Dubbo’s not so bad!

IN our ongoing series spruiking the positives of Dubbo, we often look at what’s going on in other parts of the state to show that, (a) all crime isn’t confined to our city, and (b) some pretty serious stuff happens elsewhere.

Police media has told me that a man has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in Murwillumbah.

A sergeant was patrolling the town and noticed a man and an injured woman walking along a street and when he stopped to check on the woman’s welfare, it turned out the male had an outstanding warrant.

The bloke allegedly attempted to flee, running towards a nearby creek with the officer giving chase before a struggle ensued.

Police will allege in court that during the struggle, the man forcibly held the officer’s head under water.

A member of the public intervened, freeing the officer and assisted to restrain the man, before the officer was able to affect the arrest.

Additional police arrived a short time later and the 33-yearold Queensland man was taken to Tweed Heads Police Station, where he was charged with attempted murder.

The sergeant was taken to Murwillumbah Hospital for treatment to water on the lungs. He has since been released from hospital to recover at home.

Local police will review the actions of the member of the public who came to the aid of police, with a view to make recommendations to formally acknowledge his assistance.

Horrible things can happen all over, because there are horrible people ALL over.

I’m sick of people jumping on social media and talking about local crimes with remarks such as ‘only in Dubbo’. What a load of unmitigated crap. Bad people do bad things no matter where they live, and those people are unfortunately spread out amongst the general population.

But there are plenty of good people as well, you only have to look at the actions of the member of the public who stepped in to potentially save the life of the police sergeant to understand that, and generally, the good massively outweighs the bad.