The senior officer, Amy Scott, was conducting routine duties nearby when she was directed to head to Westfield shopping centre following reports a man was using a “massive” knife to stab shoppers.

Within minutes, the officer was inside the centre and began chasing the offender.

“This all happened very, very quickly,” the deputy commissioner of police, Tony Cooke, said.

“The officer was in the near vicinity, attended on her own, was guided to the location of the offender by people who were in the centre and she took the actions that she did, saving a range of people’s lives.”

Albanese thanked the officer, other police, first responders and the “everyday people” who reacted to help victims.

  • ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zoneM
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    Sure grab some quotes, don’t engage with the whole comment. I can change my mind on things. I don’t know why this needs to be about trying to hurt me rather than have a reasonable debate

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      Mate it was because you said “My solution” and then basically repeated what I had suggested 3 comments earlier as if it was your own idea. Rather than admitting on any level that I may have been right earlier. That’s not a debate, that’s just bad faith.

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        4 months ago

        You never said that we should have less police, you only said that certain groups feel safer with less police. I was under the impression that you didn’t want police at all