MORE than 50 high-ranking officials from the Indian federal police force visited the Highlands to gain a new perspective on policing.
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The 58 men and women superintendents and assistant commissioners were in Australia as part of a policing course hosted by Charles Sturt University (CSU).
CSU Professor executive dean Tracey Green said the 8-day study tour through NSW was a practical demonstration of Australia’s policing practices.
The tour followed a comprehensive four-week course in leadership and management hosted by CSU at the National Police Academy in Hyderabad, India, completed by the Indian police officials.
“This is an opportunity for them to see all of the technologies, systems and processes we have around anti-terrorism strategies, public order displays, marine area command displays, the flying wing and cyber and forensics units,” Professor Green said.
Professor Green commended the Australian Federal Police and the NSW Police Force for assisting with the visit and providing free of charge access to the CSU tour group.
Superintendent Brett Greentree of the Lake Macquarie Local Area Command co-ordinated the tour of various police facilities and sites from Canberra through to Sydney and the Hunter Valley.
“By visiting the Surry Hills and Southern Highlands commands, our visitors are able to see a comparison of perspectives and approaches to policing, with city and country policing,” he said.
“We will finish the study tour on Saturday in the Hunter Valley with a tour of a single unit station.”
Superintendent Greentree was one of four superintendents to travel to India as a visiting fellow at the police academy.
“Even though I was there as a fellow to facilitate their experience, I found I got a lot out of it myself,” he said.
“The experience of another culture, and the contrasts to the way we police in NSW was very interesting.”
Following a short stop at the Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame, several of the visiting police officials travelled to Bowral Police Station for a tour through the site by local Inspector John Klepczarek.