter, booklet on grief management, registration forms for her and the Police Legacy Pin. She has worn her Police Legacy Pin each day since receiving it. Mum was overwhelmed at the offers of assistance that this package has given her, and as a Coppers wife of many years she feels privileged to be as part of the Police Family and looks forward to her association with Legacy. She said wearing the Pin helps manage her grief as she knows Dad’s service was valued.
I have already sent a personal thank you letter to NSW Police Legacy but I wanted to thank the W2W Committee and each and every W2W rider as I can see the help that this package has given to Mum, a dedicated Police Officer’s wife and loving Mum who supported Dad through his 30 years in the job. In particular I would like to thank Miss Karen Murphy, Police Legacy Network Co-ordinator who forwarded the package to Mum, Sen Sgt Paul Bousefield, President and Inspector Ian Colless, Treasurer, both old workmates I have the pleasure of saying and who are instrumental in the organising of the ride as well as their Legacy and Policing Duties. I have always known that Police Legacy performs a very important role and have been impressed no end seeing it first-hand. Thank you again on behalf of my family.
Regards and ride safe.
Glen Morfoot.
Jan 2016
Dorothy Morfoot
Harold & Dorothy
Harold and some kids at Ashfield during a school visit in mid to late 1970’s
First published on 7 October 2015
Updated on 1 March 2025 with Service and age calculations together with an article from Police Association.
Jeffrey Charles REYNOLDS
20/12/2017
Jeffrey Charles REYNOLDS
New South Wales Police Force
AKA Jeff
Late of Cowra, NSW
Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 17 May 1971 with Class # 127
Regd. # 14726
Rank: Commenced Training at Redfern Police Academy on Monday 17 May 1971 ( aged 24 years, 10 months, 5 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Monday 28 June 1971 ( aged 24 years, 11 months, 16 days )
The late detective sergeant Owen John (Jeff) Halliday (aka Doc).
OWEN is NOT mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance * NOT JOB RELATED
Top NSW cop Detective Owen ‘Doc’ Halliday to be given full police funeral after losing battle with motor neurone disease
CRIME EDITOR MARK MORRI
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 07, 20113:07PM
NSW detective Owen ‘Doc’ Halliday mixed it with some of Sydney’s roughest and dirtiest criminals – invariably coming out the winner.
Detective Halliday will be given a full police funeral tomorrow, attended by the state’s top officers after he lost his battle with motor neurone disease earlier this week.
Halliday, 60, was responsible for bringing ‘Mr Rent-a-kill‘, Christopher Dale Flannery, back to Sydney after he went into hiding in Melbourne in the 80s.
”He was one of the most tenacious detectives I have known,’’ said Deputy Police Commissioner Nick Kaldas.
”Doc had a sense of fairness you don’t often see and had an incredible disdain for bullies. He was not only a great detective but a wonderful father and a terrific bloke.’’
Halliday was a mentor to many of the state’s now-senior police and worked on some of the most high-profile cases of the 80s.
These included the Family Law Court bombings, the murder of Justice David Opas and the murders of the Turkish consul and his bodyguard in the eastern suburbs.
He also investigated the gangland murders of underworld figures Mick Sayers and Roy Thurgar .
Halliday, or ‘Doc’ as he was known, joined the force in 1968 as a police cadet and was sworn in as a constable in 1970.
Much of his career was centred in the Balmain area where he became known to locals, both good and bad.
Besides a passion for the police force Halliday was a talented footballer playing first grade rugby league for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the 80s, in the era when they were known as the “Entertainers”.
Halliday retired as a decorated detective sergeant in 2003.
A service will be held at Macquarie Park Crematorium today.
He is survived by his wife Kay and his two sons Shane and Chad, both serving NSW police officers.
Memorial: ( Cremated ) Newcastle Crematorium, Anderson Ave, Beresfield, NSW
Ashes: ashes are at Newcastle crematorium; his name stone is near the rotunda across the road from the car park and office.
Constable Mark Tull ( Driver ) and Constable Graham Day
Murder solved today, Photo in the News of the discovery of Elizabeth Dixon in Maitland 1982. Graham Day (third from right without hat) and Z.T Matuszynski ( # 12880 ) beside him. They were early on the scene.
Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Council
NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY – 2012
Page: 15631
The Hon. MELINDA PAVEY: My question is addressed to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Will the Minister inform the House about National Police Remembrance Day?
The Hon. MICHAEL GALLACHER: I thank the honourable member for her question and I again welcome the opportunity to share the details of this significant day for the New South Wales Police Force with the wider community. National Police Remembrance Day was observed on Friday 28 September 2012. It is a day held in memory of police officers across the country who have died in the line of duty. On that day I had the honour of attending a service held at the New South Wales Police Wall of Remembrance in the Domain at which the 251 officers who have given their lives to protect the people of New South Wales since the formation of the New South Wales Police Force 150 years ago were rightly honoured.
It was a solemn reflection of the ultimate sacrifice those officers made and their legacy. The service included special acknowledgement of Senior Constable David Rixon, who was killed on 2 March 2012 whilst on duty in Tamworth. Senior Constable Rixon‘s tragic death was a salient reminder of the dedication police give to the service and protection of our communities. In upholding the law and keeping the people of New South Wales safe, police put their lives on the line on a daily basis. National Police Remembrance Day honours the courage and bravery of all police officers across the country. It is also an important day to remember police officers who have lost their lives as a result of illness and in other circumstances.
