Kylee Dennis

I wanted either another six months leave without pay

Or could I just come back part time, just for six months, just so we could sort of get a few things organized.

And they knocked me back on both.

And I couldn't go back full time because at that stage I was on call for child protection.

So I still had to do that.

I could have given up the negotiators, but that was sort of, that was like chopping off my arm and I didn't want to do that.

So I resigned and I remember driving to Coggeray to give my badge over and I just cried and cried.

And I found that hard because I wanted to come back in and I didn't want to give up my detective status because I'd worked really hard for that.

And I still have that same mindset today.

And we're talking 20 years ago.

I still think exactly the way that they trained me in the cops.

I haven't lost that.

Yeah, a couple of years down the other way.

I always thought that I had a great time in child protection, and I think my husband might disagree with that.

I think he thought I bought it home, which I didn't think I did.

But I worked in the joint investigative team, so I worked with Department of Community Service and us, so we would do the initial investigation, then hand off.

If we couldn't take it, then they would then do their parts.

Look, I found it rewarding.

I found it frustrating.

I found it...