The Code 9 Foundation

In this episode, Tiff has a chat to Sarah U'Brien. Sarah is the partner of Matt, a police veteran and former fire fighter who was seriously mentally injured as a result of his service to the community. In this episode, Sarah details with incredible clarity what it is like for the partner of a member who is seriously injured. It is confronting as Sarah articulates so clearly wha

Episode 41 of Conversations with The Code 9 Foundation sees Tiff have a chat to Tim Peck. Tim is former member of Victoria Police whose mental health declined to such a low state that he had an intention to complete suicide. Fortunately for Tim and everyone that knows him, Tim survived this period of time and is now dedicating his working life to help those that live with menta

This is a cross post from Roll With The Punches, episode 771. In this episode, Kelly Humphries shares her powerful and deeply personal journey. Opening up about her experiences as a survivor of child sexual abuse, she reflects on the challenges she faced and overcame. The unfortunate reality is that in Australia, almost 30% of people experience sexual abuse by the age of 18. T

Rachel Berger is one of Australia's leading comedians, and being the daughter of holocaust survivors, she has an acute awareness of trauma, both in a physical sense and a mental sense. In this episode, Rachel talks about the use of humour to help people cope with their adversities and touches on her parents and what it was like for her growing up. Rachel further talks about wha

Mick Cummins is the Godfather of police veteran peer support. A very humble man who had a policing career spanning several decades and a wide range of work units, including a few stints in Iraq training the locals. Mick started to dip his toes into the support of his colleagues pretty early on and then once he was done with policing, this accelerated. Along with brilliant Vicky Ke

14 September 2018 at 2.18 pm, a moment in time that changed the course of so many other innocent lives. Victoria Police Detective Senior Sergeant Vic Kostiuk was taking part in the Wall to Wall ride, a charity ride to raise funds for Police Legacy. Riding with Vic was his son, Felix, who is also a Victoria Police member. What was meant to be a joyful experience, turned into com

This episode is a cross post from Tiff's pod, "Roll With The Punches". Brandon Griffith not only got a second chance at life, but also a second chance at being a guest on Tiff's podcast. Last time Tiff spoke to Brandon we heard about his 16.5-minute brush with mortality as he lingered in the space between life and death after experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest at home. Thanks

On 23 September 2014, Officer B, and his colleague, Officer A, attended outside of the Endeavour Hills Police Station to speak to Numan Haider. A young man who was influenced by radical Islam. What happened next, literally in a matter of seconds, resulted in both Officer B and Officer A receiving serious stab wound injuries and Haider deceased, shot and killed by Officer A. Offi

Louise Lowe, husband of John and mother to two young boys was tragically taken from this world in 2014. This is her story, as told by John. John takes us through the sudden and unexpected death of Louise and the days after where organ donorship was discussed and agreed to, because that what Louise wanted. Whatever we write here will not do this episode justice, it is just an in

This episode is cross share from Tiff’s “Roll With The Punches” podcast. Dr Sandy MacQuarrie offered up a hearty conversation on his PhD research into the physiological health status of paramedics and the correlation between health status, job performance and of course mental health. A subject that is very close to our hearts here at the foundation. A career paramedic (gr