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Officer’s four decades on frontline

A VICTORIA Police officer who has quietly served his community without fuss is on the eve of retirement, after more than four decades in uniform. Inspector Haydn Downes became a police office in 1981 and most recently, has managed 15 stations over the past five years. He was the local area commander for Swan Hill, […]

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