PHOTO: Police recruits, like Gabby, who is an officer at Dubbo, are paid to train at the Goulburn Police Academy.
Last October, the New South Wales Government announced that police recruits would be paid to study at Goulburn Police Academy. This saw 1235 new applications – an increase of 26 per cent of people wanting to train to join NSW Police.
In December, the first cohort of probationary constables who were paid to train were sworn into the NSW Police Force.
Officers then began 12 months on the job training as a probationary constable…