Fate dealt a wicked hand': One police leader's triumph over trauma and depression
Fate dealt a wicked hand': One police leader's triumph over trauma and depression
- Whenever Alan Clarke stepped in to run a major police operation, a sense of calm accompanied him.
His thinking was always clear. He was composed when deciding how to make sure 1 million people celebrating New Year's Eve in the Sydney CBD would get home safely, even in the face of a growing terrorism threat. He was controlled and level-headed when trying to keep a lid on tensions that threatened to spark a repeat of the violent 2012 Hyde Park riot.
- Whenever Alan Clarke stepped in to run a major police operation, a sense of calm accompanied him.
His thinking was always clear. He was composed when deciding how to make sure 1 million people celebrating New Year's Eve in the Sydney CBD would get home safely, even in the face of a growing terrorism threat. He was controlled and level-headed when trying to keep a lid on tensions that threatened to spark a repeat of the violent 2012 Hyde Park riot.