PHOTO: Rebecca on the far-right. Image: NSW Police.
A Warren Police Officer spoke to the Western Plains App about the fulfillment she finds from her job as NSW Police try to recruit more members – particularly in rural areas.
The Police Association of NSW says the state staring down the barrel of a severe police shortage. While Ian Leavers, from the Police Federation of Australia has described staffing levels as at “a crisis situation”.
A suite of recently-introduced incentives designed to draw police to the bush will soon come into play but what happens once officers arrive in small towns is just as important.
For Sergeant Rebecca Byles life in Warren is good…