Tara Murray
Twenty-five extra police officers will be deployed in Brimbank and Melton over the next 12 months.
On Sunday, Victoria Police announced the final allotment of new officers, which were funded by the state government in 2018.
Nine new officers will be added to the Melton service area and four in the Brimbank service area.
There will be an additional five highway patrol members, an extra member for the sexual offences and child abuse team and six new members for crime scene services, to be shared across the whole Brimabank division.
The neighbouring Westgate Division which includes Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong and Wyndham Police Service Areas, will receive the most new officers, with 44 more police set to be stationed in the area.
Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said the new officers were already in training at the Police Academy. The first new members will be deployed in October.
“In total, with 396 more officers set to be deployed soon across 20 Police Service Areas, 21 specialist divisional units and 14 specialist commands, we’ll have a greater community presence,” he said.
“Since 2018, our additional police have been deployed to the areas of greatest need using the staff allocation model, allowing us to put more police out on patrol, responding where and when needed in the community, and in dedicated areas such as family violence, transit safety, highway patrol, and sexual offences and child abuse teams.”
