Willem Rademeyer
Melbourne
Summary
From June 1993 until June 2012, I was employed by the South Africa Police, and I held the rank of Warrant Officer in the Public Order Police Unit at the time of my resignation, due to emigrating to Australia with my family. I served on various task teams in my time with the South Africa Police, namely the Air Support Task Team, the Abalone Task Team and the Rapid Response Team. I also performed Special Duties outside of my jurisdiction, which included border duties. My family and I emigrated to Melbourne in August 2012, and in July 2013, I was accepted at the Victoria Police Academy to commence my training as a Protective Services Officer. I graduated from the Academy in October 2013, and started my field training at Victoria Police Command Centre for 3 months. I remained in my role as Protective Services Officer until July 2015, when I resigned to commence employment with G4S Custodial Services. In May 2025, I resigned from my role in G4S Custodial Services and commenced employment with the Department of Justice and Community Safety, Corrections Victoria at Western Plains Correctional Centre.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Prison Officer
Department of Justice and Community Safety
05.2025 - Current
- The role of a Prison Officer in operational support is to maintain the safety, security and good order of the correctional facility by providing a high-level security support function to the prison according to the requirements of the Western Plains Correctional Centre's maximum-security profile.
- Responsibilities:
- - External escorts
- - Providing operational support to other areas
- - Supporting the movement and management of persons and vehicles
- - Regular searches and patrols
- - Providing dynamic security
- The Emergency Response Group (ERG) support the location with a scheduled presence in communities in addition to the operational support team. The ERG is an additional resource as an added layer of security.
- Responsibilities:
- - Incident/Emergency response
- - Intelligence led searching
- - Escorts (Internal/External/Armed)
- - Combined operations with other stakeholders
- - Being a presence throughout the location and in high incident areas
Corrections Officer
G4S Custodial Services
07.2015 - 05.2025
- Roles held / Units worked in:
- State Management Unit 2015 - 2018
- Tactical Operation Group 2018 - 2025
- The Tactical Operation Group (TOG) is responsible for challenging and overcoming unacceptable behaviour by individuals or groups that threaten the good order, security and management of the prison by responding in a manner that respects the safety and security of staff, visitors and prisoners.
- Responsibilities:
- Attend scheduled training as required
- Conflict Management, de-escalation and incident response
- Provide armed escorts to prisoners eg emergency medical escorts, funeral escorts, long haul escorts
- Intelligence driven searches in prison cells
- Staff barrier searches when required
- Attend to any incidents within the prison as a result of emergency codes being activated
- Be on call for any emergency (24 hours)
- Assist with assessments of potential new Corrections Officer candidates
Protective Services Officer
Victoria Police
07.2013 - 07.2015
- Company Overview: Protective Services Officers are recruited, trained and employed by Victoria Police, and work within the Protective Services division. Protective Services officers provide specialist protective services for the general public at metropolitan and major regional railway stations.
- Responsibilities:
- Addressing incidents of anti-social behaviour
- Addressing incidents of alcohol and drug related offences
- Addressing incidents of weapon offences
- Addressing incidents of property damage and crimes against a person
- Arrest and detain - including arrests for drunk and disorderly offences
- Search people and property - and seize items such as weapons and alcohol
- Issue on-the-spot fines including graffiti offences
- Issue a direction to 'move on' from the area
- Protective Services Officers are recruited, trained and employed by Victoria Police, and work within the Protective Services division. Protective Services officers provide specialist protective services for the general public at metropolitan and major regional railway stations.
Inspector / Warrant Officer
Public Order Police (POP) Unit, South Africa Police Force (SAPF)
06.1993 - 07.2012
- Company Overview: The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the National Police Service for the Republic of South Africa. The Public Order Police unit is one of many of the specialised divisions within the SAPS, and is responsible for maintaining public order by combating serious and violent crime, policing public gatherings, ensuring the effective management of information and providing specialised operational support to other units within the SAPS.
