Wednesday, 18 March 2020

Mitchell shire police resources

Ms RYAN: I also rise this morning to highlight my concerns and the community’s concerns over a lack of police numbers in Mitchell shire. Local police are under enormous strain there. Wallan, I think, should have gone to a 24-hour police station some time ago but is under immense strain, which is also putting pressure on the Kilmore police station and further up the line in the Mitchell police service area. When police resources were announced last week we got just five new officers despite the population of the Mitchell shire being expected to grow by 80 000 people over the next 20 years. It is clear that more resources are needed.