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 [...]

By: Bilbo - Frodo's dad

Bilbo - Frodo's dad — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:06:02 +0000

I was somewhat concerned about the comments made by the Commissioner in the Sunday Times and his associating running the Police like the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now it’s commonly known that some of the decisions made are directly out of fairyland and that some if not most of the Police hierarchy actually live in “The Shire”. Personally if the commissioner needs to have an alter ego to perform his duties then I would prefer the commissioner to model himself on Samwise Gamgee with all of Sam’s personalities of loyalty, compassion and a willingness to be there when really needed. These appear to be sadly lacking in his current role. I would be interested to know how much of the Police budget was spent on producing this recruitment site and how much is being spent to continue to “Rent the land” in cyberspace when the front line troops continue to struggle for equipment. Maybe the commissioner could spend a bit more time contemplating the bleak future of his current and past staff rather than fanaticizing about being conceived as some sort of hero.

By: Claire Marie

Claire Marie — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:19:53 +0000

One would think that if this situation could be turned around, so that the WA Police could go from being the state with the worst after-service benefits record, to openly bragging it was the most progressive service in the world, with the best after service benefits than any other police service, they would not have to spend all this money on recruitment and retention.

Now that would be one hell of a story.

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:47:57 +0000

Looks like Dr Karl the Commish has a bit more cleaning up to do. Considering what he said in the Sunday Times today about how parents should look after their children. I find it somewhat hypercritical that he tells others what to do with such authority, when in fact his own company hasn't got such a good record for looking after it own inner family. SHAME SHAME SHAME

By: Simone

Simone — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:17:08 +0000

What a great opportunity for the retired medically unfit WA police officers to promote their problem. I know a lot of RMU's can't go out much due to illness & poverty, to actively protest, so in reality the WA Police Service has done them a huge favour by “virtually” making themselves so available. From reading the RMU website, it would appear there is a massive “can of worms” just sitting there waiting to be opened. What a great story.

By: Irene Summers

Irene Summers — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:47:00 +0000

Think it says more than enough about a Police Service, when their own medically retired police offcier's call themselves the “Abandoned Ones.” I don't think there could be a clearer message to WAPOL. Clean up your act, drop the hype and look after your wounded Soldiers in Blue.