National Police Remembrance Day recognises the families of all serving police officers and the families of those who did not make it home at the end of their shift. New South Wales Police Legacy is a not-for-profit organisation that looks after the families of deceased police officers in New South Wales. The organisation does an invaluable job providing financial and emotional support to more than 1,000 widows and widowers and 200 children across New South Wales. Importantly, New South Wales Police Legacy ensures that these families remain part of the wider police family. The police family is a close-knit group of people who support each other and their families.
Also in attendance at the service at the Wall of Remembrance was 12-year-old Elayna Day and her grandmother. Elayna was only six years old when her father, Sergeant Graham Clifford Day, died but she remains a firm member of the police family. She is the proud recipient of the 2012 Commissioner’s Scholarship. The New South Wales Police Legacy scholarship will assist Elayna as she enters high school next year to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian. She is a prime example of the fine work undertaken by New South Wales Police Legacy in supporting the families of our fallen police officers. The need for an organisation like Police Legacy highlights the risks associated with being a police officer. It is a difficult, stressful and dangerous job. In informing the House on the significance of National Police Remembrance Day, I would like to take this opportunity to thank police officers across the State, all of whom are serving and protecting the people of New South Wales. Their commitment is acknowledged and respected, their bravery and courage is honoured and admired and I thank them for their contribution in ensuring that we have a safe community.
Commissioners Scholarship winner Elayna Day with her dog Amy / Pic: Waide Maguire
SHE was only six when her father died, but Elayna Day is still a firm member of the police family.
Sergeant Graham Clifford Day died in 2006 from acute renal failure after serving in the NSW police force.
As police officers stop to remember Sgt Day and other fallen officers today, Elayna, now 12, will also be honoured, receiving the 2012 Commissioner’s Scholarship.
The year 6 student said she would use the $5000 NSW Police Legacy scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a veterinarian.
“I was really surprised, I never thought I would get the scholarship,” she said.
Her grandmother and guardian, Judith Parker, said the money would help her support Elayna.
“I’m so excited that she has won this. She goes to high school next year and this really helps with uniforms and everything else,” Ms Parker said.
“The police are very generous every year but for her to win this scholarship is terrific. She’s such a delightful child.”
The pair will travel from Newcastle to be part of today’s ceremony at the Police Wall of Remembrance in the Domain.
NSW Police Legacy is a not-for-profit organisation which looks after the families of deceased police officers across NSW. It currently helps more than 1000 widows and widowers, and 205 children.
“We provide legatees with emotional and financial support to allow these families to remain part of the police family,” a spokeswoman said.
“We recognise the important role police officers’ families play in supporting them.”
He was stationed at Maitland Police Station in Highway Patrol from about 1981 to about 1986. I believe he made it onto the Bikes in Maitland about 1985. He must have transferred back to Sydney following this period.
Graham was a great mate and our families were very close until I left the job.
He had a little claim to fame as being the only bloke to put an XE HWP car sideways into the service station on the ambulance corner of the main street in Raymond Terrace.
He was a funny bloke, and I still remember the Train noises he could make on the new electronic announcement system fitted to the Brock Special Commodore we shared for a while.
Sorry to see you gone mate.
Lots of good times…(old paper clipping I have kept since the 80’s with GDay on the mike!)
Two people have been arrested after a senior police officer died after sustaining critical injuries in an axe attack in Sydney’s north-west.
Police say Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson was among a number of officers called to a dispute between neighbours at ScheyvilleRoad in Oakville about 2pm (AEDT).
About two hours later, Detective Inspector Anderson was seriously injured in what is understood to have been an axe attack.
Det Insp Bryson Anderson killed with an axe on Thu 061212
After treatment by paramedics he was rushed to Windsor Hospital in a critical condition but died a short time later.
Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said a 19-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman had been arrested at the scene and taken to Windsor Police Station where they were assisting investigators with their inquiries.
Mr Scipione said Detective Inspector Anderson was from a police family and had left a wife and three children.
“They are, as you imagine, distraught, but taking strong support from not only their immediate family, but the police family.
“We will console officers that were part of this particular operation.
“They, as you would also imagine, are traumatised and all support services have been put around them.
“I’ve got to say the strength and courage that is being shown inside (the hospital), not only by the police that are there, but also by the family, is incredible.”
Photo: Police say the officer was called to a dispute between neighbours in Oakville.
Det Insp Bryson Anderson killed with an axe on Thu 061212
Mr Scipione said he could not provide too many details of the events leading up to the attack given the investigation was in its early stages.
“I understand the (neighbourhood) dispute did involve the use of some weapons, but again having said that, we want to get to the bottom of this investigation before we start making too many statements,” he said.
“Suffice to say it was a violent neighbourhood incident that caused the police to attend and there were many police there.
“Some time after they first attended, there was an interaction which led to the death of Inspector Anderson.
“I understand they were trying to communicate with affected parties and were looking to resolve this peacefully.”
Mr Scipione said Detective Inspector Anderson had worked for him more than 10 years ago and paid tribute to his skills as an investigator.
“He was nothing short of a role model to those officers that come after him,” he said.
“Today is a stark reminder how dangerous this job is. These people do this in such a way they put their lives before the lives of others.
“You have an idea what the price is today.”
Anyone with information about the incident are being asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers website.
RIP Bryson
A tribute from our Commissioner
Today ( Wednesday 12 December 2012) we honour a brave man. Bryson Anderson. A police officer, and so much more.
