Porepunkah shooting: Two officers dead and another wounded after shooting at High Country property, Victoria, Australia #2

[Ellery84]

It's interesting that no one has put their hand out for the reward yet. Maybe no one is harbouring him. Mali and the eldest son seem the obvious ones who may know something. If I was Mali, I'd be cashing in and starting a new life. Surely they all fled the caravan at the same time. I still don't understand how they weren't seen leaving. 10 police, surely the place would have been surrounded. MOO

I think - because no one has applied for the reward, it's reasonable that no one knows where Dezi is, and if none of his contacts know where he is then they're not helping him. If they're not helping him, then he's most likely deceased, which is why they have regular police and rescue workers searching - as they seem to be in recovery mode, looking for a deceased person.

 

[Lucy.D]

Hi @Bats . Going on from what you have said regarding the worthiness of allocating resources such as money and time spent - I am just curious as to what you (or any other users) would estimate the total cost of the operation to be from the time of the shootings until now, such as:

450 persons (this is an estimate)
Dog squad
Special ops
Choppers
Drones
Water police
NZ Army
Australian Army
The microwave cameras they set up (I'm sorry I don't know the word for what they're called)
Intelligence
Command centre rental fees?
Catering
Accommodation for workers
Coordination
Transport

I really appreciate any insight any of you kind folk may have.

Cheers, Ellery.

I don't think police would worry about the amount the search has cost. To me they seem to have a bottomless pit of resources and funding that can be allocated to something like this.
My guess is the search so far has cost $10 million.
The only reason why they were going to halve the number of people involved in the search IMO was because most had nothing to do. It seemed to me only a handful were searching for Dezi in the bush and personally that is where I would have put all 450 of them.
So I don't think police have handled this matter very well right from the start.

 

[Ellery84]

they seem to have a bottomless pit of resources and funding that can be allocated to something like this.

It certainly seems like it!

 

[Bats]

Hi @Bats . Going on from what you have said regarding the worthiness of allocating resources such as money and time spent - I am just curious as to what you (or any other users) would estimate the total cost of the operation to be from the time of the shootings until now, such as:

450 persons (this is an estimate)
Dog squad
Special ops
Choppers
Drones
Water police
NZ Army
Australian Army
The microwave cameras they set up (I'm sorry I don't know the word for what they're called)
Intelligence
Command centre rental fees?
Catering
Accommodation for workers
Coordination
Transport

The day of the shooting was 26 August, and it's 3 October today so I'm looking at expenses over roughly a 38 days period.

I really appreciate any insight any of you kind folk may have.

Cheers, Ellery.

Gosh, I wouldn't know the cost @Ellery84 but I think @Lucy.D 's estimate of 10 million at the very least. Bear in mind that this would be less than a quarter of 1% of the VicPol yearly budget. I'd expect some of the cost would come out of the normal budgets from some of those groups. For example, the cost to the army may be considered part of their normal operational budget. Same with the dog squad etc. I'm sure the cost of some parts of the operation would be well above the norm though.

In my opinion, I don't think its reasonable to measure the success by the simple fact that he has not been found. We know very little about what's going on behind the closed doors of this operation though i'm 100 percent confident that there are some very wise and intelligent people hard at work.

Whilst they may be scaling back the boots on the ground, I'd say they would have replaced them with various surveillance devices, making the operation a lot safer as well. I think there's a fair chance he's miles away from the Mt Buffalo area anyway.

JMO

 

[BreakingNews]

I think - because no one has applied for the reward, it's reasonable that no one knows where Dezi is, and if none of his contacts know where he is then they're not helping him. If they're not helping him, then he's most likely deceased, which is why they have regular police and rescue workers searching - as they seem to be in recovery mode, looking for a deceased person.

Where has it been reported that LE are in recovery mode? Maybe I missed that. I don't believe he is deceased. Just because no-one has asked for the reward (that we know of), doesn't mean he hasn't been helped. Mali probably knows more. MOO

 

[Ellery84]

Where has it been reported that LE are in recovery mode? Maybe I missed that. I don't believe he is deceased. Just because no-one has asked for the reward (that we know of), doesn't mean he hasn't been helped. Mali probably knows more. MOO

I wrote ...

they seem to be in recovery mode,

And maybe I'm wrong, I usually am! Just ask my husband!

 

[Lucy.D]

I wrote ...

And maybe I'm wrong, I usually am! Just ask my husband!

You may be right, although I think it will be wishful thinking by police so they can stick their heads into any cave or mineshaft without the fear of Dezi waiting inside.
However, the risk of a booby trap even if Dezi is dead is real so the fear of entering should remain imo.
One good thing about this latest search with the extra 100 is to clear the area for safety reasons because the national park will sooner or later be open again to bushwalkers.
Only reply if you want to of course, but what does your husband think about all this Dezi stuff @Ellery84