Carmen CLARK

General Duties Policing

• Conducted thorough investigations to gather evidence and ensure compliance with legal standards.
• Collaborated with community members to enhance safety initiatives and build trust within neighborhoods.
• Responded promptly to emergency calls, demonstrating quick decision-making in high-pressure situations.
• Mentored junior officers on best practices in law enforcement and conflict resolution techniques.
• Handled domestic disputes tactfully, de-escalating tensions while providing appropriate support to affected individuals.
• Effectively diffused potentially dangerous situations through verbal negotiation techniques before escalating force was necessary.
• Investigated and reported crimes, accidents, offenses, and damage to property.
• Trained new officers on department policies and procedures, fostering a professional work environment focused on public service.

Townsville Domestic and Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Unit

• Built excellent rapport and working relationship with community to build trust and improve upon communication.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to provide prompt service for what the victim survivors require
• Engage with high risk victim survivors of domestic violence whilst implying a victim centric trauma approach to safety planning and ongoing support
• Facilitate referrals of victim survivors into the High Risk Team for coordination intervention and assist victims of immediate and prolonged safety planning
• Collaborate with internal units to apprehend high risk wanted persons
• Mentored junior officers on the importance of ethical behaviour, accountability, and professionalism in their role as public servants.
• Support victims of domestic violence through the court processes.
• Furnish referrals to external agencies to provide assistance to victims of domestic violence
• Reviews of domestic violence incidents to ascertain if legislative requirements have been adhered to by officers and identify any issues or intervention stategies that may have been overlooked