Speaker 1: There we go. We are framing the paper.
Speaker 2: Every couple of weeks we get in someone from the
Speaker 2: Victorian Police, and every couple of weeks we catch up
Speaker 2: with our friendly neighborhood policeman. It is super intended. Wayne
Speaker 2: Cheese Man, Morning Cheese, Morning cheese.
Speaker 3: The morning. Everyone's great to be.
Speaker 4: You've been catching some baddies.
Speaker 5: It is non stop, Lauren, Really, it's non stop. Adding
Speaker 5: the North, we call it the Crazy North, or I
Speaker 5: call the Crazy North. It is NonStop.
Speaker 6: Really, But you've been off with the man flu. Well,
Speaker 6: do you have to take some time?
Speaker 5: I took one day off. I actually took a day
Speaker 5: off for the first time, I reckon in twenty years.
Speaker 5: It's a harder being a voice is a bit funny,
Speaker 5: but I feel better.
Speaker 4: Did you get much sympathy at home, Lauren?
Speaker 3: That's question. No, there's no sympathy from the wife, the kids.
Speaker 4: We're not good at giving you.
Speaker 2: You're better off just having a sleep in the back
Speaker 2: of the paddy wagon then going on.
Speaker 3: Probably better to go to work somewhere.
Speaker 4: How is the crime going around Melbourne?
Speaker 5: Look, crime is up. I've seen that before. Crime is up.
Speaker 5: We are, but we are arresting more people than ever.
Speaker 5: But the demand for police and and to deal with
Speaker 5: crime is through the roof.
Speaker 2: Now here's my issue, right, because you guys are working
Speaker 2: around the clock. I just think there is way too
Speaker 2: much paperwork. Our crops are stuck with. You brought up
Speaker 2: on the show the other day that if our wheely
Speaker 2: bin goes missing, all right, or there was footage of
Speaker 2: a garbage truck the robotic arm picked up the wheellybin,
Speaker 2: the wheel habin fell in the truck and they kept driving.
Speaker 1: You were telling me a rubbish bin.
Speaker 6: I had to go to the police station to get it.
Speaker 6: Take from a police like as if you could be
Speaker 6: bothered dealing with that.
Speaker 5: So we have dozens of people at the counters every
Speaker 5: day where it's that deck signed, so it takes up
Speaker 5: our time. The counters can be you know, ten deep,
Speaker 5: and I have two constables on the counter and it's
Speaker 5: ten deep all day every day.
Speaker 7: We need a deck shop.
Speaker 4: Yeah, pharmacists do it or something.
Speaker 5: So there are people that can do there, pharmacists, so
Speaker 5: offen we get a bull justice and who consider in
Speaker 5: the counter they can help with some of the demand.
Speaker 6: It just felt strange to me going to the pharmacy
Speaker 6: saying my bin's gone, missus.
Speaker 7: Ky cheese. It's a really really important week, this one.
Speaker 7: It is road Safety Week, and I dare say, as
Speaker 7: a police officer, you have seen some notorious things on
Speaker 7: our roads.
Speaker 5: Unfortunately, most police go to some horrific accident scenes and
Speaker 5: you can imagine, you know, the human versus the metal
Speaker 5: of a car often doesn't go well. So you see
Speaker 5: some really traumatic things. But what's an important message here
Speaker 5: for me around road safety is the broader impact a.
Speaker 3: Nasty or a fadale accident can have.
Speaker 5: So you obviously have people that make errors and errors
Speaker 5: of judgment around speeding or distracted driving, and suddenly their
Speaker 5: life is turned upside down. There's also the life of
Speaker 5: their families. Suddenly they might have a son or a
Speaker 5: daughter going into jail. But then you have the victim side,
Speaker 5: and it's terrific and the impact and it's a life
Speaker 5: changing impact really. So you know, we had last year,
Speaker 5: I think around the country there was twelve hundred deaths
Speaker 5: on the road. So twelve hundred if you think about that,
Speaker 5: there was connected to it, and there was forty thousand
Speaker 5: serious injuries and there were things you know, we harp
Speaker 5: on as police about the message of concentrating on the
Speaker 5: road and sticking to the speed limit and not using
Speaker 5: your phone. But I drive home from Forklom every day
Speaker 5: and it's about a forty minute drive. People are speeding.
Speaker 5: People on the phone. For some reason. The message just
Speaker 5: not get through. But all I say to those people
Speaker 5: is the impact and the split second life changing moment.
Speaker 5: The impact that can have on you and your loved
Speaker 5: ones is life changing.
Speaker 2: Say if you're heading home right, you're in the traffic,
Speaker 2: you're in your normal car. I can see you in
Speaker 2: like a little Master too or something, and you see
Speaker 2: someone at the lights and they're fully on their phone,
Speaker 2: clear as day.
