Queensland Police Union CEO Ian Leavers wants to purchase the property where constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold were gunned down last Monday and turn it into a memorial.
when they arrived at the property, about 300km west of Brisbane, by a trio of conspiracy theorists on Monday December 12.
The Queensland Police Union wants to purchase and transform the property where Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold were murdered. Source: 9 News “This would be new, it would be fresh and it would honour Matthew and Rachel and things that were there in the past well there would be no remembrance or resemblance of that," Mr Leavers told Danica De Giorgio.
Constables McCrow and Arnold will be honoured in a state funeral at the Boondall Entertainment Centre on Wednesday. “I’ve spoken with Matthew’s and Rachel’s families and they’re doing it tough and I’d just wish them all the best tomorrow but they will see that they will never be forgotten and we will continue to support them,” he said.
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