Thirty-three new frontline police officers will hit the streets of Whittlesea and Hume from May, as part of a Victoria Police plan to increase resources in growth areas.
Fifteen officers will be added to the Hume Police Service Area (PSA), while eight will be added to the Whittlesea PSA.
Family violence units in both municipality’s will also be boosted. An extra two family violence officers will be based at Broadmeadows police station, while two will be added to Epping police station and five at Mernda.
Across the state, 825 new officers will be deployed from May.
The allocation is the first part of 2729 new officers announced by the state government in December 2016.
Whittlesea Inspector Andrew Falconer said the new officers would have the sole aim of improving community safety.
“This is great news for our community and will mean more police to detect, deter and disrupt crime in the area.”
Hume Inspector Anthony Brown said he did not know where the 15 new officers would be allocated, but hoped they would be spread between the municipality’s three stations at Broadmeadows, Craigieburn and Sunbury.
He said the allocation would result in more units on the road and would ease the burden on existing officers.
