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By Meg Kennedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

He once kicked a few goals in a VFL football career, now he plans to kick a few more as the new face to lead local police enforcement.<\/p>\n

Inspector Damien Christensen is head of Victoria Police in the Moorabool LGA, including the Hepburn and Golden Plains areas.<\/p>\n

Sitting down with Inspector Christensen at Bacchus Marsh Police Station, he notes five priorities for his role; pointing to a whiteboard listing the topics \u2018People, OHS Compliance, Crime and Traffic, Community Engagement, and Emergency Management.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to have people first; we\u2019ve got to make sure\u2026I\u2019ve got fit and healthy people, trained people, the right amount of people to roster and the right people in the right places,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t go and tackle a problem if you don\u2019t have resources or the right resources, or you don\u2019t have the capabilities to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He insists that building relationships with local governments and other bodies, such as VicRoads and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), is paramount.<\/p>\n

\u201cExternally, what I\u2019m trying to build is relationships with other partner agencies [to] identify issues within the community and how, collectively, we could look at fixing those problems \u2013 because they\u2019re not all police problems,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Road trauma has been a prevalent topic in Moorabool for the last 12-months, an issue that Inspector Christensen is no stranger to \u2013 he formerly served as Road Policing Inspector for the North West Metro area.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou look at the road network in Moorabool, and with [population growth] comes heavy vehicles, more road usage and different types of road usage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at the [roundabout] in Main Street, Bacchus Marsh here, and the amount of trucks that go through the CBD.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know there\u2019s a bypass on the plan, so [in the meantime] how do we support and help with traffic flow, congestion and truck issues, and ensure there\u2019s no trauma until the problem can be rectified,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

With resources such as Victoria Police\u2019s \u2018Moorabool Eyewatch\u2019 Facebook page, social media makes engaging with police easier.<\/p>\n

But Inspector Christensen said there is still a need for awareness that police are accessible; particularly at one-man or non-24-hour stations, such as those at Gordon and Ballan.<\/p>\n

He hopes to make community members understand that although a station might be closed, it doesn\u2019t mean police can\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

\u201c[For example], you look at the member at Gordon [Senior Constable Luke Nolan], he works on his own and he has to constantly think of his own safety and deal with a vast majority of issues,\u201d explained Inspector Christensen.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Regional stations] tend to be more isolated, and without support services from Melbourne who would come, but the tyranny of distance means they\u2019re delayed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The recent introduction of the new police assistance line for reporting non-urgent crimes (131 444), as well as Crime Stoppers (1800 333 000) and triple-000 means police are accessible by whatever means.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s educating the community to say, yes, the door is shut, but we\u2019re not shut; we\u2019re not closed.\u201d<\/p>\n

As well as accessibility, Inspector Christensen notes concerns of resources for regional police.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I\u2019ve been here, the resource question has come up\u2026but there\u2019s a number of means to access police\u2026we roster to where the need is,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do have regional and division resources that sit at Ballarat or Bacchus Marsh \u2013 like detectives, highway patrol, family violence teams, prosecutors and crime desks.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t mean [smaller stations] don\u2019t have access to a whole host to other resources \u2013 just because Luke is sitting at Gordon on his own, doesn\u2019t mean he doesn\u2019t have the support network behind him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before his long career in the force, Inspector Christensen was a VFL football player for Geelong, and is the uncle of current AFL Brisbane Lions player Allen Christensen.<\/p>\n

He said a strong involvement with football, including coaching several clubs over the years, has served as a \u201cgood distraction\u201d from policing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got to let go at some point because of work, it\u2019s a very demanding occupation when you\u2019re involved in it; because the more you give, the more they want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bacchus Marsh Police Station is located at 117 Main Street, Bacchus Marsh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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