- Responsibilities:
- Execute operational duties within a platoon to maintain the core and secondary functions of the Public Order Police unit
- To stabilise volatile crime situations by rendering a specialised high risk support function
- To plan intelligence driven operations and improve service delivery within the SAPS
- To execute lawful instructions, techniques and tactics during crowd management and crime prevention operations
- Perform special duties in and outside the jurisdiction of my area
- Perform generic policing functions
- Occasional assembly and execution of roadblocks
- Perform search and raid operations
- Perform Operational Room duties
- The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the National Police Service for the Republic of South Africa. The Public Order Police unit is one of many of the specialised divisions within the SAPS, and is responsible for maintaining public order by combating serious and violent crime, policing public gatherings, ensuring the effective management of information and providing specialised operational support to other units within the SAPS.
Education
Certificate 3 - Correctional Practice (Custodial)
Kangan Institute
01.2017
G4S Initial training course -
Port Phillip Prison
01.2015
Protective Service Officer course -
Victoria Police Academy
10.2013
National Diploma - Policing
University of South Africa
01.2007
Skills
- IRIS system
- Law Enforcement Assistance Program (LEAP)
- Prison Information Management System
- Bilingual in English and Afrikaans
- Good communicator
- Self-motivated
- Honest
- Disciplined
- Loyal
- Reliable
- Able to follow instructions
- Follow tasks through to completion
- Able to lead a team
- Can perform under pressure
Courses Completed
- Basic Training Course - SA Police College
- Internal Security Course and S.W.A.T - Verdrag Training Centre, South Africa
- Basic entry course in Public Order Police for Operational members (Maleoskop Training Centre)
- Community Policing (Graaf-Reinet, South Africa)
- Diversity Workshop (Sunnyside Training Centre, Port Elizabeth)
- Crime Prevention Course (Port Elizabeth)
- Crowd Management Course (Addo Training Centre)
- Street Survival Course (Port Elizabeth)
- Protective Service Officer's course (Victoria Police Academy)
- First Aid Course - HLTAID009 CPR (valid to 2026)
- First Aid Course - HLTAID010 Basic Emergency Life Support (valid to 2026)
- First Aid Course - HLTAID011 Provide First Aid (valid to 2026)
- Correctional Officer Firearms Training course (SAP .40 Calibre)
- Baton and OC spray (annual)
Accomplishments
- Service Excellence Certificate - For excellent work done in Motherwell Policing area, 2002
- Certificate for outstanding work performed during June, 1999
- Certificate of Appreciation for the safety and security of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2003
- Certificate of Commendation: for most Marijuana recovered by an Operational member, 2004
- Certificate of Commendation: for recovering the most drugs during the year of 2008 (Unit level), 2008
- Certificate of Commendation for making the most seizures during 2009 (Unit level), 2009
- Certificate: FIFA World Cup Soccer event, 2010
References
- South African Police - available upon request
- Victoria Police (PSO) - available upon request
- G4S Custodial Services - available upon request
- Corrections Victoria - available upon request
Key Qualifications
- 2007, National Diploma in Policing, University of South Africa
- 2013, Protective Service Officer course, Victoria Police Academy
- 2015, G4S Initial training course, Port Phillip Prison
- 2017, Certificate 3 - Correctional Practice (Custodial), Kangan Institute
- 2025, Department of Justice and Community Safety - Corrections Victoria, Western Plains Correctional Centre
Attributes
- Good communicator, both verbal and written
- Self-motivated, honest, disciplined, loyal and reliable
- Able to follow instructions
- Follow tasks through to completion
- Able to lead a team
- Can perform under pressure
Timeline
Prison Officer
Department of Justice and Community Safety
05.2025 - Current
Corrections Officer
G4S Custodial Services
07.2015 - 05.2025
Protective Services Officer
Victoria Police
07.2013 - 07.2015
Inspector / Warrant Officer
Public Order Police (POP) Unit, South Africa Police Force (SAPF)
06.1993 - 07.2012
Certificate 3 - Correctional Practice (Custodial)
Kangan Institute
G4S Initial training course -
Port Phillip Prison
Protective Service Officer course -
Victoria Police Academy
National Diploma - Policing
University of South Africa
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