Premier says police officers Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold dedicated their lives to being ‘a force for good’
Photograph: SUPPLIED/PR IMAGEalso attended the service. Brough and Kirk were the two officers who survived the premeditated ambush that cut McCrow’s and Arnold’s lives short.
Police chaplain Jeffrey Baills managed to conjure up a tribute for a devastated community trying to comprehend a senseless tragedy.“What happened on December 12 was un-Australian and does not belong in this country,” Baills told mourners. “This barbaric act has shocked our community, and it’s irreparably damaged the Arnold family and the McCrow family.
For the public, the memorial is a reminder of the faces behind the uniforms. That those killed were more than their jobs. Starry-eyed and optimistic, both officers had joined Queensland’s police force to make a difference. They were in their 20s and fresh out of the academy whenColleagues remembered McCrow as a “larrikin” who loved a laugh, a prank and a good meme. They recalled her organising early morning beep-test runs and passing on last-minute notes to less studious recruits during her days at the Townsville academy.
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