A man who was so deeply respected by the community in which he lived, worked and devoted much of his spare time.
A true man of the people. His service to the community was far greater than simply those days when he wore that blue uniform with such pride and distinction. And of course, Bryson was a loving husband, father and brother to his own family. To this family we owe so much. A debt of gratitude for the support you gave Bryson as he went about his duties. Police officers understand that each day they go to work, they put their lives on the line. This tragedy reminds us all of the sacrifice that goes with that understanding. Our community will always rely on men and women of courage who are willing to put up their hands to serve and protect. Bryson Anderson stood tall in their ranks. Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson, friend, you have left us with an enduring legacy, a standard to which we can all aspire and for which we are forever grateful. You will always be remembered.
Andrew Scipione
12 December 2012
Valedictory for Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson
Date
As delivered by NSW Police Force Commissioner Andrew Scipione APM
At 3.30pm on the 6th of December 2012, Detective Inspector Bryson Charles Anderson arrived at the scene of a neighbourhood dispute at Oakville near Windsor that had escalated beyond all reason.
He went to lend support to fellow officers who were seeking to bring matters to a peaceful resolution.
It was not to be.
The approach of police was resisted and Detective Inspector Anderson was fatally wounded.
Detective Inspector Anderson was rushed by ambulance to Hawkesbury Hospital but died as a result of his injuries.
Bryson Charles Anderson began his career as a trainee police officer on the 18th of August 1986 and attested on the 7th of November 1986.
His first general duties posting was here in Parramatta. That was followed by others to Granville and Ermington.
While at Granville in 1991, Constable First Class Anderson commenced criminal investigation duties, successfully gaining his designation as a Detective in November 1993.
Bryson’s designation was a defining moment in his policing career and he quickly displayed an aptitude and an enthusiasm for criminal investigation that was soon recognised by his commanding officers.
At Castle Hill, Task Force Boyne, Ermington, Rosehill and then within Special Crime and Internal Affairs, Bryson honed his detective skills. He was dedicated, analytical and meticulous.
A thoroughly good bloke. I worked with Bryson … and I can vouch for that.
In 2004, promoted to sergeant, Bryson returned to general duties. This time it was to Hawkesbury Local Area Command, where he was to spend three years as a supervisor.
In 2007criminal investigation was again to beckon, Bryson seizing the opportunity to return to Special Crime and Internal Affairs … now known as Professional Standards … where he applied his skills to covert investigations. There he was promoted to the rank of Detective Inspector in 2009.
What was to prove Bryson’s final posting was back in Hawkesbury. He took up the role of Duty Officer in Hawkesbury Local Area Command on the 19th of December 2010, and served with distinction in that role until the moment of his passing.
Throughout his service Detective Inspector Anderson undertook extensive internal training in his chosen policing specialisation.
He was awarded the NSW Police Medal; the National Medal; as well as the first and second clasps to the NSW Police Medal.
In 2003 he received a Commissioner’s Unit Citation for highly professional investigations.
He will posthumously receive the first clasp to the National Medal and the third clasp to the NSW Police Medal.
Impressive as they are, the bare facts I have recounted do Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson little justice. Those who knew him … know that Bryson the man transcended … in achievements and in potential … any chronology of this type.
Those that know it best of all are Bryson’s wife, Donna, and his three children, Olivia, Darcy and Cain. It is with them that Bryson, devoted husband and father, was closest. And it is they who, tragically, must now manage without his love, strength and support.
Bryson’s father, Rex; mother, Shirley; and brothers Warwick and Damian also know the calibre of the man. Bryson’s is a profound loss, but be assured his life was just as profound a credit to you. I know for certain that he enriched the lives of all of us in the NSW Police Force who had the good fortune to know him.
What the record does not disclose is Bryson’s wholehearted embrace of community service.
Even when on holiday, Bryson was thinking of what he could do for others. On packing his bags last year for Vanuatu, in with the board shorts and sunscreen he found room for gifts and sporting equipment for the local village kids.
The demands of policing are great: more than enough for most of us, and often more than a full-time job. But not for Bryson. He was retained as a fire-fighter, serving for eight years between 1994 and 2002 at Number 81 Station, Windsor, rising to the rank of Deputy Captain.
And it didn’t stop there. Bryson coached a number of junior soccer teams for the Colo Soccer Club. And on the day before he died he took part in the final leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, held in Windsor, an event which five months earlier he volunteered to organise.
Bryson loved the Hawkesbury area, where he lived and worked most of his adult life.
And innumerable people, from the Hawkesbury and elsewhere, loved and admired Bryson in return. His personnel file is full to overflowing with complimentary remarks and letters of appreciation, many from the community and victims of crime, moved to write in gratitude for the care, dedication and professionalism with which he went about his work.
In Vanuatu, upon hearing of his passing, the villagers whose lives Bryson had so selflessly touched while on holiday held a service in his memory.
He was equally admired by his fellow police officers, myself among them. On the one hand, a tenacious and committed police officer, driven to pursue offenders for the darkest and most serious of crimes. Yet retaining the most extraordinary empathy, compassion and concern for the victims of those crimes.
He showed initiative and leadership; intelligence and perseverance; dedication and humility; and, memorably, a ready smile and an engaging way. Bryson drew people to him, without guile and without effort. The workplace was a better place for him being there.
