Application to review decision to compulsorily transfer (s.146(1)(i) Victoria Police Act 2013 (the Act)) –– Applicant’s Position Description ‘Divisional/PSA Senior Sergeant’, initial duty Warragul, contemplates transfer within the Police Service Area (PSA) –– Decision made to rotate senior sergeants within region –– Applicant transferred to Morwell (Latrobe PSA) from Warragul Police Station (neighbouring Baw Baw PSA) –– compulsory transfer under s. 33 –– competing public interest considerations (s.151) considered: desirability of giving effect to the industrial understanding in the Position Description; rotation program promotes development of supervisors, teams and quality of policing service; Warragul the only 24-hour station in PSA meaning transfer outside the PSA required to participate in the rotation –– interests of the Applicant considered: travel impost not unreasonable, no adverse impact on professional duties –– on balance, public interest in benefits of rotation program persuasive –– decision to transfer affirmed (section 154(2)(a)).
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