r/nswpolice

Something I have been wondering about lately as a future first responder.

It feels like fitness is treated as an “on your own time” thing rather than part of job readiness. Considering officers can be expected to handle physically demanding situations, would it make sense for every station to have a proper gym/fitness area, especially martial arts which is something that is desperately needed nowadays, or for officers to get subsidised/free gym memberships? (I know fitness passport exists, but it still seems like this leaves fitness to an afterthought.)

Curious what serving officers think — is this something the organisation already supports, or is it mostly left up to individuals?

Last night at Blacktown station two guys got into a fist fight. I stepped in to pull them apart and stop it before it got worse. Ended up missing my last bus home because of it.

While I was dealing with that, the guy who started it stole the other bloke's bike and took off. Police showed up shortly.

Instead of any acknowledgement for trying to descalate, one of the officers just chuckled at me for not calling 000 immediately. Like, bro, it literally just finished happening in front of me, I was busy trying to stop the punches, not on the phone. Zero thanks for doing more than most people would.

I get that cops deal with this crap daily at Blacktown and you're probably jaded, but a bit of basic respect or "good on ya for stepping in" would've been nice instead of laughing it off. The victim lost his bike and I wasted my night for nothing.

anyone else had similar experiences?

I recently bought an ebike today and got stolen same day. I put a police report in apparently there’s footage of the person who took it. Will I actually get my bike back or was that useless

So I’m looking at joining and am just trying to wrap my head around the process. If I am accepted and am able to start my first session through WSU, is it completely online? and if so is it a go at your own pace kind of thing or is there online zoom classes you have to attend? and also roughly how many hours a week would you say are needed to complete it just because I work full time also.
TIA

I want to become a tactical officer but obviously need to become a police officer first, my main concern in regards to becoming one is the background checks they do before you become one especially when they check social media from 14-17 (my current age now) i obviously done this that I'm not supposed just to give u a hint its something to do with lust when i say lust i mean like ykwim if you get it should i just give up and think of another career or is there a chance for me