The tributes from his fellow officers were immediate and many. They tell variously of a proud husband and father, a keen motor cyclist, an active participant in sporting clubs, and, invariably, of a superb police officer.
He made his vast store of policing wisdom available to young officers but never imposed it. More likely were those officers to hear from Bryson an encouraging “Just play your natural game, it’s first class” – one of his favourite sayings – to go with some tip or insight he’d somehow manage to convey.
Reflecting on her career, one officer … echoing the thoughts of many others I am sure, wrote: “Bryson you are an amazing officer and an even nicer gentleman. I formed this opinion 20 years ago as a naïve female probationary constable. I still hold the same opinion now. You will be truly missed”
There can be no doubt Bryson will be missed.
He lived for the community, died serving it and deserved much better.
His death reminds us that law and order are not givens. They come at a price and that price, on occasion, is a prohibitive one.
With Bryson’s death we realise, suddenly, even if belatedly, that ours is a society worth defending.
We realise that our hard won freedoms and protections are vulnerable and easily demolished.
We realise that not only is each individual’s life precious and fragile … but that so too is our way of life.
We meet Bryson’s death with grief and tears, but that can’t be allowed to suffice.
If he could lend us his voice, I’m sure Bryson would agree that now is not the time to be timid or defensive. It is not a time to be apologetic, nor a time for retreat.
The anger and regret we all feel – for Bryson’s sake and for the sake of all of the officers who have fallen before him – need to find constructive expression. As a society we need to rise up to repudiate violence, however and wherever we can, with all the energy we can muster.
For his wider police family … of which all police officers and their families are a part … Bryson’s death will neither be forgotten nor be in vain. Bryson’s courage and conviction inspire us now … and will into the future. We will continue to protect and serve the community as Bryson did. Of that he can be sure.
It is my honour today to posthumously confer two awards on Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson.
The National Police Service Medal: recognising Bryson’s ethical and diligent service in protecting the community.
And the Commissioner’s Valour Award for the conspicuous action and exceptional courage he displayed at the incident in Oakville where he lost his life. After being attacked with a knife and sustaining wounds that would prove fatal, Detective Inspector Anderson went to the aid of a fellow injured officer without hesitation.
In part the valour citation reads:
Conferred for conspicuous merit and exceptional bravery whilst under attack during the execution of his duties at Oakville on Thursday, 6 December 2012.
By his conspicuous actions and exceptional courage in a dangerous situation, Detective Inspector Anderson evinced the highest standards of the New South Wales Police Force and is so conferred with the Commissioner’s Valour Award.
I am deeply honoured, and indeed privileged, to be able to represent every member of the New South Wales Police Force here today to farewell a man who served his community with courage, honour, and distinction.
A loving husband and father.
A prized friend and colleague.
A police officer.
Our prayers are with you Bryson. May you rest in peace.
Homily for the Funeral Mass for Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson, St Patrick’s Cathedral Parramatta, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, Bishop of Parramatta
Wednesday, 12 December 2012 02:57:38 PM
Any death is a loss. The death of a loved one before time is worse. A senseless, violent, innocent death is even more appalling. But a death in the line of duty hits us especially hard. Why is that?
Our word police comes from the Greek word polis, meaning the city-state, its citizens and civilisation. Police are appointed to keep order in the polis and protect persons and property. The word politician comes from the same root, for they too work for the people, with our bureaucracies and courts. Yet none of these is in the front-line the way police are.
We all shelter behind our police officers’ sense of law and order, their character and courage, their instincts, reactions, negotiating and other skills. Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson devoted his life to providing such shelter for his family, friends and community. He lived for this and this was a gift to us all; he died for this and this affronts us all.
His fellow officers also mourn his passing, as Commissioner Scipione testified. I first got to know the Commissioner and his people in the lead-up to World Youth Day in Sydney in 2008. It was a time when hundreds of thousands of youth threw them kisses and told them God loved them and they loved them. If only it was always so! One such beloved of God and people was described in our first Scripture reading today (Wisdom 4:7-15). Being virtuous, untarnished and God-pleasing, the man in that passage was ready for God sooner than most.
Bryson’s fellow officers tell me he was such a man, and that his integrity inspired them. That his death has left them in shock is a sign of that bond within the police family said to be as thick as blood.
Of course, policing was literally in Bryson’s blood, as his father and brother both served in the force, Rex for many years here in Parramatta. When I saw Donna and the family after the terrible news, there were policemen present as if they were his own brothers. Such a death must make all officers aware of their own mortality, must bring to the surface daily anxiety for the safety of the public, their comrades and themselves, and so too for beloved spouses who might be widowed or children orphaned. But it also brings out into the open their fraternity and courage.
Thousands are here today to pray for Bryson and the Anderson family, to share in their natural sorrow and supernatural hope. But proud as they must be and however comforted by our presence, they still have the very personal grief of ones who’ve lost husband, father, son and brother.
Perhaps they are asking themselves: How could an argument over a bird cage end so horribly? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God permit such things? Well, God could have made us robots, obedient to His every command. Instead He took the great ‘gamble’ of making us free, able to choose good or evil. He does everything to persuade, encourage, inspire us to live lives of service and self-sacrifice.
Some of us do. Most of us try. Some don’t. When bushfires, floods or other natural evils hurt innocent people, we know that these are part and parcel of a world that is beautiful and bountiful but has its own law and order.
