countryparty.org.au - A Call for a Change: Rebuilding the Colac Police Station
We often underestimate the importance of the efforts of the rural law enforcement such as the officers that work out of the Colac police station. This station dates back to the 1940s and even though the reception area has been revamped recently, it still needs additional refurbishing to bring it up to modern standards of policing to ensure that the citizens receive the level of protection that they deserve each day. Citizens and political figures fear this station in Colac is not as it should be, because the government often marginalises the county Polwarth. If the government would only stop to consider the importance of this police department to its rural community, maybe …show more content…
While it is true that these rural areas may not suffer from the same large number of crimes, the areas still do have their various issues to deal with for those who perpetrate harm against others. In addition, the percentage of crimes may be higher than you think when you consider the population of the area. For this reason, the police department deserves the same training, tools and attention as the metropolitan police departments receive from the government.
Effective Rural Policing Instills a Sense of Security in the Citizens
Quality policing in a rural community instills the citizens with a sense of security. The police in the rural settings have a difficult task when it comes to this, as the officers rarely have the latest technology as the officers do in the large metropolitan settings. The citizens who depend on the Colac police station deserve more of an effort by the government as far as rebuilding or refurbishing all this station and not just a small part of it. In fact, this topic is part of the political campaign that is now in process.
Rural Police Officers Are Citizens of the
We often underestimate the importance of the efforts of the rural law enforcement such as the officers that work out of the Colac police station. This station dates back to the 1940s and even though the reception area has been revamped recently, it still needs additional refurbishing to bring it up to modern standards of policing to ensure that the citizens receive the level of protection that they deserve each day. Citizens and political figures fear this station in Colac is not as it should be, because the government often marginalises the county Polwarth. If the government would only stop to consider the importance of this police department to its rural community, maybe …show more content…
While it is true that these rural areas may not suffer from the same large number of crimes, the areas still do have their various issues to deal with for those who perpetrate harm against others. In addition, the percentage of crimes may be higher than you think when you consider the population of the area. For this reason, the police department deserves the same training, tools and attention as the metropolitan police departments receive from the government.
Effective Rural Policing Instills a Sense of Security in the Citizens
Quality policing in a rural community instills the citizens with a sense of security. The police in the rural settings have a difficult task when it comes to this, as the officers rarely have the latest technology as the officers do in the large metropolitan settings. The citizens who depend on the Colac police station deserve more of an effort by the government as far as rebuilding or refurbishing all this station and not just a small part of it. In fact, this topic is part of the political campaign that is now in process.
Rural Police Officers Are Citizens of the