# @victoriapolice on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CndL3sPLyKo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/72290578-victoriapolice-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-16T00:31:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Victoria Police (@victoriapolice) — https://gondola.cc/victoriapolice

## Caption

In March 2020, Inspector Chris Allen set out on a mission to amplify the voices of his local disability community.

But when COVID began to spread across the state, the former Community Engagement and Road Policing Inspector was forced to go back to the drawing board.

Within just a few weeks, Insp Allen and his colleagues had gathered the names and contact details of almost 60 locals with disability.

A team of 15 police officers was then assembled to conduct regular ‘check-ins’ with each person.

“We contacted these members of the community via phone,” Insp Allen said.

“This allowed us to gauge how the pandemic was affecting them and listen to their community safety concerns without coming into physical contact.”

The outreach initiative was so successful that the Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) presented Insp Allen with the 2021 Ben Bodna award for ‘Outstanding Police Service to People with Disability’ in March last year.

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