The real mystery for us is man-made evil: why human beings do terrible things to each other, why they misuse the godlike gifts of freedom and intelligence. Like those in our first reading, we “look on uncomprehending”. Few of us will face death by an assailant’s knife or have that happen in our family. But when our own crosses come, we too must try to make some sense of it. In Jesus Christ, we believe, God fully embraced our human condition, including His own violent death as an innocent man before his time.
Why was it necessary for Christ to suffer? Because that was where humanity was. To redeem us, He had to go where we are. So God became a real human being, with friends and enemies, hopes and fears, who wept for His dead friend Lazarus, and later cried out tired, frightened, abandoned.
God in Jesus Christ is the great realist: no evasion, no false front, no easy escape; no pretending away the sin of the world or the suffering of ordinary lives. But He did what any man, any God-made-man, could do.
The problem of evil drives some to atheism, some to despair. But it draws some to the Crucified One, to unite their sufferings with His, as He united His whole being with them at Christmas and beyond.
This doesn’t ‘magic away’ all that is unpleasant; we may still ache that someone we love has been stolen from us. Our hearts may be troubled as Jesus’ was (John 12:27, 13:31). But in time faith can bring new perspective, the courage to face the human condition, the grace to grow through this stage of our life, and compassion for others who suffer also.
Any faith or philosophy worthy of us must face evil straight on. Every police officer knows this. Euphemisms and positive thinking will not do; neither will glorifying evil or emptying it of its mystery. From the side of the Crucified God flows the blood and water of human life and death. But from there, too, flows hope for every hurting heart, every fragile person, even for the dead.
2012 is the sesquicentenary of the New South Wales Police Force and was supposed to be a year of celebration for them. Yet it began with the killing of Senior Constable Dave Rixon and ends with the killing of Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson. He is the 14th to be killed on duty since 1980. Death is no respecter of office, rank or character. And so this week a family, a force, a whole state join Christ in His Passion. We are joined with Him in His mortal combat with evil: proposing the good and beautiful and true to all; preventing violence and injustice where we can; comforting the victims, those who suffer for justice’s sake and those who mourn them.
In our Gospel passage, Christ called Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life for every troubled heart (John 14:1-6). His life offers us the way, as it did to Bryson, the way of justice, mercy and peace. Christ’s death offers us the truth, as it did for Bryson, the truth about human fragility and promise, freedom and intelligence for good or evil. And His Resurrection offers us the life, as it does for Bryson, life eternal for every noble soul.
2012 should have been a year of celebration for police officers and still it should be: a celebration of what is most worthy in the force and in those who bring it credit. It should have been a time of pride and joy for the Anderson family: that will come later, as they treasure what Bryson gave to them and to us all.
But for now: “We seem to be giving Bryson back to you, O God, who gave him to us.
Yet, as you did not lose him in giving him to us, so we do not lose him by his return. For
you do not give as the world gives, O Lover of souls: what you give you never take
away … For life is eternal, and love immortal, and death is only an horizon, and the
horizon is no more than the limit of our sight.
“Lift us up, strong Son of God, that we may see further. Cleanse our tearful eyes that
we may see more clearly. Draw us closer to yourself, that we may know ourselves to be
nearer to Bryson, now that he is with you. And while you prepare a place for us (John
14:1-6), prepare us also for that happy place, that where you and he are, we may be
also, for evermore.” (Prayer of Fr Bede Jarrett OP)
Bryson ANDERSON IS mentioned on the National Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra
Mitchell Barbieri and his mother Fiona plead guilty to their roles in killing of decorated officer Bryson Anderson
Amy Dale
The Daily Telegraph
November 05, 201412:24PM
Police officers arrive for the trial for Fiona and Mitchell Barbieri charged with the murder of Inspector Bryson Anderson. They pleaded guilty to their roles in his death at the start of the trial this morning. Picture: John Grainger
THE mother and son charged with killing decorated police officer Detective Inspector Bryson Anderson have pleaded guilty on the morning their trial was due to start.
Detective inspector Bryson Anderson, 45, who was killed when he attended a neighbourhood dispute in Oakville on December 6, 2012.
Mitchell Barbieri pleaded guilty to murdering the 45 year old officer, while his mother, 47, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty of the officer’s manslaughter.
The pleas came as the jury were about to be empanelled and begin to hear the opening address.
Bryson Anderson was killed on December 6, 2012, after being called to the pair’s Oakville home, in Sydney’s north west.
Fiona Barbieri’s plea to manslaughter is being accepted on the grounds of “substantial impairment”, the court heard.
It is expected a sentencing hearing will take place next year.
Mitchell Barbieri, 21, is facing a mandatory life sentence without parole for murdering a police officer.
The Supreme Court was packed with family, colleagues and friends of Det Insp Anderson, some of whom shed tears as the guilty pleas were announced.
Artist impression of Fiona Barbieri and her son Mitchell in the dock of Central Local Court last year. Artist impression by Bernd Heinrich
Flanked by police officers, Det Insp Anderson’s brother Warwick Anderson thanked the investigating officers for their “support and strength” and the hard work of the DPP.
He said the family was very mindful of the officers who were with his brother on the day he died and who continued to suffer physical and psychological injuries.
“The thoughts, care and prayers of our family go out to them,” he told reporters outside court.
There was still a significant way to go for his family to come to terms with the “senseless and tragic loss of Bryson”, he said
Justice Robert Hulme adjourned the case until next Wednesday, when the Crown will begin calling evidence on sentence.
Defence counsel will give their submissions to court on November 24.
