Ballarat police ‘burnt out’ over increasing sexual abuse offences

Olivia Shying
Updated March 17 2017 - 7:02am, first published March 16 2017 - 7:00am
Ballarat police ‘burnt out’ over increasing sexual abuse offences
Ballarat police ‘burnt out’ over increasing sexual abuse offences

Overstretched police units are “strained” and at “breaking point” as they deal with more than double the number of sex abuse offences than recorded before 2012. 

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Olivia Shying

Olivia Shying

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Police and emergency services reporter.

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