CCP Ken Lay comments on a "pickup artist"

I understand there has been a lot of interest in Victoria Police’s response to Julien Blanc’s visit to Melbourne. 

I’ve seen Julien Blanc’s work. To me most of it appears to be deeply disturbing and offensive.

Labelling women as objects and actively promoting the abuse of women degrades the dignity of our whole community.

We want to assure everyone that we have been paying close attention to this issue and appreciate that so many community members have expressed concern. 

I was enormously relieved The Como Melbourne rejected his event and other venues followed suit.

I’m proud that Victoria has taken this stance against violence. It gives me confidence that we are moving in the right direction.

We can confirm that Julien Blanc left Australia overnight. His assistant is also due to leave shortly.

— Victoria Police (@VictoriaPolice) November 7, 2014