Family and friends of murdered Detective inspector Bryson Anderson and police
Grave of Bryson Anderson
Shelley Leanne DAVIS
20/12/2017
Shelley Leanne DAVIS
NSW Goulburn Police Academy Class ?
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 37034
Rank: Constable
Stations: Goulburn
Service: From 30 August 2002 to 19 June 2004 = 1+ years of Service
Awards: Nil
Born: ? ? 1977
Died on: Saturday 19 June 2004
Cause: Motor Vehicle Accident – passenger in Police sedan. Vehicle -v- tree
Event location: Sydney Rd, Goulburn East, approx. 300 mtrs prior to Hume Hwy entrance.
Age: 27
Funeral date: ?
Funeral location: ?
Buried at: Cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden Valley Way, Leppington.
Ashes collected by family.
Memorial at: Small car park on north side of north bound lane upon Sydney Rd, Goulburn East a few hundred metres from the Hume Hwy.
Plaque on a bolder.
The ” original memorial ” was a large gum tree in between the north and south bound lanes – opposite the car park.
The tree was lopped to ground level about 2013.
Tree location: Lat: -34.74257
Long: 149.76721
On the 19 June 2004 Constable Davis was the observer in a police vehicle when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident on the Sydney Road, just north of Goulburn. As a result of the accident the constable sustained fatal injuries.
The constable was born in 1977 and was sworn in as a probationary constable on the 30 August 2002. At the time of her death she was stationed at Goulburn.
SHELLEY IS mentioned on the Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra
Touch plate at the National Police Wall of Remembrance, Canberra
This Memorial stone is located in a small car park siding on Sydney Rd, Goulburn, northbound towards the Hume Freeway from the city.
Photos taken, by Cal, on 24 April 2018. Note that the photo, of Shelley, had fallen from the plaque pre June 2017 and needs replacing.
GPS: -34.74226 149.76644
Note: The photo of Shelley Davis fell off her Memorial plaque pre June 2017 & still needs replacing. Photo taken 24 April 2018. As of 29 July 2018 there was still no ceramic plate attached. On 31 July 2018 a photo was sent to a ceramic business for this job to be done. Wednesday 12 September 2018 – the new ceramic photo plate ( below ) has been received and will be placed on the memorial plate ( above ) before Police Remembrance Day, 29 September 2018.
Many thanks to Paul Pepe, Necro Imaging, 11 Bruce St, West Preston, Vic. ( necroimaging@hotmail.com ) for doing the new ceramic photo plate below.
Memorial before the replacement of the photo on Tuesday 18 September 2018.
Memorial after the replacement of the photo on Tuesday 18 September 2018.
The way the Memorial plaque should have looked as soon as the damage was reported 15 months ago. Those that complained about Cal picking up the damaged porcelain photo from Goulburn – you had 15 months to have it replaced. I did it in ONE MONTH and didn’t even know the girl. Shame on those who complained.
A small section of St John Of God, Richmond Hospital, where Police ( and others ) with PTSD have gone for Inpatient Treatment.
This is a small Memorial that previous patients ( Police ) have done to remember our friends who have fallen before us. The Black & Dark Blue Memorial stones are by Army members
WEDNESDAY 27 JULY 2005. MEMORIAL SITE AT THE TREE AGAINST WHICH CONSTABLE SHELLEY DAVIS, FROM GOULBURN POLICE STATION, LOST HER LIFE ONE NIGHT WHEN THE POLICE SEDAN SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN SLAMMED SIDEWAYS INTO THIS TREE – KILLING SHELLEY. THIS IS A HUGE TRIBUTE. I FOUND A 20 CENT PIECE ON THE GROUND AT THE BASE OF THE TREE. IT WAS COVERED IN BROWN (DRY BLOOD) AND WOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY COME FROM THE CAR AND POSSIBLY BELONGED TO ONE OF THE OCCUPANTS. I KEPT THIS COIN. IT WAS RAINING ON THE NIGHT OF THIS ACCIDENT. SOMETIME IN 2010, THIS TREE AND THE GIFTS WERE TOTALLY REMOVED FROM THIS LOCATION. A ‘STONE’ MEMORIAL, WITH PLAQUE, WAS LATER LAID IN THE CAR PARK ADJACENT TO THIS TREE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE PHOTOS, PRAYERS ETC BUT THE TREE HAS BEEN TOTALLY REMOVED FROM THE LOCATION ALSO.
Police crash scandal
By Rhett Watson
The Daily Telegraph
July 06, 200712:00AM
THE Deputy State Coroner has recommended the DPP investigate laying charges over the death of a police officer killed when the patrol car in which she was a passenger crashed three years ago.
The coronial inquest into the death of Constable Shelley Davis heard her partner, Senior-Constable Paul Sharman, was doing up to 110km/h in an 80km/h zone when he lost control of the vehicle on a road just outside Goulburn on June 19, 2004.
Criminal charges layed against him soon after the crash failed a year ago due to a technicality.
In releasing her findings in Glebe Coroners Court yesterday, Deputy State Coroner Dorelle Pinch recommended the DPP investigate laying charges “against an individual”.
Davis’ mother, Diane, said she was “pleased” the matter had been referred to the DPP and praised the efforts of investigators.
During the hearing last month, Mrs Davis read out a submission where she accused Sen-Constable Sharman of being a “cowboy cop, reckless, irresponsible and dishonest”.
