Fears Regional Communities will lose Local Police jobs
色狼社区Media release
The Public Service Association (PSA) holds grave fears many regional areas will be stripped of local police staff under a restructure of NSW Police.
鈥淲e are extremely concerned about the loss of critical civilian support staff who ensure police are properly equipped to be able to undertake the full range of their duties on behalf of their local communities,鈥 said 色狼社区General Secretary, Stewart Little.
鈥淭hese roles include staff at Police stations, Forensics officers, Intelligence analysts who track crime patterns and Community Liaison officers.
鈥淎s a former uniformed officer himself, Troy Grant is very well aware of the vital role played by civilian support staff in day to day policing in NSW.
鈥淛ob cuts in regional areas mean less money going into the local community, families being forced to move elsewhere, taking their spending money with them and removing their kids from local schools.
鈥淓very job in the bush feeds into six others from the local supermarket to car dealers鈥.
鈥淩egional NSW has already been hit for six by the NSW Coalition Government with cuts in TAFE and National Parks, the privatisation of disability services and a number of other critical public services.鈥
鈥淲e call on the National Party in regional NSW to give an undertaking that local police will continue to have the vital administrative support that allows them to fully serve their communities and that no police officer will be forced into an administrative role and taken off front line duties.鈥