{"id":11442,"date":"2021-05-17T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11442"},"modified":"2021-05-17T07:35:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:35:09","slug":"new-police-station-opens-in-inverell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/new-police-station-opens-in-inverell\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLICE STATION OPENS IN INVERELL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A striking, new nearly $15 million police station has officially opened in the heart of Inverell, the 37<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0police station built or significantly upgraded since 2011 and the fourth this year.<br \/>\nThe Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott, joined the Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall and NSW Police Force Commissioner Michael Fuller APM, at a formal ceremony, including the NSW Police Band, to officially open the new Inverell Police Station.<br \/>\nMr Elliott said the impressive new two-storey facility houses general duties, specialist and tactical officers, including a dog handler and highway patrol officers.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Inverell Police Station is yet another boost to the public safety of NSW and is part of the $108 million Multipurpose Police Station Program, that is committed to upgrading smaller regional and metropolitan police station.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThis station will house the growing number of police officers in the New England Police District, which has already added eight extra permanent positions since the NSW Government\u2019s commitment to deliver an extra 1500 police officers over four years,\u201d Mr Elliott said.<br \/>\nMr Marshall said the station includes dedicated spaces for crime prevention and investigative units, as well as the unique inclusion of a dedicated police forensic facility within the complex.<br \/>\n\u201cThis station is a testament to this government\u2019s election commitment to invest in a police station infrastructure program to support the vital work of our policemen and women,\u201d Mr Marshall said.<br \/>\n\u201cDesigned to enhance connectivity with the neighbouring court complex, the facility also provides extra space and resources to support the growing number of police allocated to the region.\u201d<br \/>\nCommissioner Michael Fuller welcomed the impressive new police station.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a major investment in the crime fighting capabilities in the New England Police District. Fitted with state-of-the-art technology and fixtures, Inverell Police Station will give police the support they need to continue to drive down crime and keep the community safe,\u201d Commissioner Fuller said.<br \/>\nThe new Inverell Police Station will be staffed and operate 24 hours, seven days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A striking, new nearly $15 million police station has officially opened in the heart of Inverell, the 37th\u00a0police station built or significantly upgraded since 2011 and the fourth this year. The Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott, joined the Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall and NSW Police Force Commissioner Michael Fuller APM, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/new-police-station-opens-in-inverell\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;NEW POLICE STATION OPENS IN INVERELL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11442\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}