Victoria Police introduces a shorter training program for new recruits that have been designed to stimulate the number of police to improve the safety of the community.
The Force says that the new 25 -week program is a revision of its existing 31 -week training course that has not been significantly changed in content for 15 years.
Police recruits will still complete a police diploma, which remains unchanged after 116 weeks.
“The new program will be more practical and more interactive, with a greater emphasis on receiving mentoring from experienced officers, while supporting victims, patroling the community, responding to incidents and keeping the roads safe,” said an official media statement.
The Police Association of Victoria supports the short police training because the content is being overhauled to better prepare new recruits for realities on the spot. ((ABC News: Danielle Bonica))
“It is foreseen that the changes will make a faster deployment of new police possible to support the hard -working front line.”
The first intake for the new course starts mid -July.
Juvenile crime stimulates the urge to more police
Police Association of Victoria Secretary Wayne Gatt said there had been feedback from recent graduates that the training program was inefficient.
“Our newest members told us that there is a certain degree of repetition,” he told ABC Radio Melbourne.
“They told us that part of the training is not suitable for the goal and does not really match the training needs of the police when they actually take to the streets, so it prepares them.”
He said that the use of tasers would go in the new training program for the first time, as a supplement to the use of tasers in the Force.
According to the Police Association, there are 1,100 vacancies at the Victorian police. ((ABC News: Danielle Bonica))
And he said that concern about juvenile crime was a factor to stimulate changes in training.
“We would say that we have an endemic situation that is juvenile crime,” said Mr. Gatt.
“Our members see more dangerous circumstances with these perpetrators. It requires a nuance in the way they are taught to have to adapt to it.”
He said that changes in field placements would make new officers “more active, faster”.
“The real training starts when you leave the academy and you start at a workplace with experienced police officers to guide you,” he said.
Mr. Gatt said that there were currently 1,100 vacancies with the Victorian police and 800 people on sick leave.
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