Speaker 1: Can you, even.
Speaker 2: Though you're off duty, tap on the window time to
Speaker 2: pull over and book them.
Speaker 5: So once you're sworn in in the academy, you are
Speaker 5: you are? You have those powers twenty four to seven. Yeah,
Speaker 5: there's no honor off jr. The decision you have to
Speaker 5: make is if it goes wrong, I have no radio,
Speaker 5: no firearm, I have no equipment. So often often what
Speaker 5: I would do is I might show the police sign
Speaker 5: that I put on the nash for parking. I might
Speaker 5: show it out the window and just say, you know,
Speaker 5: put the phone down. Yeah, and generally there's compliance because
Speaker 5: suddenly they break out.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I have a fright every time I see a
Speaker 6: police car, I thank god, what am I doing wrong?
Speaker 4: I panic? I get really like, okay, am I I'm right?
Speaker 6: When I see police cars on the road, I know
Speaker 6: people flash their headlights whatever, But actually is a good
Speaker 6: reminder make sure like are you speeding? Are you doing
Speaker 6: anything wrong? Because it is easy to all of a
Speaker 6: sudden go, oh my god, I'm in a forty zone.
Speaker 3: Yes, yes, it is easy to do.
Speaker 5: So that's why we ask people to concentrate, but it
Speaker 5: is very easy to do.
Speaker 2: Just quick me back on the parking sign. Can you
Speaker 2: just check the he was saying, he chucks the police
Speaker 2: sign on the dashboard when he wants to park. Can
Speaker 2: you just if you check that little police sign on
Speaker 2: the dashboard.
Speaker 3: So if I'm working in my official capacity of course, of.
Speaker 4: Course, yes, right, yeah, you can't get pas obviously.
Speaker 3: We don't go in the disabled sign. But if I
Speaker 3: need to park appointment.
Speaker 2: Chadston Christmas Eve, we'd come in here because you don't
Speaker 2: want to get in trouble with the with the new boss.
Speaker 7: And you've got oh you got a new boss.
Speaker 1: Hey, can you hold that thought?
Speaker 2: Because I have questions about the new top cop that's
Speaker 2: going to be running Victoria Police. Stay with us. Cheesey's
Speaker 2: on the air this morning. Can we can't make a
Speaker 2: chat about it?
Speaker 3: Next?
Speaker 7: Of course, every.
Speaker 2: Couple of weeks we get the Victorian Police in and
Speaker 2: we love this man. He's our resident friendly cop. Cheesy
Speaker 2: is with us this morning. Hey, you've got a new
Speaker 2: boss coming. We've got a new top cop here in Victoria.
Speaker 2: Have you met him yet?
Speaker 5: So? I haven't met him, but I was impressed with
Speaker 5: his press conference.
Speaker 7: Mike Bush is his name.
Speaker 5: He's a key, he's got a wealth of experience. I
Speaker 5: really look forward to having him with Victoria Police. We
Speaker 5: will all get a red and we'll see what direction
Speaker 5: he wants to send the force in and what he'll
Speaker 5: set the direction and we'll look scary.
Speaker 4: You're superintendent. What is Mike Bush?
Speaker 3: So he's the chief commissioner.
Speaker 6: Chief Commissioner, Mike Bush is the number one address.
Speaker 7: So where are we? How far are you off top job?
Speaker 7: So you got your chief com you got your commissioner,
Speaker 7: you got your chief superintendent.
Speaker 3: No, so I'm a bit of a way down.
Speaker 7: So above me doing hunger games. How long have we
Speaker 7: got to go until you're the the.
Speaker 3: Commander the way Victoria please has gone through.
Speaker 4: Who else is above you?
Speaker 5: There's commanders within the organization. Then there are assistant commissioners,
Speaker 5: and a couple of deputy commissioners, and.
Speaker 3: Then the and then you, and then brother, I'm too old.
Speaker 4: He's going the constable. They below you, so they begin
Speaker 4: its constable.
Speaker 5: Everyone starts the constable, senior constable, Sergeant, senior sergeant.
Speaker 3: Is that superintendent far? Yeah? Long tree?
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, you're like seven from the bottom, And he
Speaker 4: made that sound like you were right on the bottom,
Speaker 4: little badges on his arm, about five from the top,
Speaker 4: six from the top.
Speaker 3: Still a long way. I'm happy.
Speaker 5: I'm happy. I don't know how I like you to, superintendent, really,
Speaker 5: but I'm happy.
Speaker 2: Is there any I mean, obviously pays and stuff change,
Speaker 2: but is there any extra little benefits the higher you
Speaker 2: climb in the force.
Speaker 3: Those those lurks and per days finished off. It's a
Speaker 3: salary based rank structure, so you get what you get.
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's all about the honor of serving the people
Speaker 7: at Victoria, he said.