Mrs Davis said outside court yesterday her family had visited Sen-Constable Sharman twice since her daughter’s death to support him but had never received an apology.
“That’s the main thing we would have wanted from the beginning – the truth, with an apology, would have been good,” Mrs Davis said.
“Shelley was always so honest and yet we have got officers she worked with who didn’t hold those values.”
Ms Pinch was highly critical of a second officer – Constable Damien Ottley – who had been a witness to the crash but had initially lied to investigators.
The inquest heard that Const Davis and Sen-Constable Sharman were travelling in police sedan Goulburn 37 – under lights and sirens – when the crash occurred at 9am on June 19.
Ms Pinch found there was no reason for them to be speeding as they were not needed at the job they were heading to – nor was that job considered urgent in the first place.
Other evidence heard in the inquest revealed that one witness described Goulburn 37’s speed as so fast “they were flying”.
Sen-Constable Sharman did not give evidence to the inquest.
A PERMANENT memorial has been dedicated to honour the “ray of sunshine”, Constable Shelley Davis, who died seven years ago last Sunday.
About 25 friends, former work colleagues and senior personnel from the Goulburn Local Area Command where Shelley worked attended the dedication ceremony last Sunday at the rest area opposite the site where she died in a patrol car accident on June 19, 2004.
Celebrant Trish Cunningham ( R.I.P. ) – whose husband Tony had helped with creating the memorial, fixing the plaque to the rock – conducted the brief ceremony. The rock for the memorial was transported from retired sergeant Rosie Jackson’s property by Primmer’s Towing while Rhod Stevens from the RTA assisted in the positioning of the site.
Local Area Commander, Superintendent Gary Worboys reminded everyone that police work is difficult and dangerous and the decisions that officers make can have lasting effects on other people. He said Shelley was, according to those who knew her, “like a ray of sunshine warming the hearts of those around her”.
“She was a dedicated officer and her loss was a tragedy,” Supt Worboys said.
“We can only hope that the lessons of that day will be learnt and that a similar tragedy will never happen again.”
Rosie Jackson said she would also like to thank Shane Biesterveld of Rudd Funerals for organising the plaque at short notice; Shepherds Hill Nursery who supplied some of the plants for the garden; Lena Cooper who helped with creating the garden, and everyone else who had a part in making the memorial possible.
Supt Worboys suggested the memorial would be a fitting place for a service during the annual Police Remembrance Day.
In memoriam: Constable Shelley Leanne DAVIS, New South Wales Police, killed on 19th June 2004
On the 19 June 2004 Constable Davis was the observer in a police vehicle when it was involved in a motor vehicle accident on the Sydney Road, just north of Goulburn. As a result of the accident, the constable sustained fatal injuries.
The constable was born in 1977 and was sworn in as a probationary constable on the 30 August 2002. At the time of her death she was stationed at Goulburn.
When Constable Davis began her Diploma of Policing Practice at the New South Wales Police College at Goulburn in August 2001 she did not know that the Southern Highlands would become her home in the longer term. She was stationed at Goulburn police station in August 2002 and settled at nearby Hill Top. Constable Davis made clear her motivation for joining NSW Police in a story published in the Goulburn Post to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Police College.
She said: “It may sound a little clichéd, but I wanted a job where I could make a difference, that was not boring and where I could challenge my boundaries.”
Constable Shelley Davis made the ultimate sacrifice in the course of the job that she loved. Shelley lived in Hill Top with her partner in life. She moved there so that she could continue to work in and be within commuting distance of her beloved Goulburn. Her colleagues described her as a bubbly, outgoing, lovely girl who loved to do everything, including horse riding and running, and she never had a bad word to say about anyone.
Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said that Constable Shelley Davis was, according to those who knew her, “like a ray of sunshine warming the hearts of those around her. She was a dedicated officer and her loss was a tragedy.”
Fallen in the line of duty. Gone, but never forgotten and forever in our hearts.
Glenn Edward McENALLAY
20/12/2017
Glenn Edward McENALLAY VA
aka Glenn McENALLAY
New South Wales Police Force
Goulburn Police Academy Class # 270
Regd. # 31940
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Monday 19 May 1997 with Class # 270 ( aged 21 years, 2 months, 9 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 14 November 1997 ( aged 21 years, 8 months, 4 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: Constable 1st Class
Stations: Manning / Great Lakes ( ProCst ), Mascot ( GDs ), City East Transits, City East Highway Patrol – Mascot – Death
Service: From 14 November 1997 to 3 April 2002 = 4 years, 10 months, 15 days Service
Age: 26 years, 0 months, 24 days
Time in Retirement: 0
Awards: posthumously awarded the Commissioner’s Valour
Approximate location of murder: [codepeople-post-map]
Memorial 1: Sparks Reserve, Sparks St, Mascot, NSW
Memorial 2: Mascot Police Station, 965 Botany Rd, Mascot, NSW
Glenn Edward McENALLAY
Senior Constable Glenn McEnallay on right taken about 2 weeks before his death. Photo courtesy of Noel Kessel.
HWP vehicle 211 with the personalised memorial number plates for Glenn Edward McEnallay. GEM211
About 5.30pm on 27 March, 2002 the constable was driving an unmarked Highway Patrol vehicle when he began to follow a stolen vehicle. In Denison Street, Hillsdale the vehicle sped off and Constable McEnallay informed VKG of the pursuit. The stolen vehicle turned into Grace Campbell Crescent and stopped. As the police vehicle came to a halt near the stolen vehicle four offenders alighted from it and fired a number of shots at the constable from a distance of about three metres. Constable McEnallay was hit in the right side of the head and right shoulder. Other police arrived at the scene and two offenders were arrested. Constable McEnallay died of his wounds on 3 April, 2002. He was posthumously awarded the Commissioner’s Valour Award.
