ARARAT Police have a new source of support for members with the appointment of a Police Chaplain.<\/p>\n
Anglican Priest Father Martin Nadarajan was appointed to the role late last year.<\/p>\n
He told the Ararat Advocate, Police do a tough job and he wants to be a source of support to all members.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a new challenge for me and I\u2019m here to learn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
My commitment will be half a day a week in the Police Station, just hanging around, have a cup of tea and a chat with members. The role is sort of an extension of our service to the community,\u201d Father Nadarajan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe role is a pastoral role but it isn\u2019t faith based but more about another set of listening years, having a joke and a chat.,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also about being a bridge between the community and police,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Northern Grampians Local Area Commander, Inspector Jo Janes, said Father Nadarajan will be a great asset.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t had a Police Chaplain in the two and a half years since I\u2019ve been here so we\u2019re absolutely delighted to welcome Martin into the station to get to know the members and work with us in the community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving a chaplain around just creates a safe place and by building relationships with Martin, it means my members are more inclined to go and seek help if they\u2019re struggling,\u201d Inspector Janes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe role involves pastoral care, supporting members well being and also helping us understand the communities needs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inspector Janes said Father Nadarajan will play a valuable role when members face traumatic situations.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice attend certain jobs that are quite challenging and having someone to step you through processes and different levels of understanding of what it might mean is invaluable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve recently had some incidents in Ararat where we identified we really do need that support and we can\u2019t do it on our own,\u201d Inspector Janes said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a difficult role sometimes coming in to a police station, the culture inside\u00a0 police stations and the things we deal with, some people wouldn\u2019t necessarily understand or be able to step in to that role.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in Martin we have someone very enthusiastic who will be able to connect with police. I\u2019m very, very pleased,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ARARAT Police have a new source of support for members with the appointment of a Police Chaplain.
\nAnglican Priest Father Martin Nadarajan was appointed to the role late last year.
\nHe told the Ararat Advocate, Police do a tough job and he wants to be a source of support to all members.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a new challenge for me and I\u2019m here to learn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_1999-7-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-sj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}