{"id":5949,"date":"2020-04-10T02:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T02:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2020-04-10T02:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T02:27:56","slug":"boost-to-frontline-police-officers-across-nsw-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/10\/boost-to-frontline-police-officers-across-nsw-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOST TO FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott welcomed 263 new recruits to the NSW Police Force today after they were sworn in as probationary constables in Goulburn during a private attestation ceremony.<br \/>\nMr Elliott said the State would be a safer place with the recruits assigned to local Police Commands across NSW where they will commence duties over the coming weeks.<br \/>\n\u201cI want to welcome each and every attesting recruit to the police family. This is not an easy time to be a first responder. Our Class 340 recruits have come at an important time for the state of NSW,\u201d Mr Elliott said.<br \/>\n\u201cDue to the current restrictions, these recruits have not had the send-off into their new careers that they deserve. I am working with Commissioner Fuller to ensure that all recruits attesting this year will be celebrated bigger than ever when it is safe to do so.<br \/>\n\u201cThese officers can be assured they have the full support of this Government. The NSW Government has invested $583 million to introduce 1,500 extra police over the next four years, the biggest investment in police for more than 30 years.\u201d<br \/>\nNSW Police Force Commissioner Mick Fuller said the latest intake of probationary constables will provide a valuable boost to police resources as the state faces the threat of COVID-19.<br \/>\n&#8220;I welcome our newest police officers from Class 340 who attest at a very significant time. They will hit the ground running, and I want them to know that I have their back,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nClass 340 includes 177 men and 86 women. Some recruits entered the NSW Police Academy straight from school or university, while others left established professional careers and trades.<br \/>\nThe recruits have completed eight months of foundational training and those allocated to metropolitan commands will report to their stations on Tuesday 14 April 2020.<br \/>\nThirty-one recruits were born overseas in countries including Italy, Afghanistan, USA, Thailand and Lebanon<em>.\u00a0<\/em>Five recruits are Indigenous with two coming through the Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery (IPROWD) program.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott welcomed 263 new recruits to the NSW Police Force today after they were sworn in as probationary constables in Goulburn during a private attestation ceremony. Mr Elliott said the State would be a safer place with the recruits assigned to local Police Commands across NSW where they &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/10\/boost-to-frontline-police-officers-across-nsw-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BOOST TO FRONTLINE POLICE OFFICERS ACROSS NSW&#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-5949","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\/5949","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=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}