Victoria Police is under fire for celebrating “Trans Awareness Week” despite crime being at record high levels while the woke force struggles to recruit officers and keep stations open.
The organisation, which regularly supports far-left initiatives, shared a photo on Facebook of dozens of police employees standing in front of a “transgender” and aboriginal flags on Thursday and revealed that it had 600 LGBTIQA+ Liaison Officers (LLOs).
“Today marks the start of Trans Awareness Week. It is an opportunity to celebrate trans and gender diverse pride and raise awareness of the issues faced by the communities. Victoria Police is committed to the safety and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ communities,” the caption said.
But comments were soon turned off and hidden, with only five out of 75 remaining at the time of writing – two from the Victoria Police account, as the cops moved to shut down criticism of their pro-LGBT agenda.
Victorian Senator Ralph Babet later shared the post, stating “enough of this woke stuff”, while hundreds of others made similar responses urging police to focus on catching criminals.
“This is pure insanity, you would think fighting crime would be law enforcement’s main priority,” wrote one.
“What the ACTUAL? Worry about gangs and crime not WOKE CRAP,” said another.
“We have the worst crimes, people being walked up and stabbed for nothing out of nowhere in broad daylight, gangs and machete injuries so bad they’ve spent millions of tax payer money on machete bins, real crimes, and they’re gonna do this. Absolutely bonkers,” said a third.
The unpopular police gesture comes after regular complaints from members of the public about Victoria Police failing to respond to calls, including telling a burgled business owner it was too broke to prosecute the offender, and not showing up when a man was attacked by an African in the street.
There are 43 stations that are either only open for 8 or 16 hours a day or no longer provide reception service at all, and last week it was revealed more reductions and even closures are set to result from new Chief Commissioner Mike Bush’s changes to get more police on the street to combat record-high crime.
Police Association Victoria secretary Wayne Gatt said the force was 2,000 officers short, with vacancies rapidly increasing despite entrance standards being drastically reduced earlier this year.
At the same time Victoria is in the grips of a horrific crime wave driven by African gang violence, resulting in Premier Jacinta Allan banning machete and this week announcing “adult crime, adult time” laws.
State Budget papers in May revealed that only 55% of Victorians have confidence in the police, 52% are satisfied with policing services, and 51% feel safe walking locally at night.
The satisfaction and integrity ratings are far below the departmental targets of 80% and 82%, down from 55.5% and 61.9% a year earlier, and the results mirror an internal poll from June last year which found public confidence and satisfaction in police had fallen to 58%, the lowest levels since records began.
After last year’s poll results former commissioner Kel Glare said “unreasonable, violent and indefensible” police actions during Victoria’s human rights-violating Covid lockdowns had battered public faith in the force.
Header image: Left, Victoria Police in front of a “transgender” flag. Right, LGBTIQA+ Liaison Officers (Victoria Police).
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