John 'Kapa' Kapetanovski, Macedonian, Detective Sergeant

[sydney]

what about delianis any one here heard of him a deputy police commissioner and proud macedonian.

a quick google on the bloke and he was nicknamed "The Golden Greek" by his colleagues? allowing that to stick is exactly like daicos allowing himself to be picked in the 'greek team of the century' or whatever the team was down there. yet these people are proud macedonians? i don't get it.

[osiris]

what about delianis any one here heard of him a deputy police commissioner and proud macedonian.

[VMRO]

A member of the Victoria Police force that led the hunt for the infamous Pavel Marinov, a Bulgarian immigrant that lived in Australia who went on a shooting spree against police officers. Kapetanovski was shot in the chest and hand, almost died, but managed to survive.

Here is an article about 'Max Clark', the name he assumed after settling in Australia, who was nicknamed 'Mad Max' because of his actions.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/nightmare-hunt-for-mad-max/story-e6frf7kx-1111114433163

There was a crime show on TV (Channel 7) just now that presented these events and interviews with both Kapetanovski and another individual with a heritage from the Balkans, Alex Krstic, who were favoured for the lead role in the investigation due to their 'Macedonian' and 'Yugoslav' backgrounds, as described by the channel 7 reporter on the clip from 1980's. They hoped that it would make the local ethnic communities in the area that Marinov resided become more comfortable with providing information.

Just thought i'd make mention of it, as I am not too sure how many people here were aware that a Macedonian had reached detective-sergeant in the Victoria Police force.

Heard this story from my parents many years ago, during that time in 1985, my father was skeptical of going outside during the man hunt because apparently he looked a bit like Mad max.

Also the hoddle street murders, there was a Macedonian girl who was killed by the gunman, not sure how many of you guys know anything about that.

[Soldier of Macedon]

A member of the Victoria Police force that led the hunt for the infamous Pavel Marinov, a Bulgarian immigrant that lived in Australia who went on a shooting spree against police officers. Kapetanovski was shot in the chest and hand, almost died, but managed to survive.

Here is an article about 'Max Clark', the name he assumed after settling in Australia, who was nicknamed 'Mad Max' because of his actions.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/nightmare-hunt-for-mad-max/story-e6frf7kx-1111114433163

There was a crime show on TV (Channel 7) just now that presented these events and interviews with both Kapetanovski and another individual with a heritage from the Balkans, Alex Krstic, who were favoured for the lead role in the investigation due to their 'Macedonian' and 'Yugoslav' backgrounds, as described by the channel 7 reporter on the clip from 1980's. They hoped that it would make the local ethnic communities in the area that Marinov resided become more comfortable with providing information.

Just thought i'd make mention of it, as I am not too sure how many people here were aware that a Macedonian had reached detective-sergeant in the Victoria Police force.