South Brisbane District’s Police Liaison Officers had the chance to attend a number of Mental Health Week events across Brisbane to celebrate Queensland Mental Health Week 2018 (Oct 6 – 14).
PLO Hamza Shale and Ricky Lashand graced the Annual Walk for Awareness, beginning at Captain Burke Park, alongside 2500+ eager walkers keen to break the silence on mental illness and to contribute to the funding of programs that are making a difference to mental health issues.
The strong crowd was supported by a variety of stallholders, live music, tasty food, and the talents of Australian Television icon and mental health awareness advocate Paul Fenech.
Senior Police Liaison Officers Ken Rong, Weng Mun Sum and Li-Shan Huang were also honoured to be invited to speak at two special workshops. The focus of which was around cyber safety and child safety.
The first event was hosted by the Taiwanese Tuesday Coffee Time Group whilst the second