Search for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman continues after two Victorian officers shot dead

Roger Sutherland has retired for a year, but the pain of Porepunkah is still extremely personal.

Victoria Police says that the 40 -year veteran is more than a career for police officers; This is a family.

“Blue bleeding,” he said 3aw Melbourne radio this morning “7/24”.

Sutherland remembers the flood of the text messages he received from other officials in Australia after the news. “We all feel it,” he said, “We all feel very big.”

For Sutherland, the tragedy is not just about directly related to the relevant civil servants. This is about every member who needs to continue to do their jobs, from the front to officials.

Both say that his daughter and son -in -law, who worked with Victoria police, are also affected.

“This will be deep for Vicpol, Sut says Sutherland, predicting that even those who do not interfere with the event will have to leave the power.

He says that there is a sense of deep exhaustion and that there is a feeling of “sufficient” in power.

For many, members say that this tragedy will serve as a breaking point because a job that is not supported by management, media and even the public questiones the personal cost.