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More boots on the ground

07/02/2022 by The Coonamble Times

PHOTO: Officers in Charge - Inspector David Maher (Area) and Sargeant Adam Summers (Local).

Changes to the structure of regional policing have been rolled out quickly since NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller announced in late November 2017 that 34 Local Area Commands (LACs) would be replaced by 26 police districts.The regional command structure where Coonamble and Gulargambone formed part of the Walgett-based Castlereagh Area Command was ‘re-engineered’.From 3 December the Coonamble Shire area joined the much larger Orana Mid Western Police District including Dubbo and Mudgee.“A large aspect of . . .


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