Two sides to every story

There are two sides to every story

North Queensland Police Officer was heavily criticized late April 2013 by the media for not fulfilling his duty to protect even when his life was put in danger. Townsville’s Police force chased two criminals into Pallarenda’s crocodile infested creek, while one convicted criminal was caught the other fled into the creek, leaving a police officer standing helpless on the bank. This police officer was criticized because he didn’t go after the criminal. Queensland Police Union president, Ian Leavers defended the officer by saying that the creek is known to be full of crocodiles and he wasn’t prepared to have an officer risk his life, also the officer was carrying heavy, expensive equipment that could lead to drowning the officer. So in both ways the officers life was at risk and was not worth loosing. Luckily the sex offender was caught the next day but the police officers reputation is still tainted.