 Ambulance Service of NSW Station Officer Jeff
Gamble (Paramedic)
Jeff started work with the PMG (Telstra) as a trainee technician
in 1967. He was a fulltime professional ABC Driving School
instructor during 1975 - 1976. Jeff became an Ambulance officer in November 1976 at Randwick
and commenced Paramedic Training in June 1980 and is
re-certified as a Paramedic every two years. He has worked at
Ambulance Headquarters, Parramatta and Penrith and was promoted
to Station Officer at Springwood in August 1988.
Jeff has been a presenter at TOP since the inception of the
Program in March 1992. He also gives presentations and talks to
medical staff, church groups, child care centres and other
emergency organisations. Jeff is currently located at an Ambulance Paramedic Station in
Western Sydney.

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NSW Police Force Senior Sergeant Jim
Prendergast
Senior Sergeant Jim
Prendergast works in the Greater Metropolitan Region and is the
Traffic Co-ordinator for the Western Zone. Jim
has 30 years
Police experience with 28 years in the Police Traffic Branch
including on road enforcement and
traffic
administration.
He has also represented Police on Local, Regional and State
Traffic Administration Committees including management of major
traffic generating events. This includes close liaison with all
Government, Local Government and Corporate bodies with a vested
interest in road safety. Jim is qualified in the use of all NSW
Police Service Speed detection and Breath Analysis equipment. In
addition, Jim was part of the development of the original
concept of our Traffic Offenders Program and has been a
presenter on behalf of the NSW Police since the Program’s
inception on 5th March 1992.

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Road Safety David Tynan
David currently holds the position of
Road Safety Officer with Blacktown City Council. Prior
to joining Council
he was a
management Consultant in project management, performance
improvement and problem solving for 15 years working with almost all of the major organisations
and all levels of Government in Australia.
During that time he also developed and delivered the fleet vehicle driver
training program, "Think & Drive, Risk Management for the
Road". This program has now been integrated into
Blacktown City Council's young driver program and is presented
as part of the Blacktown TOP.
David was also an RTA accredited Motorcycle Riding Instructor for
6 years
and an Advanced Motorcycle instructor with Stay Upright Pty
Ltd. David is
also a member of the Australasian College of Road Safety,
the Institute of Public Works Engineers Australia and serves on
the Executive of the Survive The Ride Association NSW. 
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Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Bob Rogan
Bob Rogan is from The Salvation Army -
Blacktown City Corps. Bob has worked with alcoholics and
drug addicts
in an unofficial capacity for over 23 years. Currently he
is employed as a Case Manager at Blacktown working with people
trying to re-establish themselves after periods of
rehabilitation or incarceration or just trying to get back on
their feet.
He has a Certificate IV in Christian Counselling and is
currently studying for an Advanced Diploma in Family Therapy.
He has also developed a cannabis cessation Program called 'Beat
the Bong' for people trying to overcome cannabis dependence.
He also runs support groups for various other positive
life skills. Bob can be
contacted on bob.rogan@aue.salvationarmy.org 
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Insurance
Martin Webb
Martin is currently the
National Manager - Claims for Western QBE Insurance, a division
of QBE Australia Limited specialising in personal insurances
including motor vehicle. Martin has held this position for
the last 6 years and is responsible for the planning,
coordination and delivery of Western QBE's claims service
Australia wide, and is also responsible for the financial
results in this area of operations.
Martin commenced his career with the NRMA in 1983 and has
extensive experience in claims, sales and portfolio analysis for
companies such as NRMA, AMP, Zurich and QBE.

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Legal
Shaun Titmarsh
Shaun Titmarsh grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney and has
been practicing law for a period in excess of 20 years.
Based in Parramatta and working throughout the New South Wales
Court system Shaun has been a volunteer presenter with the
Traffic Offenders Program since October 2005. Shaun is
deeply committed to the Program as TOP not only provides
assistance to people before the Court and in most cases reduces
the penalties imposed by the Court system (based on his
experience) representing clients.
TOP also assists participants in being better educated about the
danger of drink driving and other inappropriate driving
behaviour.
The Program also assists in educating people as to the likely
consequences of their actions when they attend Court.

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Spinal Injury
Prevention
Craig Cannane
Craig informs people about spinal cord injuries as he is a
person confined to a wheelchair and will be for the rest of his
life. This is as a result of a motorbike accident Craig
had in 1993 which left him a L1 incomplete paraplegic.
Following the accident and his recovery, Craig decided to become
a public speaker. Craig also plays wheelchair basketball
for the Sydney Wentworthville Leagues Club team, the Wheelkings,
plays in the National League and is also a member of the
Australian Wheelchair Basketball Squad. Craig's presentation
deals with how his accident occurred, about being in hospital,
experiencing rehabilitation and what it was like to end up in a
wheelchair for the rest of his life. Also covered is how
spinal cord injuries can affect your body and the way you live.
By dealing with these aspects people will learn more about
spinal cord injuries and how to be more aware of things around
them. The main emphasis in Craig's presentation is that
people must realise they have only one body that they have to
keep for the rest of their life and everyone must 'make sure
their next set of wheels is not a wheelchair'.

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Motor Maintenance
Russell Linfoot - M.I.A.M.E., AM SAE-A
Russell is an
automotive mechanic and toolmaker and has qualified as a production
engineer from Sydney Technical College. He has held
positions in fleet management, plant engineering and has managed
mechanical installation projects in remote locations throughout
Australia. He owned and operated an automotive parts
supply company for many years before joining NRMA Technical
Services as a technical advisor, where he studied Motor Vehicle
Accident Investigation and Reconstruction. From 1996 -
2003 Russell presented at the Traffic Offenders Programs at
Blacktown, Campbelltown and Sutherland venues. Russell
is employed by NRMA and is pleased, on behalf of NRMA, to
present the Motor Maintenance module for the Blacktown Traffic
Offenders Program. 
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