Three new police officers have been stationed on the Central Coast following the graduation parade on Friday, June 21, of Class 362 at Goulburn Police Academy.
Two new probationary constables will go to Brisbane Water Police District and one will become part of Tuggerah Lakes Police District.
They are among the 169 graduates who were the first to go through the new system in which student police are fully paid to study as part of their training.
The Class of 362 comprised 122 men and 47 women with 146 aged 18-30, 20 aged 31-40 and three over 40.
While most graduates were Australian born including seven Indigenous recruits, 27 were born overseas with countries of origin including England, Brazil, Afganistan, Iraq, Thailand, Philippines, Sweden, USA, Croatia, South Korea, Ireland, Fiji, New Zealand, Vietnam, China and Poland.
The new probationary constables were congratulated by NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb who said she knew the sense of pride and satisfaction they would be feeling that day.
“Policing is a job like no other, which takes special people, and I wish you all the very best in what will be an extremely rewarding career,” she said.
