Police
A women phones 10111 at 20:30 she is hysterical and tells the operator that three armed males have forced their way into her house, she looked herself into the bedroom but they are trying to get in. Her children are screaming in fear, suddenly the phone call dies
The Radio controller broadcasts “ Any vehicle, armed robbery in progress, 26 tree lane, wallaby. Three-armed males are in the house, the female caller was locked in her room with her children while attackers tried to break into the room, and the call was cut off.
Vehicles call back acknowledging that they are on the way
Inside Mike 10 (flying squad vehicle)
Passenger switches on inside light to check map book, the driver has a general idea where the street is, so he activates lights and siren, at high speed the vehicle moves through traffic slowing for intersections, some drivers give way others don’t
The passenger pages through he map book in the dim light trying to find the street. He finds it and gives directions to the driver.
As they come closer they switch off their siren, at high speed they race down Tree lane looking for numbers and cursing the public who don’t make sure that their numbers are easily visible from the street. They see another van suddenly stop ahead and pull in next to it.
The officers jump out leaving the doors open and run to the house where they find the robbers gone, but at least the women and her children are unhurt.
She says that the robbers broke down the door and pulled the phone out the wall, they hit her demanding her money and jewellery she gave it to them fearing for her life and those of her children, the robbers then ran out knowing the police were on the way.
