Local councillors are fed up with the high crime rate in Narromine and are urgently inquiring about policing matters in the shire.
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Councillors have placed crucial importance on the mayor setting up a meeting with the local member and the area commander of police to discuss the high crime rate and the lack of police presence in the town at Wednesday night's meeting.
After the official matters were dealt with, Mayor Bill McAnally asked the councillors for any questions.
A fervent Cr Truscott gave notice to the community that the crime in Narromine was unacceptable and something had to be done about it.
"We've been told we're not getting more police because there's no crime in our town. After being broken into for the fifth time on Friday night, I did a bit of reading," he said.
Cr Truscott quoted statistics from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Report, which was last released in September.
The report, released on a quarterly basis, is based on crimes reported to the police in a Local Government Area (LGA).
Cr Truscott was appalled at the statistics. He was also shocked at the lack of police presence in Narromine.
"I was told from an attending officer there's no one in Narromine from four o'clock onwards on a weekday and there's no one in Narromine from 4pm on a Friday until 8 o'clock on a Monday. That's a disgrace," he said.
"How do we sort this out? It's an absolute disgrace."
Cr McAnally agreed.
"I did address the problem with our local member Troy Grant and he's going to have a look at it for me," the mayor said.
"We have nine [police] allocated to our area here. At any one stage, one of those people are either on leave or on sick leave and two are in Dubbo. It's extremely hard to get anyone out here. We talk about policing matters all the time."
Cr Truscott is disappointed with the local police.
"The Local Area Command is used to using the excuse that their hands are tied, they're not doing their job anymore."
Cr McAnally said the police were not at fault.
"At the end of the day it's a state government decision on the numbers of police you get. Not the police, they don't get any say," he said.
Councillor Mack moved a motion, after moving back into council, to request a meeting with Member for Dubbo Troy Grant and the Local Area Commander.
"I'd like to move a motion that our mayor immediately takes up the crime figures that Cr Truscott read to us and request a meeting with him and highest police officer in our area, the Local Area Commander, as soon as possible."
The motion was moved.