Australian Federal Police

Mr Dean Clifford (TG1)

Dear Dean,

Thank you for the privilege and opportunity to be the beneficiaries of your presentation titled “Dead Man Working” on Monday evening at our formal dinner.

As you are aware, the AFP Brisbane Office took the opportunity amongst a period of constant work and demands to capture our Team Leaders and give them the opportunity to leave the daily coalface behind and focus on the more strategic issues impacting on the work they do. Our three day forum in Maleny was a chance to draw breath and consider the future.

Our Team Leaders are t he critical first line managers in our organisation. Whether they are  steering major organised crime investigations, investigating tragedies such as the Bali bombings or ensuring our security here in Australia they often find themselves faced with challenging and demanding situations. On Monday evening I witnessed them viewing life from a different paradigm.

Your presentation was more than motivational and far more than inspirational. You embodied the ultimate goal of human endeavour and your life story took us all to a new dimension. The challenges you constantly encounter made our daily grinds pale into insignificance. Your courage, determination and “never admit defeat” attitude demonstrated to all present that your life’s purpose is to convey a very special message.

I can tell you that this group of very life hardened police members and staff could not stop talking about the positive impact your presentation had on them, both personally and professionally. You put the vagaries of life into a very special prospective.

Thank you very much for the time you spent with us. You are a very special man and as the great Broncos’s ‘hardman’, Shane Webcke so beautifully stated, you are a “National Treasure”.
Kind Regards
Barry Turner APM
Commander
Manager Brisbane Office.

For/and on behalf of our AFP Team Leaders in Queensland.

29 March 2007