Right to switch off remains for Victoria officers – despite the ‘important and unusual’ impact of pandemic policing

11th October 2021Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight

Within weeks of the introduction of a new agreement ensuring Victoria Police officers in Australia can disengage from work when off duty, the pandemic arrived, and with it one of the few exceptions to the deal; but as The Police Association Victoria Secretary Wayne Gatt explains, officers understand the distinction between “what’s trite and what’s important”, and the spirit of the policy remains in place.