AFPA President Angela Smith addressed the media this week as part of the opening of the inaugural Police Week in Canberra. Angela took the opportunity to speak about the significance of Police Week which recognises and celebrates the hard work and dedication of all police across the country.

Angela spoke to the media directly after the Home Affairs Minister and called on him to intervene and abandon the conservative change to the AFP Uniform Policy that now requires all visible tattoos to be covered when members are in uniform or while wearing AFP insignia. Your Association has been pressuring the AFP to abandon this nonsensical change in policy. We will continue to raise this issue until common sense prevails and this conservative change is overturned.

Further calls to introduce anti-consorting laws in the ACT were directed at the ACT Government before an innocent member of our community is hurt or killed by the violent bikie menace we are experiencing. The ACT is dragging its feet and the community will pay the price. These gangs are making a mockery of this government. And while the government stubbornly refuses to enact these laws  it is putting the lives of Canberrans in incredible danger.

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