The constable was born in 1976 and joined the New South Wales Police Force on 14 November, 1997. At the time of his death was attached to the City East Highway Patrol.
Today ( 3 April 2022 ) …friends, family, colleagues past and present, current and former Senior offices, The Mayor for Bayside Council as well as community members came together to remember Senior Constable Glenn McEnallay who was murdered in the line of duty 20 years ago.
I didn’t know this young man, but I walk past his memorial in Sparks Reserve each day and see his memorial at Mascot Police Station when I walk into work each morning
The story of Glenn is in the below link – RIP
Memorial dedication – Twenty Years on – 2022
Daily Telegraph Online wrote:
Parole hearing for cop killer Motekiai Taufahema
A MAN involved in the murder of Sydney policeman Glenn McEnallay was today refused parole.
Motekiai Taufahema, 35, is serving 11 years jail after being found guilty of Senior Constable McEnally’s manslaughter.
His bid for freedom was today rejected by the State Parole Authority.
He was one of four men convicted for the shooting murder of Constable McEnallay ten years ago.
The State Parole Authority said today they believed Taufahema has not addressed his offending behaviour and his release is not supported by the Serious Offenders Review Council (SORC).
His seven year non-parole period ended last month.
“The offender needs to be reduced in classification before progress and judgment … It is not appropriate for SPA to consider the offender for release on parole.”
Commissioner Ron Woodham opposed Taufahema’s release, saying it was not in the public interest and he had not addressed his offending behaviour.
Taufahema, found not guilty of the murder of Senior Constable McEnallay but guilty of manslaughter, was sentenced to 11 years prison.
Motekiai’s brother, John, also found not guilty of the murder of Senior Constable McEnallay but guilty of manslaughter, was last month refused parole and will not be eligible again until 2014. His full sentence is also 11 years with a non-parole period of seven years.
The Authority last month also refused parole for co-offender Meli Lagi at a private meeting. He will not be eligible for parole again until next year.
Lagi, 32, who was found not guilty of the murder of Senior Constable McEnallay but guilty of firearms offences, was sentenced to almost 13 years prison with a non-parole period of almost nine years, which expired on 2 April 2011.
The fourth co-offender, 32-year-old Sione Penisini, is serving a total sentence of 36 years and won’t be eligible for parole until 2029.
Court allows police killer to stay for daughter’s sake
ONE of the men jailed for manslaughter over the death of Senior Constable Glenn McEnallay has escaped deportation to Tonga even though he has spent more than half of his 21 years in Australia in prison.
The best interests of Motekiai Taufahema’s seven-year-old daughter, born after he was jailed, tipped the balance in his favour when he appealed against the cancellation of his visa. But his childless brother, Sione, 31, also convicted of McEnallay‘s manslaughter, will be sent back to the country he left aged nine.
A victims’ group says the decisions perversely reward criminals who become parents, while refugee advocates say they show the unfairness of the Migration Act’s ”character test”.
Although Motekiai Taufahema, 33, had spent 12 of 21 years here behind bars, the deputy president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Robin Handley, found his daughter ”loves her father and misses him” and would be devastated if he were deported.
Combined with evidence of his rehabilitation, including a non-violent response to being stabbed 10 times by a fellow prisoner, it earned him ”one last chance”.
Mr Handley rejected Sione Taufahema’s appeal on the same day, saying the high risk of him re-offending outweighed other factors. Noting that he has spent almost 10 of his 21 years here in prison, Mr Handley accepted the Federal Government’s argument that the community would expect to be protected against his violent criminal behaviour.
Asked about Sione Taufahema’s imminent arrival, a Tongan Government spokesman said in an email, ”No comment.”
The Taufahema brothers were both on parole for a brutal bashing when stopped with four stolen guns in Hillsdale in 2002. Their accomplice, Sione Penisini, shot McEnallay four times.
Both brothers were sentenced to 11 years jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter – a result McEnallay‘s father, Bob, called a ”bloody disgrace”.
Sione Taufahema‘s deportation adds to a turbulent few years for the Taufahema family. Two of his siblings, Honora and Filisione, are also in jail. Another, 18-year-old Tavita, was shot dead by police in September during an armed hold-up at the Canley Heights Hotel. Last year 16-year-old Chris Emmerson was shot dead by a visitor at the family’s Yennora home.
The father, Maunaloa Taufahema, said he was happy for Motekiai’s daughter but disappointed for Sione, whom he considered Australian, not Tongan.
”He has spent a lot of his life in Australia, and to me his behaviour was based on the Australian environment,” he said.
Both brothers have spent only a week or two in Tonga since they left as children and their close families have since moved to Australia and New Zealand.
Robyn Cotterell-Jones, from the Victims of Crime Assistance League, said both brothers should be deported as a deterrent. ”I imagine victims would feel it’s wrong that if you’re arrested for murder but you get somebody pregnant you will be able to stay here rather than be deported.”
Dr Michael Grewcock, an expert on the character test from the University of NSW, said it seemed bizarre to deport one brother and not another: ”There’s just a general lack of consistency, which is built into the process.”
