Casey Costello: Associate Police Minister on the soaring police recruitment numbers
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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The Government is confident their support of frontline Police is coming to fruition.
Recruitment numbers have soared in the past year, with almost 1,400 applicants in July – the highest since 2014.
It's seen around five and a half thousand applicants in the first eight months of the year, more than double across the same period last year.
Associate Police Minister Casey Costello told Ryan Bridge it's encouraging, but there's still some work to do.
She says their attrition rate is still low at 4.8%, while other public sectors have rates of up to 54%.
Costello also assures that the surge in recruits won't compromise the quality of the training, as nothing will change in their approach.
She says they’ve totally committed to ensuring the same standards are maintained.
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