AN initiative designed to impart knowledge and understanding of modern policing to prominent members of the community in Local Area Commands (LAC) has been launched.
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Commissioner Scipione launched the inaugural Community Awareness in Policing Program (CAPP) in Local Area Commands on Thursday, November 20.
The initiative is the first of its kind for an Australian law-enforcement agency and is designed to impart knowledge and understanding of modern policing to prominent members of the community, such as civic and religious leaders, business luminaries, academics and cultural identities.
Participants in the program will have the opportunity to speak with officers, from constables to commanders, to get a better understanding of what they do every day. During the day, participants will experience various aspects of police work, including a custody tour, fingerprinting, a role play knife search, how to deal with anti-social behaviour and a demonstration of a mobile command centre. Commissioner Scipione said the aim of CAPP in LACs was to engage with the community and to create strong and positive two-way communication with police.
"CAPP in LACs will provide participants the opportunity to see aspects of policing that most community members have never seen before," he said.
Three CAPP sessions will be run each year with space limited to about 60 community participants per year.
For more information visit www.police.nsw.gov.au/capp