Letters to the editor - July 6

July 6 2018 - 6:00pm
Letters to the Editor – July 6
Letters to the Editor – July 6

Fewer police real

I write in response to the article about police numbers in Warrnambool, which was published on June 27. The figures I provided were rock solid, they came from Victoria Police. They relate to front line, general duties police officers based in Warrnambool. The officers who are in the divisional van. The officers who respond to 000 calls, the officers who run the police station. It is disappointing the Minister has tried to spin the figures, talking about the number of Police Custody Officers based at the station. While the PCOs do an important and valuable job, they are not sworn police officers, they do not respond to emergency calls. The figures remain, in November 2014 there were 92.32 full time equivalent front line police officers in Warrnambool. In March this year, that number was 81.32, a decrease of 11 per cent. If you don’t believe me, ask a police officer if they have all the resources they need to be able to do the job they signed up to do. Ask them if there are enough officers to have an effective police presence out on the beat. And while you’re talking to them, say thank you for the extraordinary work they do to keep our community safe while under a huge amount of pressure.

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