Thursday, 14 November 2019

In reply to  Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (15 October 2019)

Ms NEVILLE (Bellarine—Minister for Water, Minister for Police and Emergency Services):

The Victoria Police Academy provides intensive training for Police Officers and Protective Services Officers (PSOs). Police recruits spend seven months training at the Academy followed by further on-the-job training. PSOs train at the Academy for three months and receive further on-the-job training with a police officer.

Information on ABI is covered in recruit training sessions. Disability training (including ABI) is applied to numerous sessions and assessments, and is delivered to all police recruits, police custody officers and PSOs.

The issues covered within the disability training sessions include an introduction to forms of disability, community diversity, community encounters, statistics, mental health liaison officers and engagement.