Thursday, 4 August 2022

Victoria Police Academy

Mr FREGON (Mount Waverley) (17:17): (6469) Speaker, it is good to see you in the chair this afternoon. Congratulations on your election—fantastic first week.

My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Police, and the action I seek is for the newly appointed minister to come to the Mount Waverley district and join me in visiting the Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverley as the main induction training establishment for Victoria Police. I see the member for Gembrook is in the room, and I presume he was trained there for his former role in the police. Were you trained in Glen Waverley?

Mr Battin: Yes. I got a speeding fine too out the front on my way to work on my first day. That was pretty annoying.

Mr FREGON: I will let that go. The state-of-the-art academy has helped train thousands of additional police officers and PSOs, and now we are continuing the recruitment to ensure we have the necessary resources to keep Victorians safe. Over 3500 police in the last four or five years have been recruited. We know that our community is strongest and safest when we work together and are supported by a well-resourced, modern police force engaged with our local communities. I look forward to the minister’s response.