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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Williamson on March 18, 2026, 10:08:23 AM
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Before the other thread gets to far off-track.
how many parents have you sent to the naughty corner?
Don't know about parents, but ....
Crossing supervisors were part of my department at council in the mid-2000's (their numbers went from under 100 in the early 2000's to around 200 by 2023). We had a number sent to the naughty corner for a range of misdimeanours, and worse - drunk on duty, hitting cars with their STOP batton, having a friend subsitute, having their Working with Children accreditation revoked, one ended up in jail after being convicted of having inappropriate material on his laptop.
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There are 700ish Traffic Wardens (crossing supervisors) in Perth.. Some have been let go for inappropriate activities. TWs here are regulated and triained by the Children’s Crossing Unit, an arm of the West Oz police.. Need to have a working with children check paid for by WAPOL.. After three months, they/you get issued a WAPOL ID, as proof of the authority to control a crossing.. You even get paid a mileage allowance..
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Do they supply a big stick to keep the kids in line? :whistle
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Two big sticks, with flags attached.. The kids are all pretty good, friendly and polite.. The car drivers could use a time out though , or at least some of them..
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There are 700ish Traffic Wardens (crossing supervisors) in Perth.. Some have been let go for inappropriate activities. TWs here are regulated and triained by the Children’s Crossing Unit, an arm of the West Oz police.. Need to have a working with children check paid for by WAPOL.. After three months, they/you get issued a WAPOL ID, as proof of the authority to control a crossing.. You even get paid a mileage allowance..
Not sure of the number of crossing supervisors in Melbourne, guessing though there'd be more than 2000, even more accoss the state.
The crossing supervisor scheme (as it was originally known) started in Victoria in 1975 (a year before I started at the Road Safety & Traffic Authority - RoSTA). It was a Government knee reaction to a couple of fatal crashes involving school children in 1974; one on Bay Street in Brighton when a driver didn't stop on a red signal, two children were hit and died; the other on Bell Street in Preston when the driver of a dump truck pushed a stopped vehicle into two children crossing the road, both died.
Something had to be done, and so the state government allocated $500,000 per year to provide local governments across the state a 2/3rd subsidy to train and employ the supervisors. Expansion of the scheme, mainly population increases, has seen the council I worked for receive around $2M a year alone.
The original manager (appointed in 1975) is still a good mate, I see hime once or twice a year at RoSTA/RTA/VicRoads' reunions.
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My partener has just retired from the crossing supervisor after nearly fifteen years and has had some very close calls with 'drive throughs', being hit by rear view mirror being the worst and being abused by children and parents for being too slow to stop traffic just for them (one person) and those who refused to get off thier bikes/scooters to cross. Some little mongrels even thought it was funny to throw stones at her (getting a cut on her arm) and she had reported them but nothing done. Most kids were polite and understood that she was there for their protection.
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My partener has just retired from the crossing supervisor after nearly fifteen years and has had some very close calls with 'drive throughs', being hit by rear view mirror being the worst and being abused by children and parents for being too slow to stop traffic just for them (one person) and those who refused to get off thier bikes/scooters to cross. Some little mongrels even thought it was funny to throw stones at her (getting a cut on her arm) and she had reported them but nothing done. Most kids were polite and understood that she was there for their protection.
Yes, weekly reports of drive-throughs at my council, and some injuries. In 2023 (just before I retired) it was getting to the stage where consideration was being given to equipping supervisors at some high risk locations with body cams.
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I had a drive through the other week, one side is dual lane. Nearly got some kids, and I had an assessor there to see if I was doing the job correctly. He got the rego, so filed a report to police with a recommendation of a visit..
I passed the assessment..
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I had a drive through the other week, one side is dual lane. Nearly got some kids, and I had an assessor there to see if I was doing the job correctly. He got the rego, so filed a report to police with a recommendation of a visit..
I passed the assessment..
I can see a body cam coming
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I had a drive through the other week, one side is dual lane. Nearly got some kids, and I had an assessor there to see if I was doing the job correctly. He got the rego, so filed a report to police with a recommendation of a visit..
I passed the assessment..
I can see a body cam coming
Better than the body cam seeing someone coming.
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maybe some body armour is in order? :grin