Tuesday, 2 August 2022

Paul Algie

Mr BATTIN (Gembrook) (13:09): Today I rise with a story that many would have heard about a person, Sergeant Paul ‘Blue Green’ Algie, who lost his life just recently parachuting down in Morwell. Paul Algie, police number 32761—many would have heard me talk about the importance of that number as a Victorian police officer. There was none better than Paul Algie. He was a member at Dandenong. I know he ended up in prosecutions at Frankston. He was 45 years young, just 45 years old, when he lost his life. He was doing what he loved. He was out there. He loved his scuba diving. He loved parachuting. He literally just loved life. He was a person that was as genuine as you would ever find in Victoria Police.

I worked with Paul for four years. Doing night shift with Paul was an experience that everybody will always talk about. If you hopped in the van with Paul, it generally started with, ‘Good evening, Paul’, and your next words were, ‘See you later, mate. I hope you had a good night’. Paul would fill in the entire conversation for 8 hours, starting with how important his family was, going through the adventures he had had during that week and finishing up with some philosophy that you had to learn before you got back to the next night shift with Paul. He was an amazing person, an amazing police officer and an amazing asset to Victoria. Paul ‘Blue Green’ Algie, 32761—we will miss you, mate.