A shake-up of police in the Central West would lead to job cuts and decreased police support for the community according to the Member for Orange Phil Donato.
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Mr Donato, a former police officer, called on Police Minister Troy Grant to ensure the proposed “re-engineering” of police areas would not lead to less front line, senior and unsworn officers.
“Already on the cards is the amalgamation, and I call it an amalgamation, not a re-engineering, of the Mudgee Local Area Command and the Orana Local Area Command and Cootamundra and Wagga and also potentially the Canobolas and Lachlan local area commands,” he said.
“If we are losing inspectors and superintendents from local area commands and they are being amalgamated, whether it be a super command, or a new title, you are going to be losing decades of experience those officers provide to front line police.
“You are going to lose jobs in regional communities.”
David Fitzsimons
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
I am a senior journalist at the Central Western Daily concentrating on council, government and real estate issues. Before moving to Orange I filled senior roles at the Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph-Mirror and the Daily Mirror in Sydney. They included being an editor, news editor, chief of staff and reporter.
