Policing in our growing community remains an area of concern and the need for more support from NSW Police resources is evident.
Policing in our growing community remains an area of concern and the need for more support from NSW Police resources is evident.
Policing in our region has been stretched thin over recent years. With population growth, housing and commercial development in south Lake Macquarie specifically, Lake Macquarie Police District have had to adapt their policing strategies to respond to callouts.
Lake Macquarie was successful in receiving major renovations to the Morisset Police Station in 2016. Unfortunately, we have seen it closed for general duties and now it serves as the home base for Highway Patrol and visiting task force teams, K-9 Units and Transport Police. We are now serviced by roving officers deployed in patrol cars in the southlakes area, ready to mobilise and attend emergency callouts.
The Toronto Police Station continues to service the local community with general duties officers, and received its own renovations in 2017, with all units reporting back to Lake Macquarie Police District headquarters at Belmont.
I would love to see Morisset Police Station manned 24 hours with general duties operations, but even considering recent generational salary increases and paid training for police recruits, the number of local deployable Officers cannot currently meet that need.
It is more important than ever to continue reporting illegal activity or concerns to NSW Police. Appropriate reporting assists with forming a heat-map of crime and dictates the allocation of resources where they are needed most.
You can make a report in the following ways:
Our local Police do a fantastic job in our community and we can support them by engaging in ways which inform operational decisions in our region.
