Comments on: WA Police “Step Forward” into Second Life: detractors in hot pursuit.

By: Peter John STONE

Peter John STONE — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:34:53 +0000

What are they (Police Force) on, "Lord of the Rings " Now about recruiting on the ficticious Recruiting Branch "thing", what happened to the good old " hands -on" approach.

Gee ,next they will expect , who do you call him (I'm 60 yrs of age) Darth Vader or something to control law and order over this thing called the "computer" .

No wonder the C.O.P. and his cronies(Politicians) can't look after the 'REAL WORLD' such as the retired guys who had to retire on medical grounds.

Why go overseas for Staff. all they have to do is look for the average guy with a bit of common sense,
which seems to be lacking nowadays.

By: Peter John STONE

Peter John STONE — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:34:53 +0000

By: Episode 8 of TMJ Podcast - WA Police, quests as education and zoning : The Metaverse Journal - Australia’s Virtual World News Service

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:39:17 +0000

[...] episode consists of a discussion between Feldpar Epstein, Graham Sabre and myself on the recent WA Police foray into Second Life, some interesting education applications of both social and gaming virtual worlds, and the [...]

By: Tateru Nino

Tateru Nino — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:51:44 +0000

There *is* a staff member. I've visited three times and been unable to raise a response from them. I presume the staff member is online, but occupied with other WA POL duties. Or on a very long lunch. It's hard to say.

By: Claire Marie

Claire Marie — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:31:21 +0000

Yes that does sound cheap. But is there an employee costs factored in to mantaining the site. Even $25 a month, would be a waste of money if it was causing you negative recruiting,
because you never staffed the site. This is a good example of negative promotion. It must be causing some damage to the Police Departments reputation.?

Whats a low level employee worth $30 an hour covering incidentals. If WAPOL was serious, bearing in mind this site is an international site it should be covered 24 hours a day. But even 10 hours will be $300 aday now that is going to add up.

By: Tateru Nino

Tateru Nino — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:53:30 +0000

As I understand it, approximately $23,000 AUD up-front (design, development, building, scripting, etc), and … let's see, the size of the land parcel requires $25 US dollars per month in upkeep.

By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Australian Police Recruitment in SL

Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Australian Police Recruitment in SL — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:03:07 +0000

[...] Journal visited the virtual pavilion, called Step Forward, and offered its review, calling the island ‘attractive and functional’ but noting a serious lack of personnel [...]