AFP to get 500 more officers

smack said :

I’m wondering what has changed in the last 11 months and why the sudden increase?

Krispy Kreme opened in Woden….. health issues ?

Ant wrote: I’m wondering what has changed in the last 11 months and why the sudden increase?

They started reading Riotact and are going off in a huff.

Ant you disappoint me. You fcuken idiot.

Nothing really to add. From memory it was an election promise. I imagine they will be for the national side of things, as the ACT Govt essentially pays for all the local Police

smack said :

I’m wondering what has changed in the last 11 months and why the sudden increase?

They started reading Riotact and are going off in a huff.

Spoonbill,

I was wondering where you got your figure from, as it seems very high, so I checked the 06/07 report on the AFP website and this is what is has for staffing. (This includes the ACT Police)

Sworn police officers ……………………………………2,501
Protective Service Officers……………………………….1,341
Unsworn staff (Administration, technical, forensic etc)………2,194

Thats about 18% leaving every year.

The same report also states the following,

The 2006?07 combined attrition rate
for sworn and unsworn staff was 8.3 per cent, with
a significantly lower attrition rate of 4.3 per cent for
sworn staff.

I’m wondering what has changed in the last 11 months and why the sudden increase?

I’d be interested to read VG and Canberra Resident’s thoughts on this.

Current attrition is about 450 officers per annum.

hehe

Ant, you continue to surprise me. That was very amusing. Really, I’m not being sarcastic. Our senior citizens have got a funnybone, did you remember your pile medication yesterday?

These new AFPs will be issued with butterfly nets and sent out to Catch Tewowists. They’re not for mundane city policing.

Sorry folks they’re not for the streets of Canberra, only the $1billion man can put extra ACT Policing officers on our streets, but he forgot that part in the budget.

500 extra plastic police will not affect the ACT other than consumption of coffee in Civic.

The money allocated is for 500 more Police officers, and not support staff or APS security guards. Here in the ACT the Police number are controlled by the ACT city council and Lord Mayor Nohope, so we wont see and increase in Police number from this budget.

The AFP appears to have many departments; AFP Suit’s in Sydney, Melbourne etc, APS security guards, ACT police… 500 extra will not make at visible difference in the ACT at all.

500 extra officers seems like a lot. Does onyone know how many serving members the AFP has now.
@ toriness…… AS I read it the AFP serve the nation and ACT Policing serve the general policing needs of the ACT.

so a REAL increase of 500 officers ie if 500 leave in the next 5 years, will 1000 NEW officers be recruited to increase the actual ongoing numbers? are these designated officers for the ACT?