Most frontline constables will get an extra week of training this year to help them cope with the increasing risks. As a result most frontline constables will get an extra week of training this year to help them cope with the increasing risks. "One of the key reasons to do this as well is to make sure that we stop, reflect and go, where to next year and beyond for our frontline training," Penny said. Penny said those incidents are dealt with by the IPCA when they arise, and help inform training blocks like the ones frontline constables will undertake. "What it does is recognise that frontline policing is a specialist area in its own right," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 28, 2021 17:37 UTC