Police College graduates deploy to NT’s emergency services call centre

Newly graduated police officers are set to lend a listening ear to the Northern Territory. Find out where they were deployed.

A fresh cohort of police graduates is set to bolster the Territory’s emergency response.

The Joint Emergency Services Call Centre has deployed 13 new Auxiliary Squad 75 officers, with a dozen recruited from the NT.

The new recruits graduated from the Police College last week and were trained in call taking, cultural engagement, mental health first aid, customer service, police powers and obligations, and trauma-informed training.

Police, Fire, and Emergency Services Minister Kate Worden said the NT government was “listening to the public” and giving police the necessary resources to respond to Territorians in need.

Police, Fire, and Emergency Services Minister Kate Worden – pictured beside new officer Tyler Frost – said it was exciting to welcome new recruits into the police force. Picture: Supplied

“These new graduates will be performing a vital role in our emergency response as the first contact for callers in times of stress and worry,” she said.

“They have taken the big step of choosing to serve and protect the people of the Northern Territory.

“It’s always exciting to welcome new recruits into service and I am equally excited about the pipeline of future officers entering the Police College to join the ranks of our hard-working frontline responders.”

The new intake of police recruits comes amid calls for additional police or even military aid in Alice Springs.

Mayor Matt Peterson said the frequency of crime and anti-social behaviour was “crazy bad”.

“It’s not even just night time anymore, it’s seriously 24/7,” he said.

The emergency call centre recruits will be joined later in the year by 35 new front line Auxiliary Squad 76 officers, the first of which is set to graduate from the Police College in February.

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