SEVEN new police will hit the local beat in the region this week after graduating from the force’s academy in Goulburn.
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Four new probationary constables will start their careers in the New England and will be based out of Moree after the pass out parade on Friday.
Three new offices have been deployed to the Oxley Police District and will start their first shifts as early as Monday.
The seven new recruits make up more than half the number of officers deployed to the Western Region.
The latest allocation of recruits brings to 17 the total number of probationary constables allocated from the Police Academy to Moree Police Station in the past 16 months, according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall.
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He said the latest recruits were a massive boost to the blue line and boots on the ground in the community.
The last two probationary constables were allocated to Moree in December last year.
“I know the qualifications our officers have completed at the police academy, together with the on-the-job training they will undertake at the Moree Police Station will ensure they are more than adequately prepared to step into this important role.
“Policing can be an extremely challenging profession and our officers encounter the best and the worst of humanity in the line of duty, so I’m very pleased that our community will benefit from the enthusiasm of these officers starting their career on the beat.”
Mr Marshall said the NSW Government had undertaken to boost frontline police numbers across the State through the re-engineering process.