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Related Media Angry residents not backing down on Ferguson protests Posted July 9, 2008 05:14:00
Community member reacts at Ferguson meeting (AAP
Image: Dave Hunt) Families living near convicted paedophile Dennis
Ferguson, south of Brisbane, say they will continue protesting until he is
moved. Police estimate almost 1,000 people attended a
community meeting last night about Ferguson's move to the property. Police Minister Judy Spence was booed and heckled
during the three-hour meeting. One of the people who made their feelings known
to Ms Spence was Senior Constable Heather Steinfeld,
who asked the Minister why she should be paid to protect a sex offender
rather than children in the community. Senior Constable Steinberg also told the meeting
last night she was concerned for her own children's safety now that Ferguson
is living nearby. Acting Police Commissioner Kathy Rynders says Senior Constable Steinfeld's
public criticism of the Government will not jeopardise her career. "Her [Senior Constable Heather Steinberg's]
career will not in any way suffer as a result of her speaking out as a
concerned parent," she said. "I think any member of the community who has
family, who has children would be concerned about paedophiles - whether it be Dennis Ferguson or anyone else." |
