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VICTORIA Police Family Violence Units are set for a shake-up and Family Violence officers from Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong are not pleased with the proposed changes. On the back of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Family Violence, Victoria Police is considering restructuring the Family Violence units. Anonymous informants from within Victoria Police have told Star News of a complaint lodged to the Victorian Police Association regarding the changes to the family violence units in Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong. The Police Association of Victoria has confirmed there has been communication with them from aggrieved police members in the southern metropolitan region. Star understands the complaint outlines concerns from the officers that the potential restructure would see them lose their commuted overtime pay and officers on the family violence unit would be removed after six months. According to the 2011 Victoria Police EBA officers, who work irregular hours similar to a detective, such as those on the family violence units, are entitled to just over $10,000 per year in commuted overtime. The Victoria Police informants say they are concerned officers with experience in handling complex family violence issues will be removed from the units in favour of younger officers and cheaper overtime requirements. The informants have claimed an officer that has been on one of these units for six months is only eligible for $5000 of the commuted overtime. The anonymous informants have claimed that on 11 November this year, officers in the Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong family Violence units were told officers working on the family violence units for more than six months were to be sent back to their original station and returned to uniform duties. Victoria Police Superintendent for the
Southern Metropolitan Region Paul Hollowood confirmed there were changes being considered for the family violence units in the area. “We are looking at a whole lot of options around the Family Violence units,� he said. “Nothing has officially been decided and we are looking a whole variety of options off the back of the Royal Commission recommendations and looking at what family violence approach we should be taking going forward.� Supt Hollowood said while changes were expected to the make-up of the family violence units within Victoria Police, it was not decided how that would affect officers' pay structures. “The changes are all about increasing the number of police in the area,� he said. “There will be no changes to the pay structure at all, but how officers are paid depends at the end on what the composition of the units is going to be.� “In terms of the family violence units, it depends if they are comprised of detectives or other specialist resources but no decisions have been made and options are being looked at currently.� Victoria Police spokeswoman Sara-Jane Delaney confirmed there were a number of options for restructure under consideration, but nothing had been made official at this stage. “Local management are currently considering how to best offer policing service to family violence victims in the area,� she said. “They want to continue to build their capacity and strengthen how they support family violence victims. “They are engaging with both internal and external stakeholders, though no final plans have been made or approved at this time.� It remains unclear how long these options will be considered for before the changes to the Family Violence Units come into effect. “It’s hard to put schedule against it,� Supt Hollowood said. “They are being actively looked at at the moment."
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