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Fresh call for Woy Woy police

 

Statements from acting Police Commissioner Ken Maroney have prompted Member for Gosford, Mr Chris Hartcher, to make a fresh call for more police at Woy Woy.

Mr Hartcher congratulated the new Acting Police Commissioner, Ken Maroney, for his focus on fighting crime and his intention to increase police on the beat and to re-open police stations.

"Acting Commissioner Maroney is to be congratulated for tackling the serious problems resulting from the Carr Government's policies of closing police stations and failing to increase police numbers," Mr Hartcher said.

"Woy Woy Police Station needs real and beat police stationed there on a full time capacity.

"We need to get back to the basics: police on the beat, on the streets, in the community.

"We need local stations around the Coast so police can respond quickly to calls for assistance.

"It is heartening that a Police Commissioner is listening and responding to the concerns of the community rather than blindly following Carr's Police Minister of the day," he said.

Mr Hartcher said he had written to Acting Commissioner Maroney, asking to meet personally with him to discuss policing in the area.

He said that he would request that urgent attention be given to policing and staffing numbers.

"The Central Coast has suffered for too long under Premier Carr's policy of centralised policing," Mr Hartcher said.

"Most importantly, we need more police to fight the rise in crime that has occurred in the last seven years under Premier Carr," Mr Hartcher stated.

Media release, April 18