Police prosecuting 'not attractive' to officers
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The New South Wales Opposition says a push to fast-track law graduates to fill police prosecutor positions is not enough to solve a staffing crisis.
Changes to the associate degree of policing mean law graduates no longer have to serve two years as general duty police officers before they can work as police prosecutors.
The first officer to qualify under the changes graduated from the Goulburn Police Academy last week.
But shadow attorney-general Greg Smith says the NSW Government should be offering better career rewards for officers who join the unit.
"I think the [State] Government should be humble enough to sit down and talk with the Police Association about this," he said.
"Unless they make the job attractive to attract and retain officers they're not going to get anywhere because they're losing people hand over fist."
