What is the latest information on improvements to initial police training at the New South Wales Police College?
Mr WATKINS: I am glad to have been asked this question today because it gives me a chance to provide the House with an update about the changes that have been made, and will continue to be made, to initial police training at the New South Wales Police College. Let me assure the House that both Commissioner Moroney and I are committed to ensuring that NSW Police has training that is up there with the world’s best, and that we have made great advances in that regard. But let me deal with this morning’s story up front. I seek leave to table the report entitled “Review of the Diploma of Policing Practice 2002—Final Report” by the NSW Police College and Charles Sturt University, dated 18 December 2002. Leave granted. Report tabled. First, I will outline the response from NSW Police. Earlier today, the Commander of Education Services issued a statement that reads in part: Staff from across the entire force were asked to provide critical analysis and feedback on the training of Probationary C