Speaker 1: The new statement. You get what you get, don't get
Speaker 1: upset Victoria.
Speaker 4: The new boss is from New Zealand.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so he was the chief commissioner over in New
Speaker 5: Year's retired. She's retired and from the news report, he
Speaker 5: was headhunted to interview and obviously he impressed the selection
Speaker 5: panel and he's got the job.
Speaker 4: I saw him on the news, Beautiful New Zealand.
Speaker 2: On the news the other night. He seemed stern serious.
Speaker 2: Was about scary. But Stern's a good way of putting it.
Speaker 1: Put it this way. I don't think he's going to
Speaker 1: muck around.
Speaker 5: No, no, So he came across as a as a
Speaker 5: very serious, smart, strong leader, and I think that's exactly
Speaker 5: where what we need at the moment.
Speaker 4: It's a big job, isn't it.
Speaker 5: It's a huge job there are you know, they're like,
Speaker 5: I guess it's like any any corporation. You're the head.
Speaker 5: There's lots of shoes down within. But you know it's
Speaker 5: well known. We've got our crime issues. We've got our
Speaker 5: I guess our morale is shoes. But I think he's
Speaker 5: you know, I thank him for putting his hand up.
Speaker 3: And taking it.
Speaker 4: You've got faith he's going to sort out the crime
Speaker 4: in this state.
Speaker 5: I have one hundred percent faith and then as long
Speaker 5: as we all get behind him, which I will and
Speaker 5: I'm sure others will. You know, we're we're a bigger
Speaker 5: organization and we can have impact if we all work together.
Speaker 4: Do you think you're like us?
Speaker 1: Do you think you're come to get him? Should we
Speaker 1: pick him up for the airport?
Speaker 2: Oh?
Speaker 7: You're with a sign, we'll park and go in here.
Speaker 3: Well you want to.
Speaker 7: Come to Jesus?
Speaker 5: Well, he spoke about being visible and the important of
Speaker 5: that with leadership.
Speaker 4: So what's getting me?
Speaker 3: What better way to reach the audience and the community?
Speaker 4: So you got were you putting in a good word
Speaker 4: for us? I will always cheesy, cheesy? What are you
Speaker 4: going to tell him about us?
Speaker 5: I'm going to tell him that you you three are
Speaker 5: the premiere number one radio show across the country and
Speaker 5: he needs to get on board.
Speaker 4: Good. I you that's the messaging we'd like.
Speaker 7: Cheese.
Speaker 1: Now, let's park that messaging because I have a question
Speaker 1: before we let you go.
Speaker 7: We go. He's got beef with someone?
Speaker 4: Comes straight from mens. I'm sure.
Speaker 1: I don't have beef with anyone.
Speaker 7: I just want to know, cheesy, just.
Speaker 4: Say you get to push in the line and drive through.
Speaker 6: Do you get free McDonald's if you show your badge
Speaker 6: you done?
Speaker 4: What other questions is justice?
Speaker 2: It is National Road Safety Week and we should all
Speaker 2: be slowing down and watching what we're doing on the roads.
Speaker 2: And you mentioned earlier seeing police cars out there or
Speaker 2: just reminders of what people need, could hypothetical.
Speaker 6: If you were doing so well? Do you really want
Speaker 6: to ask a stupid question.
Speaker 2: If I saw a highway patrol radar set up the
Speaker 2: other day and hypothetically flashed my lights to oncoming cars,
Speaker 2: therefore slowing them down, can I be fine for that?
Speaker 5: It's a really it's a vexed answer. So it's a
Speaker 5: gray area. So you flash the light, you are slowing
Speaker 5: people down, so you're having impact.
Speaker 4: You should just go around flashing lights.
Speaker 5: And can be charged with hindering the duties of police.
Speaker 5: But I think that's a rarity these days. Yeah, I
Speaker 5: think you are available to be charged. But people do
Speaker 5: it all the time.
Speaker 7: Its me.
Speaker 3: It's quite a good thing.
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's better for people to slow down then to
Speaker 6: get a fine and keep speeding, to be honest, because
Speaker 6: you don't even realize when you've gone past it.
Speaker 2: Sometimes someone did it to me and it was just
Speaker 2: a reminder to go, and I was actually going to
Speaker 2: spend them, but I was like, oh, I haven't even
Speaker 2: looked at so.
Speaker 7: Just to be sure. It's discretionary.
Speaker 3: All things are discretionary.
Speaker 7: So lock him up, put him away.
Speaker 1: Like it was a hypothetical.
Speaker 2: Superintendent, why chasmine cheesy in the house of this this morning.
Speaker 3: Good to see mate, No, really, good to see you
Speaker 3: three as well.
Speaker 7: Thank you, Jason, Lauren, Lauren wake up feeling good following them.
Speaker 4: I'm on the socials.