At 7.00 pm on Saturday 8th May, 2010, Upholdtheright.com closed down. 

Pete, Woody, and the rest of the Admin Team thank you for your patronage since July 2001. We have grown over the years, and we've had many battles on the way.

The forums used to be fun. To be honest they're not anymore, and they haven't been for a while now.

Our enthusiasm for running UHTR has been steadily eroding over the last 6 months or so. To be frank, we are sick of the constant bickering and back-handed jibes between users. Seriously, if people can't take responsibility for their own failings, and accept criticism when it is levelled at them, then we question what value they are going to be as police members.

We are also sick of the eternal fight to maintain the standards of the posts. Not a day went by that we didn't see people blatantly disregarding the rules of the site. The standards were introduced for a reason, and all users acknowledged they would abide by those standards by registering with UHTR. Yet time and again we saw people who are too f&^$g lazy to even perform a simple spelling/grammar check on their posts. These errors go beyond a simple "typo".

Another thing that has really disappointed us over the years has been the lack of support we have received, both from within Victoria Police, and from the UHTR membership.

Since 2001, we have been forwarded only 2 letters of appreciation, via our Chain Of Command, from people thanking us for the running of UHTR. We clearly weren't doing this for any sort of recognition, but some support from the forum  membership would have reinforced the value of the forums to Victoria Police. 

To put it simply, the continued running of UHTR has simply become too hard. There is little to no enjoyment for us here anymore.

We are proud of the people who we have been able to develop friendships with, and who we have seen grow from applicant, to Recruit, to Constable. We know that we have offended some people, but we hope there are others who have been able to learn something from the site. We bear no grudges against anyone.

We are disappointed at the demise of UHTR, but also quietly relieved.

Good luck to you all in your future endeavours.

We will continue to monitor admin1@upholdtheright.com for a short time.

Goodbye, farewell and amen.

Pete, Woody and the Admin team

May 8th, 2010