A Victorian highway patrol officer has been targeted by a Facebook hate page. Credit:Paul Rovere "This site is absolutely outrageous," Superintendent Taylor said. "It is inappropriate and it is just totally against all the road safety messaging and the communication that goes in the community about road safety, particularly at this time of year. "What we have here is . . . a very experienced highway patrol member, one of many police officers who spend most of their time, particularly at this high-risk time of year on the roads . . . doing active enforcement that we make no apologies for and I have no doubt helping to save lives on the road." One Facebook user posted on the page that the officer "defected a friend for washer jets not working. This was because the washer bottle was out of water. The owner of the car asked if he could run [sic] across the road to fill up the bottle . . . didn't give 2 f****, canary slapped on see ya later". Another wrote: "he defected me for loose hand brake (mechanic said was fine anyway), loose pod filter, washer bottle empty and then he got under the bonnet and shook the battery till the battery clamp bent out of place so he could defect me for loose battery, he was getting all angry about the intake pipe that goes into the manifold on the EFI 202 motor (completely stock). He also searched my vehicle and found some car audio parts in the boot I had bought the day before so he accused me of stealing those."

Superintendent Taylor said people who feel they have been unfairly treated by the highway patrol officer, who Fairfax Media have chosen not to name, should lodge a complaint to the Victoria Police Ethical Standards Department. However Superintendent Taylor said, to his knowledge, no complaint has ever been made against the officer nor has he ever been disciplined. "I fully support the actions that this highway patrol member as with all our highway patrol members . . . to keep up the level of active enforcement they are doing because we know that that is the bit that is changing people's behaviour and helping to save lives on the road," he said. "Anyone who has an an issue with their interaction with police, a complaint about police behaviour, we encourage those people to contact the Victoria Police ethical standards area or contact the Office of Police Integrity, make the complaint and it will be fully investigated. We are held very accountable on that. "That is the only way that people should lodge a complaint about that. If somebody is in receipt of a fine or is booked for anything on the roads, they have it clearly explained to them that they have every opportunity to challenge that fine in the court of law. Outside of that, I'm not aware of any complaint having been made against this particular member."

Superintendent Taylor said he had no interest in speaking to the creator of the Facebook page, who has asked users to "keep all posts profanity-free and factual. Accounts of personal experience only". Facebook removed the page on Tuesday afternoon.