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2515 - NEWCASTLE LOCAL AREA COMMAND—POLICE NUMBERS

Hornery, Sonia to the Attorney General, and Minister for Justice representing the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter, and Vice-President of the Executive Council
  1. Have police numbers dropped by 21 in the Newcastle Local Area Command (Daily Telegraph 14 August 2012)?
  2. If not, what is the exact figure that numbers have fallen to?
  3. Why have police numbers fallen?
Answer -

Detailed information about NSW Police Force authorised and actual strength figures are available on the NSW Police Force website, www.police.nsw.gov.au

Operational capacity in the Newcastle City Local Area Command, as at 24 August 2012, was 98%. Any changes to authorised strength between May and June 2012 are as a result of the creation of standalone Traffic &Highway Patrol and Police Transport Commands.

Officers who were already performing highway patrol or commuter crime-related duties are no longer counted in individual Local Area Command numbers, rather they are counted under the respective of the two Commands and go towards the total number for Field Operations shown on the strength figures.

Question asked on 14 August 2012 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 104
Answer received on 18 September 2012 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 116

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