Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery is calling upon the Police Minister to review the allocation of new police recruits after its been revealed the Central Hunter Local Area Command will receive the lowest allocation in the state.
Out of the 178 new officers graduating today, only two will join the Central Hunter Local Area Command which covers Beresfield, Tarro, Maitland and Cessnock
Ms Hornery says crime is increasing due to the lack of allocated police.
"The problem for us in the western suburbs, and always in the western suburbs of the Central Hunter Command is that people don't see a visibility of police, and the crooks know that the police is invisible.
"Thats not because of the police efforts, it's about the fact that police are under rescourced and overworked".
Crime rates in the local area command have increased dramatically in the last few months, and Ms Hornery encourages people in this local command to always report a crime.
"Please always report crimes. It goes towards statistics, it makes the police aware of where the crooks are and where the patterns of crime are as well.
"If there was an end to all of this, it's about encouraging people to always report crimes. And that can be reported of course anonymously as well".
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