Ron Iddles

Ron Iddles is a former Australian police detective. His conviction rate was 99%[1] and he was dubbed "Australia's greatest detective".[2] After a career spanning some 43 years investigating serious crime, he took up the role of Secretary of the Police Association of Victoria between 2014 and 2016[3][4] In 2016 he retired, but the following year he was lured out of retirement and is now Victoria's inaugural Community Safety Trustee.[5]

Early life

Ron Iddles was born in 1955 in central Victoria. He is the son of William "Bill" and Phyllis Iddles.[6] He has a twin brother, Barry and an older sister. [7] His early years were spent growing up on a dairy farm in Rochester, where he assisted his father, with milking 120 cows before school each day, and at the weekends carting hay and driving tractors.[8] He played football, as a ruckman, for the Echuca Football Club in the first XVIII while in his teens.[9] His interest in police work came from watching a long-running local, television drama series, Homicide. He attended Echuca Technical School and after completing his secondary education, became a police cadet at the age of 18 years.[10]

Career

Ron Iddles entered the Victorian Police force in 1972. His early police career was in the uniform branch working in and around Collingwood, one of Melbourne's inner suburbs and he was later transferred to Fitzroy Criminal Investigation Branch. He became a homicide detective in 1980. During the 1980s, he was seconded to the National Crime Authority. In 1989, he retired from policing altogether and began his own trucking business. In 1994, he returned to policing, starting out as a constable again. Within three years, he worked his way back to his former rank as a Detective Senior Sergeant with the Homicide Division where he was involved in investigating serious crime.[11] In 2012 he headed up the Cold Case Homicide Division.[12] He left the Homicide Division in 2014 and became the Secretary of the Police Union where he was instrumental in raising awareness of mental health issues for serving police officers.[13]

During his career, which spanned 43 years, 25 of which were spent in Homicide, he investigated more than 300 murder cases and hundreds of suspicious deaths. His homicide conviction rate was 99%.[14]

He retired from the Police force in 2016, but was enticed to come out of retirement to take up the position as Victoria's inaugural Community Safety Trustee, a role that involves serving as an independent voice for the community and overseeing the state's community safety budget.[15]

Recognition and awards

In 2015, Iddles was awarded the Order of Australia (OA) for services to the community.[16] He is widely known as "Australia's greatest detective." [17][18] Ron Iddles is the subject of the book, The Good Cop, written by Justine Ford and published by Macmillan (2017).

References

  1. ↑ "Great Australian Homicide Detective Ron Iddles," [In Conversation with Richard Fiedler], Tuesday 23 August 2016 Conversations Retrieved 2 September 2016
  2. ↑ IN STUDIO: Ron Iddles opens up to Neil Mitchell about life in the homicide squad July 27, 2016 3AW Retrieved 2 September 2016
  3. ↑ Ford, Justine, "Book Extract: Homicide Detective, Ron Iddles Really has Seen it All," Book extract: Homocide [sic] detective Ron Iddles really has seen it all July 31, 2016 news.com.au Retrieved 2 September 2016
  4. ↑ Victoria's Police Association boss Ron Iddles to step down, remembers cold cases as most significant October 14, 2016 ABC Online Retrieved 31 October 2016
  5. ↑ Premier of Victoria, Media Release, 20 April 2017 <Online: http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/an-independent-voice-for-community-safety/>
  6. ↑ "The Great Man," Police Journal, October 2015 <Online: https://issuu.com/policeassociationsa/docs/pasa_policejournal_oct2015_4>
  7. ↑ Ford, J., "Homicide cop Ron Iddles prepares for Victorian Police Association job," Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March, 2014, <Online: http://www.smh.com.au/national/homicide-cop-ron-iddles-prepares-for-victorian-police-association-job-20140322-35afb.html>
  8. ↑ ABC News, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/08/23/4524861.htm
  9. ↑ "From Rochestser to the Homicide Squad," 'Bendigo Advertiser, 27 February 2017 <Online: http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2170593/from-rochester-to-the-homicide-squad/
  10. ↑ Broadhurst, M., "Iddles to Talk about the Good Cop Euroa Gazette, 18 January 2017, <Online: https://www.pressreader.com/australia/euroa-gazette/20170118/281655369773886>
  11. ↑ "Former homicide detective Ron Iddles Reflects on His Police Career, Bendigo Advertiser, 27 February 2017, <Online: http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4494073/ron-iddles-reflects-on-his-police-career>
  12. ↑ Ford, J., The Good Cop, Macmillan, 2016 <Online: http://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781743534403>
  13. ↑ Shepparton News,27 August 2016, https://www.pressreader.com/australia/shepparton-news/20160827/282046211521170
  14. ↑ Cowie, R., "Former homicide detective Ron Iddles steps down as police union boss," The Standard, 15 October 2016, <Online: http://www.standard.net.au/story/4228607/former-homicide-detective-ron-iddles-steps-down-as-police-union-boss/?cs=7>
  15. ↑ Gray, D., "Retired police officer Ron Iddles to be state's first Community Safety Trustee" The Age, 19 April 2017 <Online:http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/retired-police-officer-ron-iddles-to-be-states-first-community-safety-trustee-20170419-gvo42y.html>
  16. ↑ ABC News, 14 October 2016 <Online: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-14/police-association-boss-ron-iddles-stands-down/7931992.>
  17. ↑ ABC Radio, Conversations with Richard Fiedler, <Online: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/08/23/4524861.htm>
  18. ↑ "Former Homicide Detective Ron Iddles Reflects on His Police Career," Bendigo Advertiser, <Online: http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4494073/ron-iddles-reflects-on-his-police-career>

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